What are the important events that happened on November 14? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
November 14: Facts & Myths About This Day
November 14 is the 318th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 47 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 1, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 489,744 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectadecaoctagon’ day.
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Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 95 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,711 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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November 14 Historical Events
- 1770 –James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile
- 1910 –Aviator Eugene Ely performs the first take off from a ship in Hampton Roads, Virginia. He took off from a makeshift deck on the USS Birmingham in a Curtiss pusher.
- 1916 –World War I: The Battle of the Somme ends.
- 1921 –The Communist Party of Spain is founded.
- 1941 –World War II: The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal sinks due to torpedo damage from the GS U-81 sustained on November 13.
- 1967 –American physicist Theodore Maiman is given a patent for his ruby laser systems, the world’s first laser.
- 1969 –Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 12, the second crewed mission to the surface of the Moon.
- 1973 –In the United Kingdom, Princess Anne marries Captain Mark Phillips, in Westminster Abbey.
- 1995 –A budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress forces the federal government to temporarily close national parks and museums and to run most government offices with skeleton staffs.
- 2002 –Argentina defaults on an $805 million World Bank payment.
Who were born on November 14?
- 1900 –Aaron Copland, American composer (d. 1990)
- 1904 –Harold Haley, American judge (d. 1970)
- 1904 –Harold Larwood, English cricketer (d. 1995)
- 1930 –Edward Higgins White, American astronaut (d. 1967)
- 1935 –Michael Busselle, English photographer and writer (d. 2006)
- 1945 –Paul Hirsch, American film editor
- 1961 –D. B. Sweeney, American actor
- 1966 –Petra Roßner, German cyclist
- 1973 –Moka Only, Canadian musician
- 1984 –Courtney Johns, Australian rules footballer
Who died on November 14?
- 1391 –Nikola Tavelić, Croatian saint (b. 1340)
- 1633 –William Ames, English philosopher (b. 1576)
- 1746 –Georg Steller, German naturalist (b. 1709)
- 1914 –Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar, Malayalin journalist (b. 1861)
- 1950 –Orhan Veli Kanık, Turkish writer and poet (b. 1914)
- 1960 –Robert Raymond Cook, Canadian murderer (b. 1937)
- 1971 –William Bendeck, Bolivian rally driver (b. 1934)
- 1972 –Martin Dies, Jr., American politician (b. 1900)
- 1984 –Nikitas Platis, Greek actor (b. 1912)
- 1991 –Tony Richardson, English film director (b. 1928)
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