14th nov history... 1380 - King Charles VI of France crowned at age 12 1524 - Francisco Pizarro begins his 1st great expedition, near Colombia 1550 - Pope Julius III proclaims new seat on Council of Trente 1666 - Samuel Pepys reports on 1st blood transfusion (between dogs) 1675 - Pope Clemens X declares Gorcumse martyrs divine 1680 - Gottfried Kirch discovers the Great Comet of 1680 (Kirchs Comet/Newtons Comet) 1698 - Spanish king Carlos appoints grandson prince Jozef Ferdinand as heir 1732 - 1st US professional librarian, Louis Timothee, hired in Phila 1755 - Henry Fox appointed British Secretary of State for the Southern Department 1775 - -15] Floods ravage Dutch coast provinces 1792 - Capt George Vancouver is first Englishman to enter San Francisco Bay 1832 - 1st streetcar (horse-drawn) (John Mason) debuts in NYC; fare 12 cents rode on 4th Avenue between Prince and 14th Sts 1833 - Charles Darwin departs by horse to Montevideo 1834 - William Thomson enters Glasgow University at 10 yrs 4 months 1851 - Moby Dick, by Herman Melville, published 1863 - Nathan Bedford Forrest is assigned to command of West Tennessee 1863 - Skirmish at Danville, Mississippi 1881 - Charles J Guiteau went on trial for assassination of President Garfield 1881 - Leon Gambetta forms French government Confederate General/KKK Grand Wizard Nathan Bedford Forrest 1888 - St Andrews Golf Club, Yonkers NY, opens with just 6 holes 1888 - USC Trojans (then Methodists) play their 1st football game 1889 - New York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) began her attempt to surpass fictitious journey of Jules Vernes Phileas Fogg by traveling around world in less than 80 days She succeeded, finishing the trip in January in 72 days and 6 hours 1893 - Gerhart Hauptmanns Hanneles Himmelfahrt premieres in Berlin 1894 - Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure of Golden Pince-Nez (BG) 1896 - Power plant at Niagara Falls begins operation 1905 - David Belascos Girl of Golden West premieres in NYC 1906 - President Theodore Roosevelt visits Panama 1908 - Albert Einstein presents his quantum theory of light 1908 - Oscar Strauss musical Der tapfere Soldat premieres in Vienna 1910 - 1st airplane flight from deck of a ship, Norfolk, Va 1914 - Billy Mallett of Hamilton Tigers kicks 10 singles in a game 1915 - Thomas Masaryk demands independence for Czechoslovakia 1918 - Republic of Czechoslovakia created with T.G. Masaryk as president 1919 - Red Army captures Omsk, Siberia Theoretical Physicist Albert Einstein 1920 - American Pro Football Leagues Chic Tiger Joe Guyon punts 95 yards 1921 - The Communist Party of Spain is founded. 1922 - BBC begins domestic radio service from 2LO at Marconi House 1922 - German Reichs Chancellor Joseph Wirth term ends 1923 - Kentaro Suzuki completes his ascent of Mount Iizuna. 1927 - Worlds largest gas tank in Pittsburgh Penn explodes; 28 die 1931 - Ottawa Mint Act is proclaimed in Britain 1935 - FDR proclaims Philippine Islands a free commonwealth 1935 - Nazis deprive German Jews of their citizenship 1936 - Bradman scores 192 for S A v Vic before a MCG crowd of 21000 1938 - Dutch DC3 crashes at Schiphol, 6 die 1939 - Oil refinery fire kills 500 & destroys Lagunillas, Venezuela 1940 - During WW II, German planes destroy most of Coventry, England 1941 - British aircraft carrier Ark Royal sank in Mediterranean, having been torpedoed by a German submarine the day before 1941 - Gov-Gen Wouters of Dutch Antilles refuses Jews refuge 32nd US President Franklin D. Roosevelt 1942 - -Nov 15th) Japanese/US sea battle at Savo-Island in Guadalcanal) 1942 - Last Vichy-French troops in Algeria surrender 1943 - Chic Bear Sid Luckman passes for 7 touchdowns vs NY Giants (56-7) 1943 - J Postma, C Schalker, D Goulooze arrested for leading illegal CPN 1945 - H Lindsay & R Crouses State of the Union, premieres in NYC 1945 - Java: Sutan Sjahrir appointed as forming government 1946 - Dutch Dakota flight to Schiphol crashes, kills 11 1952 - Greek general Papagos wins elections 1952 - First regular UK singles chart published by the New Musical Express. 1953 - WCIA TV channel 3 in Champaign, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 - Egyptian pres Naguib fire, state of emergency declared 1956 - Hungarian revolt put down by Soviet invasion 1957 - Dick Hutton beats Lou Thesz in Toronto, to become NWA wrestling champ 1957 - Henry Aaron wins NL MVP 1957 - The Apalachin Meeting outside Binghamton, New York is raided by law enforcement, and many high level Mafia figures are arrested. 1959 - Girls against the Boys closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 16 perfs 1959 - Kilaueas most spectacular eruption (in Hawaii) 1960 - 2 passenger trains collided at high-speed killing 110 (Czech) 1960 - Belgium threatens to leave UN due to criticism on its policy on Congo 1960 - OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries), forms Musician Ray Charles 1960 - Ray Charles Georgia On My Mind reaches #1 1960 - Riot due to school integration in New Orleans 1964 - Fade Out-Fade In closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 199 perfs 1964 - Follies Bergere closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 191 perfs 1964 - Oliver! closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 774 performances 1964 - Detroit Red Wings Gordie Howe sets NHL record 627th career goal 1965 - Baker Street closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 313 performances 1965 - George Abbott Theater (Adelphi, 54 St) at 152 W 54th NYC, demolished 1965 - KCST TV channel 39 in San Diego, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting 1965 - Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Alamo Golf Open 1965 - US government sends 90,000 soldiers to Vietnam 1966 - Muhammad Ali TKOs Cleveland Williams in 3 for heavyweight title 1967 - The Congress of Colombia in commemoration of the 150 years of the death of Policarpa Salavarrieta, declares this day as Day of the Colombian Woman. 1968 - National Turn in Your Draft Card Day features draft card burning 1968 - 1st European lung transplant 1968 - Yale University announces it is going co-educational 1969 - 2nd Vietnam Moratorium Day in US 1969 - Apollo 12 (Conrad/Gordon/Bean) launched for 2nd manned Moon landing 1970 - DC-9 crashes in West Virginia, 75 killed 1970 - Marshall U football team wiped out in air crash at Kenova WV 1971 - Enthronment of Pope Shenouda III as Pope of Alexandria 1972 - Dow Jones closes above 1,000 for 1st time (1003.16) 1973 - Good Evening opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 438 performances 1973 - Canada begins production of Olympic coins 1973 - Jim Palmer is named AL Cy Young winner 1973 - Reggie Jackson wins AL MVP Award unanimously 1975 - Spain, Morocco & Mauretania sign accord about Spanish Sahara 1976 - Dont Step on My Olive Branch closes at Playhouse NYC after 16 perfs 1976 - Cleveland Browns Jerry Sherk sets club record with 4 sacks 1976 - War criminal Pieter Menten captured 1 day after fleeing 1977 - Egypt Pres Sadat repeats willingness to visit Israel to Cronkite
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