Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/November 14
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Eugene Burton Ely taking off from USS Birmingham -
Policarpa Salavarrieta -
The ruins of the old Coventry Cathedral -
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Artist's impression of Sedna -
Milli Vanilli with NARAS president C. Michael Greene (center) -
Great Comet of 1680 over Rotterdam
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Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
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| ; Children's Day in India | cleanup required |
| Day of the Colombian Woman in Colombia; | refimprove |
| 1228 – Frederick of Isenberg was executed for the murder of his cousin Engelbert of Berg, the Archbishop of Cologne. | no footnotes |
| 1812 – French invasion of Russia: The French defeat at the Battle of Smoliani forced them to abandon the "Dwina Line", their northern flank in Russia. | this particular fact is not cited |
| 1817 – Bolívar's War: Colombian seamstress Policarpa Salavarrieta was executed in Bogotá for working as a spy for the revolutionary forces in New Granada. | refimprove |
| 1921 – The Communist Party of Spain was founded in Madrid from the merger of two prior organizations | unreferenced section |
| 1940 – Second World War: The cathedral and much of the city centre of Coventry, England, were destroyed by the Luftwaffe during the Coventry Blitz. | Referencing issues |
| 1952 – Al Martino's song "Here in My Heart" became the first number one on the UK Singles Chart. | Refimprove section |
| 1965 – Vietnam War: The United States Army and the People's Army of Vietnam engaged at the Battle of Ia Drang. | Too much unreferenced |
| 1984 – Cesar Climaco, mayor of Zamboanga City, the Philippines, was assassinated by an unknown gunman. | unreferenced section |
| 1971 – NASA's Mariner 9 reached Mars, en route to becoming the first spacecraft to orbit another planet. | unreferenced section |
Eligible
- 1680 – German astronomer Gottfried Kirch discovered the Great Comet of 1680 (pictured), the first comet to be discovered by telescope.
- 1910 – Aviator Eugene Burton Ely performed the first takeoff from a ship (pictured), flying from a makeshift deck on USS Birmingham in Hampton Roads, Virginia.
- 1941 – World War II: German troops, aided by local auxiliaries, murdered nine thousand residents of the Słonim Ghetto in a single day.
- 1960 – Ruby Bridges and the McDonogh Three became the first black children to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana as part of the New Orleans school desegregation crisis.
- 1970 – Southern Airways Flight 932, chartered by the Marshall University football team, crashed into a hill near Ceredo, West Virginia, killing all 75 people on board.
- 1975 – With the signing of the Madrid Accords, Spain agreed to withdraw its presence from the territory of Spanish Sahara.
- 1990 – Germany and Poland signed the German–Polish Border Treaty, confirming their border at the Oder–Neisse line, which was originally defined by the Potsdam Agreement in 1945.
- 1991 – Croatian War of Independence: Croatian naval commandos attacked the Yugoslav patrol boat Mukos, starting the Battle of the Dalmatian Channels.
- 1995 – As a result of budget conflicts between President Bill Clinton and the United States Congress led by Newt Gingrich, the federal government was forced to shut down non-essential services.
- 2010 – Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel won the Drivers' Championship after winning the final race of the season, becoming the youngest Formula One champion.
- 2015 – A train derailed in Eckwersheim, France, while performing trials on the high-speed rail line LGV Est.
- Born/died this day: | Hugh Faringdon |d|1539| William Ames |d|1633| Leopold Mozart |b|1719| Xavier Bichat |b|1771| Claude Monet |b|1840| John Lumsden |b|1869| Andrew Inglis Clark |d|1907| Valerie Jarrett |b|1956| Thinzar Shunlei Yi |b|1991| A. Thomas Bradbury |d|1992| Neil Heywood |d|2011| Ahmed Jabari |d|2012
November 14: World Diabetes Day; Dobruja Day in Romania
Apollo 12 launches from the Kennedy Space Center
- 1941 – Second World War: After suffering torpedo damage the previous day, the British aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal sank as she was being towed to Gibraltar for repairs.
- 1969 – Apollo 12 (pictured) launched from the Kennedy Space Center, later becoming the second crewed flight to land on the Moon.
- 1990 – Music producer Frank Farian admitted that the German R&B duo Milli Vanilli did not sing the vocals on their album Girl You Know It's True.
- 1992 – In poor conditions caused by Cyclone Forrest, Vietnam Airlines Flight 474 crashed near Nha Trang, killing 30 people.
- 2003 – Astronomers Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz discovered the trans-Neptunian object Sedna.
- Mikayel Nalbandian (b. 1829)
- John Abercrombie (d. 1844)
- Franz Müller (d. 1864)
- Bernard Hinault (b. 1954)
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