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November 14 in recent years

November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 47 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

1601–1900

  • 1680 – German astronomer Gottfried Kirch discovers the Great Comet of 1680, the first comet to be discovered by telescope.
  • 1770James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.
  • 1812Napoleonic Wars: At the Battle of Smoliani, French Marshals Victor and Oudinot are defeated by the Russians under General Peter Wittgenstein.
  • 1851Moby-Dick, a novel by Herman Melville, is published in the USA.
  • 1889 – Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.

1901–present

Births

Pre-1600

  • 1449 – Sidonie of Poděbrady, daughter of King of Bohemia (d. 1510)
  • 1487 – John III of Pernstein, Bohemian land-owner, Governor of Moravia and Count of Kladsko (d. 1548)
  • 1501 – Anna of Oldenburg, Regent of East Frisia (d. 1575)

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 1904 – Harold Haley, American lawyer and judge (d. 1970)
  • 1904 – Harold Larwood, English-Australian cricketer (d. 1995)
  • 1904 – Dick Powell, American actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 1963)
  • 1905John Henry Barbee, American singer and guitarist (d. 1964)
  • 1906Louise Brooks, American actress and dancer (d. 1985)
  • 1907 – Howard W. Hunter, American religious leader, 14th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1995)
  • 1907 – Astrid Lindgren, Swedish author and screenwriter (d. 2002)
  • 1907 – William Steig, American author, illustrator, and sculptor (d. 2003)
  • 1908Joseph McCarthy, American captain, lawyer, and politician (d. 1957)
  • 1910Rosemary DeCamp, American actress and singer (d. 2001)
  • 1910 – Eric Malpass, English author (d. 1996)
  • 1912Barbara Hutton, American philanthropist (d. 1979)
  • 1912 – Tung-Yen Lin, Chinese-American engineer, designed the Guandu Bridge (d. 2003)
  • 1914 – Ken Carson, American Western singer (d. 1994)
  • 1915Mabel Fairbanks, American figure skater and coach (d. 2001)
  • 1915 – Martha Tilton, American singer and actress (d. 2006)
  • 1916 – Roger Apéry, Greek-French mathematician and academic (d. 1994)
  • 1916 – Sherwood Schwartz, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2011)
  • 1917Park Chung Hee, South Korean general and politician, 3rd President of South Korea (d. 1979)
  • 1918 – John Bromwich, Australian tennis player (d. 1999)
  • 1919 – Johnny Desmond, American singer (d. 1985)
  • 1919 – Lisa Otto, German soprano and actress (d. 2013)
  • 1920Mary Greyeyes, the first First Nations woman to join the Canadian Armed Forces (d. 2011)
  • 1921 – Ea Jansen, Estonian historian and academic (d. 2005)
  • 1921 – Brian Keith, American actor and director (d. 1997)
  • 1922Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egyptian politician and diplomat, 6th Secretary General of the United Nations (d. 2016)
  • 1922 – Veronica Lake, American actress and singer (d. 1973)
  • 1924 – Leonid Kogan, Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator (d. 1982)
  • 1925 – Stirling Colgate, American physicist and academic (d. 2013)
  • 1925 – James Mellaart, English archaeologist and author (d. 2012)
  • 1927 – Lawrie Barratt, English businessman, founded Barratt Developments (d. 2012)
  • 1927 – Bart Cummings, Australian horse trainer (d. 2015)
  • 1927 – McLean Stevenson, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1996)
  • 1927 – Narciso Yepes, Spanish guitarist and composer (d. 1997)
  • 1928 – Kathleen Hughes, American actress
  • 1929 – Shirley Crabtree, English wrestler (d. 1997)
  • 1929 – Jimmy Piersall, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2017)
  • 1930 – Peter Katin, English pianist and academic (d. 2015)
  • 1930 – Monique Mercure, Canadian actress (d. 2020)
  • 1930 – Michael Robbins, English actor (d. 1992)
  • 1930 – Ed White, American engineer and astronaut (d. 1967)
  • 1932 – Gunter Sachs, German astrologer and photographer (d. 2011)
  • 1933Fred Haise, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut
  • 1934Dave Mackay, Scottish-English footballer and manager (d. 2015)
  • 1934 – Ellis Marsalis, Jr., American pianist and educator (d. 2020)
  • 1934 – Catherine McGuinness, Irish lawyer, judge, and politician
  • 1935 – Michael Busselle, English photographer and author (d. 2006)
  • 1935 – Hussein of Jordan (d. 1999)
  • 1935 – Lefteris Papadopoulos, Greek songwriter and journalist
  • 1936Carey Bell, American singer and harmonica player (d. 2007)
  • 1936 – Freddie Garrity, English singer and actor (d. 2006)
  • 1936 – Cornell Gunter, American R&B singer (d. 1990)
  • 1937 – Alan J. W. Bell, English director and producer (d. 2023)
  • 1937 – Murray Oliver, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2014)
  • 1939 – Wendy Carlos, American keyboard player and composer
  • 1942 – Manon Cleary, American painter and academic (d. 2011)
  • 1942 – Natalia Gutman, Russian cellist and educator
  • 1943 – Peter Norton, American programmer and author
  • 1944 – Karen Armstrong, English author and academic
  • 1944 – Mike Katz, American bodybuilder and football player
  • 1944 – David Nash, English sculptor and academic
  • 1945 – Louise Ellman, English academic and politician
  • 1945 – Vikram Gokhale, Indian actor and director (d. 2022)
  • 1945 – Sue Hamilton, American actress and model (d. 1969)
  • 1945 – Brett Lunger, American race car driver
  • 1946 – Bharathan, Indian director and screenwriter (d. 1998)
  • 1946 – Roland Duchâtelet, Belgian businessman and politician
  • 1947 – P. J. O'Rourke, American political satirist and journalist (d. 2022)
  • 1947 – Nat Young, Australian surfer and author
  • 1947 – Buckwheat Zydeco, American accordion player (d. 2016)
  • 1948Charles III, King of the United Kingdom
  • 1948 – Paul Dacre, English journalist
  • 1948 – Michael Dobbs, English author and politician
  • 1948 – Robert Ginty, American actor and producer (d. 2009)
  • 1949 – Raúl di Blasio, Argentinian pianist, composer, and producer
  • 1949 – Enzo Cucchi, Italian painter
  • 1949 – Gary Grubbs, American actor
  • 1949 – Ryo Hayami, Japanese actor
  • 1949 – James Young, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1951Stephen Bishop, American singer-songwriter and actor
  • 1951 – Leszek Cichy, Polish mountaineer
  • 1951 – Zhang Yimou, Chinese actor, director, producer, and cinematographer
  • 1952 – Johnny A., American guitarist and songwriter
  • 1952 – Dimitra Galani, Greek singer, composer and songwriter
  • 1952 – Maggie Roswell, American voice actress and singer
  • 1953Tim Bowler, English children's author
  • 1953 – Dominique de Villepin, Moroccan-French lawyer and politician, 167th Prime Minister of France
  • 1954Willie Hernández, Puerto Rican baseball player
  • 1954 – Bernard Hinault, French cyclist
  • 1954 – Condoleezza Rice, American political scientist, academic, and politician, 66th United States Secretary of State
  • 1954 – Eliseo Salazar, Chilean race car driver
  • 1954 – Yanni, Greek-American pianist, composer, and producer
  • 1955 – Philip Egan, English bishop
  • 1955 – Jack Sikma, American basketball player and coach
  • 1956 – Babette Babich, American philosopher, author, and scholar
  • 1956 – Avi Cohen, Israeli footballer and manager (d. 2010)
  • 1956 – Peter R. de Vries, Dutch investigative journalist and crime reporter (d. 2021)
  • 1956 – Steve Stockman, American accountant and politician
  • 1956 – Valerie Jarrett, American government official
  • 1957 – Donald Canfield, American geologist and academic
  • 1959 – Paul Attanasio, American screenwriter and producer
  • 1959 – Paul McGann, English actor
  • 1959 – Chris Woods, English footballer, coach, and manager
  • 1960 – Tom Judson, American actor and composer
  • 1960 – Remi Moses, English footballer and coach
  • 1961Antonio Flores, Spanish singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1995)
  • 1961 – D. B. Sweeney, American actor
  • 1962 – Laura San Giacomo, American actress
  • 1962 – Josh Silver, American keyboard player and producer
  • 1962 – Harland Williams, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter
  • 1963Stéphane Bern, French journalist, radio and television presenter
  • 1964 – Bill Hemmer, American journalist
  • 1964 – Joseph Simmons, American hip-hop artist
  • 1964 – Patrick Warburton, American actor and comedian
  • 1966 – Charles Hazlewood, English conductor
  • 1966 – Petra Rossner, German cyclist
  • 1966 – Curt Schilling, American baseball player and sportscaster
  • 1967 – Letitia Dean, English actress and singer
  • 1967 – Nina Gordon, American singer-songwriter
  • 1967 – Leo Kunnas, Estonian colonel and author
  • 1968Lionel Simmons, American basketball player
  • 1969Butch Walker, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1970 – Brendan Benson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1970 – Dana Stubblefield, American football player
  • 1970 – David Wesley, American basketball player and sportscaster
  • 1971Adam Gilchrist, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
  • 1971 – Vikas Khanna, Indian chef and author
  • 1971 – Marco Leonardi, Australian-Italian actor
  • 1972 – Matt Bloom, American wrestler, trainer, and sportscaster
  • 1972 – Josh Duhamel, American model and actor
  • 1972 – Lara Giddings, Papua New Guinean-Australian politician, 44th Premier of Tasmania
  • 1972 – Edyta Górniak, Polish singer
  • 1972 – Dougie Payne, Scottish bass player
  • 1972 – Martin Pike, Australian footballer and coach
  • 1972 – Aaron Taylor, American football player and sportscaster
  • 1972 – Dariusz Żuraw, Polish footballer and manager
  • 1973Lawyer Milloy, American football player
  • 1973 – Rubén Rivera, Panamanian baseball player
  • 1973 – Andrew Strong, Irish singer and actor
  • 1974Adina Howard, American singer-songwriter and chef
  • 1974 – David Moscow, American actor
  • 1974 – Joe Principe, American singer and bass player
  • 1975Travis Barker, American drummer, songwriter, and producer
  • 1975 – Stephen Guarino, American actor
  • 1975 – Luizão, Brazilian footballer
  • 1975 – Gary Vaynerchuk, Russian-American businessman and critic
  • 1977 – Brian Dietzen, American actor
  • 1977 – Obie Trice, American rapper and producer
  • 1978 – Bobby Allen, American ice hockey player
  • 1978 – Michala Banas, New Zealand actress and singer
  • 1978 – Delphine Chanéac, French model and actress
  • 1978 – Xavier Nady, American baseball player and coach
  • 1979 – Carl Hayman, New Zealand rugby player
  • 1979 – Mavie Hörbiger, German-Austrian actress
  • 1979 – Olga Kurylenko, Ukrainian-French model and actress
  • 1979 – Pushkar Lele, Indian singer
  • 1979 – Moitheri Ntobo, Lesothan footballer
  • 1979 – Miguel Sabah, Mexican footballer
  • 1980 – Brock Pierce, American actor and businessman
  • 1980 – Brooke Satchwell, Australian model and actress
  • 1981Vanessa Bayer, American actress
  • 1981 – Tom Ferrier, English race car driver
  • 1981 – Russell Tovey, English actor
  • 1982Boosie Badazz, American rapper
  • 1982 – Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai
  • 1982 – Kyle Orton, American football player
  • 1982 – Joy Williams, American singer-songwriter
  • 1983 – Guillermo Moscoso, American baseball player
  • 1983 – Naqqash Tahir, English cricketer
  • 1983 – Chelsea Wolfe, American singer-songwriter
  • 1984 – Lisa De Vanna, Australian footballer
  • 1984 – Courtney Johns, Australian footballer
  • 1984 – Marija Šerifović, Serbian singer
  • 1985Thomas Vermaelen, Belgian footballer
  • 1986 – Kalisto, Mexican-American wrestler
  • 1986 – Danielle Page, American-Serbian basketball player and coach
  • 1986 – Cory Michael Smith, American actor
  • 1987 – Giorgos Georgiadis, Greek footballer
  • 1988 – Chiyotairyū Hidemasa, Japanese sumo wrestler
  • 1988 – Nanase Hoshii, Japanese singer and actress
  • 1989Vlad Chiricheș, Romanian footballer
  • 1989 – T. Y. Hilton, American football player
  • 1989 – Jake Livermore, English footballer
  • 1989 – Stella Maeve, American actress
  • 1990Roman Bürki, Swiss footballer
  • 1990 – Jessica Jacobs, Australian actress and singer (d. 2008)
  • 1991 – Miriam Brouwer, Canadian cyclist
  • 1991 – Taylor Hall, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1991 – Graham Patrick Martin, American actor
  • 1991 – Thinzar Shunlei Yi, Burmese activist
  • 1993Francisco Lindor, Puerto Rican baseball player
  • 1993 – Shūhei Nomura, Japanese actor
  • 1993 – Samuel Umtiti, French footballer
  • 1996Borna Ćorić, Croatian tennis player
  • 1996 – Dawson Knox, American football player
  • 1997Axel Tuanzebe, English footballer
  • 1998Sofia Kenin, American tennis player
  • 1998 – DeVonta Smith, American football player

Deaths

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 1907 – Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1848)
  • 1908 – Guangxu Emperor of China (b. 1871)
  • 1910John La Farge, American artist (b. 1835)
  • 1914 – Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar, Indian lawyer and journalist (b. 1861)
  • 1915Booker T. Washington, American educator, essayist and historian (b. 1856)
  • 1916 – Henry George, Jr., American journalist and politician (b. 1862)
  • 1916 – Saki, British short story writer (b. 1870)
  • 1918 – Matti Lonkainen, Finnish politician (b. 1874)
  • 1921Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (b. 1846)
  • 1930 – Sandy Pearce, Australian rugby league player (b. 1883)
  • 1932 – Charles Hylton Stewart, English organist and composer (b. 1884)
  • 1937 – Jack O'Connor, American baseball player and manager (b. 1866)
  • 1939 – Bluey, Australian cattle dog, second-oldest recorded dog (b. 1910)
  • 1944Carl Flesch, Hungarian violinist and educator (b. 1873)
  • 1944 – Trafford Leigh-Mallory, English air marshal (b. 1892)
  • 1946Manuel de Falla, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1876)
  • 1947 – Joseph Allard, Canadian fiddler and composer (b. 1873)
  • 1966 – Peter Baker, English captain, author, and politician (b. 1921)
  • 1972 – Martin Dies, Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1900)
  • 1974 – Johnny Mack Brown, American football player, actor, and singer (b. 1904)
  • 1977A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian monk and guru, founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (b. 1896)
  • 1981 – Robert Bradford, Irish footballer and politician (b. 1941)
  • 1984 – Cesar Climaco, Filipino lawyer and politician, 10th Mayor of Zamboanga City (b. 1916)
  • 1984 – Nikitas Platis, Greek actor and cinematographer (b. 1912)
  • 1988 – Haywood S. Hansell, American general (b. 1903)
  • 1989 – Jimmy Murphy, Welsh footballer, manager, assistant manager, coach, and scout (b. 1910)
  • 1990 – Sol Kaplan, American composer and conductor (b. 1919)
  • 1991Tony Richardson, English-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
  • 1992Ernst Happel, Austrian footballer and coach (b. 1925)
  • 1994 – Tom Villard, American actor (b. 1953)
  • 1995 – Jack Finney, American author and screenwriter (b. 1911)
  • 1996Joseph Bernardin, American cardinal (b. 1928)
  • 1996 – John A. Cade, American soldier and politician (b. 1929)
  • 1997Eddie Arcaro, American jockey and sportscaster (b. 1916)
  • 1997 – Jack Pickersgill, Canadian educator and politician, 35th Secretary of State for Canada (b. 1905)
  • 2000 – Robert Trout, American journalist (b. 1908)
  • 2001 – Charlotte Coleman, English actress (b. 1968)
  • 2001 – Juan Carlos Lorenzo, Argentinian footballer and manager (b. 1922)
  • 2002Eddie Bracken, American actor (b. 1915)
  • 2002 – Elena Nikolaidi, Greek-American soprano and educator (b. 1909)
  • 2003Gene Anthony Ray, American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1962)
  • 2004 – Michel Colombier, French-American composer and conductor (b. 1939)
  • 2006 – Sumner Shapiro, American admiral (b. 1926)
  • 2008Kristin Hunter, American author and academic (b. 1931)
  • 2008 – Robert E. Valett, American psychologist, teacher, and author (b. 1927)
  • 2010 – Wes Santee, American runner (b. 1932)
  • 2011 – Esin Afşar, Italian-Turkish singer and actress (b. 1936)
  • 2011 – Neil Heywood, English-Chinese businessman (b. 1970)
  • 2011 – Jackie Leven, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1950)
  • 2012 – Alexandro Alves do Nascimento, Brazilian footballer (b. 1974)
  • 2012 – Brian Davies, Australian rugby player and manager (b. 1930)
  • 2012 – Martin Fay, Irish fiddler (b. 1936)
  • 2012 – Ahmed Jabari, Palestinian commander (b. 1960)
  • 2012 – Abubakar Olusola Saraki, Nigerian physician and politician (b. 1933)
  • 2013 – Sudhir Bhat, Indian producer and manager (b. 1951)
  • 2013 – Hari Krishna Devsare, Indian journalist and author (b. 1938)
  • 2013 – Bennett Masinga, South African footballer (b. 1965)
  • 2014Eugene Dynkin, Russian-American mathematician and theorist (b. 1924)
  • 2014 – Glen A. Larson, American director, producer, and screenwriter, created Battlestar Galactica (b. 1937)
  • 2014 – Morteza Pashaei, Iranian singer-songwriter (b. 1984)
  • 2015 – K. S. Gopalakrishnan, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
  • 2015 – Warren Mitchell, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1926)
  • 2016Gwen Ifill, American television journalist (b. 1955)
  • 2020 – Peter Florjancic, Slovene inventor and Olympic athlete (b. 1919)
  • 2020 – Des O'Connor, English comedian, singer and television presenter (b. 1932)

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