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What happened in history on this day: November 14?
On November 14 in ...
- 1832 - First streetcar (horse-drawn, operated by John Mason) debuts in New York City; fare 12 cents, running on 4th Avenue between Prince and 14th Streets.
- 1863 - Bedford Forrest is assigned to command of West Tennessee.
- 1863 - Skirmish at Danville, Mississippi.
- 1881 - Charles J Guiteau goes on trial for US President James Garfield's assassination.
- 1881 - Charles J. Folger takes office as US Treasury Secretary.
- 1889 - Journalist for New York World Nellie Bly (AKA Elizabeth Jane Cochrane) begins world circumnavigation trip from New York City.
- 1896 - Power plant at Niagara Falls begins operation.
- 1906 - US President Theodore Roosevelt becomes first US President to visit a foreign country (Panama) while in office, to see work on the Panama Canal.
- 1910 - First airplane take-off from a naval vessel equipped with a flight-deck, a 50hp Curtiss pusher biplane, from US light cruiser Birmingham at Chesapeake Bay in Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
- 1935 - US President Franklin Roosevelt proclaims the Philippine Islands a free commonwealth.
- 1959 - Kilauea's most spectacular eruption (in Hawaii).
- 1969 - NASA launches Apollo 12, the second manned mission to the surface of the Moon.
- 1970 - Marshall University football team wiped out in air crash at Kenova West, Virginia.
- 1972 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 1,000 (1,003.16) for the first time.
- 1979 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter issues Executive Order 12170, freezing all Iranian assets in the United States and U.S. banks in response to the hostage crisis.
- 1981 - Second Space Shuttle Mission - Columbia 2 - returns to Earth.
- 1983 - President Ronald Reagan signs Public Law 98-151, including a mandate for the Treasury Secretary to annually produce Uncirculated and Proof Mint sets.
- 1984 - Astronauts aboard Discovery pluck a second satellite from orbit.
- 1986 - US Securities and Exchange Commission imposes a record US$100 million penalty against Ivan Boesky.
- 1991 - American and British authorities announce indictments against 2 Libyan intelligence officials, in connection with the downing of the Pan Am Flight 103.
- 1995 - A budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in the Congress of the United States forces the federal government to temporarily close national parks and museums, and run most government offices with skeleton staff.
- 1995 - IBM, Apple Computer, and Motorola release the PowerPC Platform specifications, called the Common Hardware Reference Platform (CHRP). It encompasses support for Macintosh System 7, Windows NT, AIX, Solaris, NetWare, and OS/2. Windows 3.x and Windows 95 are excluded.
- 2002 - Microsoft officially launches the Xbox Live online video gaming service in the USA.
- 2004 - U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell submits his resignation.
- 2007 - In New York City, USA, Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries sells at auction a US 1918 24-cent Jenny invert airmail stamp, unused, for US$977,500, a record for a single US stamp at auction.
- 2008 - From Florida, NASA launches the space shuttle Endeavour, to continue construction of the International Space Station.
Births on November 14
- 1861 - Birth of Frederick Jackson Turner in Portage, Wisconsin, USA; historian/educator (Harvard University).
- 1900 - Birth of Aaron Copland in Brooklyn, New York, USA; composer (Billy the Kid, Appalachian Spring, Fanfare for the Common Man).
- 1901 - Birth of Morton Downey in Wallingford, Connecticut, USA; singer (Radio Singer of the Year 1932), TV host (Star of the Family).
- 1904 - Birth of Dick Powell in Mountain View, Arkansas, USA; singer/actor (1930's musicals, Richard Diamond, Private Detective on radio, host/star of The Best in Mystery, Zane Grey Theater, 42nd Street, Christmas in July, The Dick Powell Show).
- 1910 - Birth of Rosemary DeCamp in Prescott, Arizona, USA; actress (The Life of Riley, Petticoat Junction, Partridge Family, Days of Our Lives, Bob Cummings Show, Love That Bob, That Girl).
- 1914 - Birth of Ken Carson in Coalgate, Oklahoma, USA; singer (The Sons of the Pioneers, Garry Moore Show TV show).
- 1916 - Birth of Sherwood Schwartz in Passaic, New Jersey, USA; TV writer/producer (Gilligan's Island, The Brady Bunch).
- 1920 - Birth of Johnny Desmond in Detroit, Michigan, USA; singer (Breakfast Club radio and TV, Your Hit Parade TV show, Face the Music, Songs for Sale, Glenn Miller Time).
- 1921 - Birth of Brian Keith AKA Robert Keith Richey Junior in Bayonne New Jersey, USA; actor (Bill - Family Affair, Hardcastle and McCormick, Archer, Heartland, Loneliest Runner).
- 1924 - Birth of Phyllis Avery in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Alice - The George Gobel Show, Ruth - Mr. Novak, The Clear Horizon, Meet Mr. McNulty).
- 1928 - Birth of Kathleen Hughes in Hollywood, California, USA; actress (It Came From Outer Space, Bracken's World, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir).
- 1929 - Birth of McLean Stevenson in Normal, Illinois, USA; actor (Lieutenant Colonel Henry Blake M*A*S*H TV show, The McLean Stevenson Show, Hello Larry, The Tim Conway Comedy Hour, The Doris Day Show, Condo, In the Beginning).
- 1930 - Birth of Edward H White II in San Antonio, Texas, USA; Lieutenant Colonel US Air Force/astronaut (Gemini 4).
- 1933 - Birth of Fred W Haise Junior in Biloxi, Mississippi, USA; astronaut (Apollo 13, STS T-1, T-3, T-5).
- 1935 - Birth of Don Stewart in Staten Island, New York, USA; actor (Mike Bauer - Guiding Light).
- 1939 - Birth of Wendy (Walter) Carlos in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA; composer (Switched on Bach).
- 1948 - Birth of Robert Ginty in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Paper Chase, White Fire, Falcon Crest, Baa Baa Black Sheep).
- 1949 - Birth of Terry Lee Johnson in Alabama, USA; murderer (FBI Most Wanted List).
- 1956 - Birth of Kenneth D Bowersox in Portsmouth, Virginia, USA; Lieutenant Commander US Navy/astronaut (sk: STS-50).
- 1969 - Birth of Butch Walker in Rome, Georgia, USA; heavy metal guitarist (Southgang - "Tainted Angel").
Deaths on November 14
- 1915 - Booker Taliaferro Washington, American educator/organizer, dies at age 59 in Tuskegee, Alabama, USA.
- 1984 - George Matthews, of Brooklyn, New York, actor (Chick - Glynis), dies at age 73.
- 2014 - Death of Eugene Dynkin, Russian-American mathematician and academic (born 1924).
- 2014 - Death of Glen A. Larson, American television producer and writer (born 1937).
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