Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/November 14
This is a list of selected November 14 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article, featured list or picture of the day.
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Eugene Burton Ely taking off from USS Birmingham -
Policarpa Salavarrieta -
The ruins of the old Coventry Cathedral -
The ruins of the old Coventry Cathedral -
Milli Vanilli with NARAS president C. Michael Greene (center)
Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| ; 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 |
| 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, 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.
- 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.
- 1965 – Vietnam War: The United States Army and the People's Army of Vietnam engaged at the Battle of Ia Drang.
- 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 – 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.
- 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.
- Born/died this day: | Hugh Faringdon' |d|1539| William Ames |d|1633| Leopold Mozart |b|1719| Xavier Bichat |b|1771| John Abercrombie |d|1844| Franz Müller |d|1864| John Lumsden |b|1869| Andrew Inglis Clark |d|1907| Valerie Jarrett |b|1956| A. Thomas Bradbury |d|1992| Neil Heywood |d|2011| Ahmed Jabari |d|2012
November 14: World Diabetes Day; Dobruja Day in Romania
- 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.
- 1992 – In poor conditions caused by Cyclone Forrest, Vietnam Airlines Flight 474 crashed near Nha Trang, killing 30 people.
- 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.
- 2003 – Astronomers Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz discovered the trans-Neptunian object Sedna (artist's impression pictured).
- 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.
- Mikayel Nalbandian (b. 1829)
- Claude Monet (b. 1840)
- Bernard Hinault (b. 1954)