Tukuk-OS📅 November 14
15 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on November 14? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 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.
Red Bull RacingSebastian VettelList of Formula One World Drivers' Champions
- 2003 — Astronomers Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz discovered the trans-Neptunian object Sedna.
- 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.
- 1992 — In poor conditions caused by Cyclone Forrest, Vietnam Airlines Flight 474 crashed near Nha Trang, killing 30 people.
- 1991 — Croatian War of Independence: Croatian naval commandos attacked the Yugoslav patrol boat Mukos, starting the Battle of the Dalmatian Channels.
Croatian War of IndependenceCroatian patrol boat ŠoltaBattle of the Dalmatian Channels
- 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.
- 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.
Southern Airways Flight 932Marshall Thundering Herd footballCeredo, West Virginia
- 1969 — Apollo 12 (pictured) launched from the Kennedy Space Center, later becoming the second crewed flight to land on the Moon.
- 1967 — American physicist Theodore Maiman was given a patent for his ruby laser systems, the world's first laser.
- 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.
Ruby BridgesMcDonogh ThreeNew Orleans school desegregation crisis
- 1941 — World War II: German troops, aided by local auxiliaries, murdered nine thousand residents of the Słonim Ghetto in a single day.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1851 — Moby-Dick, an epic novel by American writer Herman Melville, was first published in the United States.
- 1680 — German astronomer Gottfried Kirch discovered the Great Comet of 1680, the first comet to be discovered by telescope.
Births
- 2000 — Xiyeon, South Korean singer and actress
- 1998 — Sofia Kenin, American tennis player
- 1998 — DeVonta Smith, American football player
- 1997 — Noussair Mazraoui, Moroccan footballer
- 1997 — Christopher Nkunku, French footballer
- 1997 — Axel Tuanzebe, English-Congolese footballer
- 1996 — Borna Ćorić, Croatian tennis player
- 1996 — Dawson Knox, American football player
- 1993 — Francisco Lindor, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1993 — Shūhei Nomura, Japanese actor
- 1993 — Samuel Umtiti, French footballer
- 1991 — Miriam Brouwer, Canadian cyclist
Deaths
- 2024 — Vic Flick, English guitarist (born 1937)
- 2024 — Peter Sinfield, English songwriter and producer (born 1943)
- 2020 — Peter Florjancic, Slovene inventor and Olympic athlete (born 1919)
- 2020 — Des O'Connor, English comedian, singer and television presenter (born 1932)
- 2016 — Gwen Ifill, American television journalist (born 1955)
- 2015 — Nick Bockwinkel, American professional wrestler (born 1934)
- 2015 — K. S. Gopalakrishnan, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1929)
- 2015 — Warren Mitchell, English actor and screenwriter (born 1926)
- 2014 — Eugene Dynkin, Russian-American mathematician and theorist (born 1924)
- 2014 — Glen A. Larson, American director, producer, and screenwriter, created Battlestar Galactica (born 1937)
- 2014 — Morteza Pashaei, Iranian singer-songwriter (born 1984)
- 2013 — Sudhir Bhat, Indian producer and manager (born 1951)
Observances & holidays
- Anniversary of the Movement of Readjustment (Guinea-Bissau)
- Children's Day, celebrated on the birthday of Jawaharlal Nehru (previously on November 20). (India)
- Christian feast day: Alberic of Utrecht
- Christian feast day: All Saints of the Carmelites
- Christian feast day: All Souls of the Benedictine family
- Christian feast day: Barlaam of Kiev (Eastern Orthodox Church)
- Christian feast day: Dubricius (Dyfrig, or Devereux)
- Christian feast day: Hypatius of Gangra
- Christian feast day: Joseph Pignatelli SJ
- Christian feast day: Justinian I (Eastern Orthodox and Lutheran Church)
- Christian feast day: Laurence O'Toole
- Christian feast day: Nikola Tavelic
- Christian feast day: Philip the Apostle (Eastern Orthodox Church)
- Christian feast day: Samuel Seabury (Anglican Communion)
- Christian feast day: Serapion of Algiers
- Christian feast day: Sidonius (Saëns)
- Christian feast day: Venera (Veneranda)
- Christian feast day: November 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Day of the Colombian Woman (Colombia)
- Mobile Brigade Day (Indonesia)
- World Diabetes Day (International)
- Dobruja Day (Romania)
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