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| Birthday November 14, 1708 William Pitt the Elder, (Whig), British PM (1756-61, 1766-68) |
| Birthday November 14, 1765 Robert Fulton, built 1st coml steamboat |
| Birthday November 14, 1776 Henri Dutrochet, discovered & named process of osmosis |
| Birthday November 14, 1797 Sir Charles Lyell, geologist |
| Birthday November 14, 1840 Claude Monet, French Impressionist |
| Birthday November 14, 1861 Frederick Jackson Turner, historian, educator |
| Birthday November 14, 1882 Franklin Leslie kills Billy The Kid Claiborne |
| Birthday November 14, 1889 Jawaharlal Nehru, 1st Indian PM (1947-64) |
| Birthday November 14, 1896 Mamie Doud Eisenhower, 1st lady |
| Birthday November 14, 1900 Aaron Copland, American composer (Billy the Kid, Appalachian Spring) |
| Birthday November 14, 1900 American classical composer Aaron Copland is born in Brooklyn, New York |
| Birthday November 14, 1904 Marya Mannes, writer |
| Birthday November 14, 1906 Louise Brooks, silent screen star (American Venus, Pandora's Box) |
| Birthday November 14, 1908 Harrison E. Salisbury, journalist, writer |
| Birthday November 14, 1910 Rosemary DeCamp, in Az |
| Birthday November 14, 1912 Barbara Hutton |
| Birthday November 14, 1919 Veronica Lake |
| Birthday November 14, 1921 Brian Keith, Actor |
| Birthday November 14, 1928 Leonie Rysanek, dramatic soprano |
| Birthday November 14, 1929 McLean Stevenson, Actor (TV's M*A*S*H) |
| Birthday November 14, 1930 Edward H. White II, astronaut (Gemini 4) |
| Birthday November 14, 1933 Fred Haise, astronaut (Apollo 13) |
| Birthday November 14, 1935 Don Stewart |
| Birthday November 14, 1935 Hussein I, king of Jordan (1953-, ) |
| Birthday November 14, 1948 Prince Charles, of Britain |
| History November 14, 1666 Samuel Pepys reports on 1st blood transfusion (between dogs) |
| History November 14, 1776 Benjamin Franklin takes sides |
| History November 14, 1792 Capt George Vancouver is 1st Englishman to enter SF Bay |
| History November 14, 1832 1st streetcar-horsedrawn vehicle called John Mason debuts in NYC |
| History November 14, 1851 Moby-Dick is published |
| History November 14, 1851 Moby Dick by Herman Melville published |
| History November 14, 1862 Lincoln approves Burnside's plan |
| History November 14, 1881 Charles J Guiteau went on trial for Pres Garfield's assassination |
| History November 14, 1889 NY World's Nellie Bly (Liz Cochrane) begins 72 day world trip |
| History November 14, 1896 Power plant at Niagara Falls begins operation |
| History November 14, 1910 1st airplane flight from deck of a ship |
| History November 14, 1914 Ottoman Empire declares a holy war |
| History November 14, 1922 BBC began domestic radio service |
| History November 14, 1935 FDR proclaimed Philippine Is a free commonwealth |
| History November 14, 1940 Germans bomb Coventry |
| History November 14, 1940 During WW II German planes destroyed most of Coventry England |
| History November 14, 1941 Cary Grant stars in Hitchcock’s Suspicion |
| History November 14, 1943 Bears' Sid Luckman throws 7 TD passes (NFL record) |
| History November 14, 1951 United States gives military and economic aid to communist Yugoslavia |
| History November 14, 1959 Kennedy publishes article on television and American politics |
| History November 14, 1959 Kilauea's most spectacular eruption (in Hawaii) |
| History November 14, 1965 Major battle erupts in the Ia Drang Valley |
| History November 14, 1967 Marine general killed in Vietnam |
| History November 14, 1969 Apollo 12 launched |
| History November 14, 1969 Apollo 12 lifts off |
| History November 14, 1970 Plane crash devastates Marshall University |
| History November 14, 1972 Dow Jones closes above 1 000 for 1st time (1003.16) |
| History November 14, 1972 Nixon promises Thieu that U.S. will continue to support South Vietnam |
| History November 14, 1973 Britain's Princess Anne marries commoner Capt Mark Phillips |
| History November 14, 1977 Egypt Pres Sadat repeats willingness to visit Israel to Cronkite |
| History November 14, 1981 2nd Space Shuttle Mission - Columbia 2 returns to Earth |
| History November 14, 1981 Old Dutch Windmill in Golden Gate Park repaired & working again |
| History November 14, 1982 Walesa released from jail |
| History November 14, 1985 Volcano erupts in Colombia and buries nearby towns |
| History November 14, 1986 Ivan Boesky confesses to illegal stock trading activity |
| History November 14, 1986 Sec & Exch Comm impose a record $100 million penalty against Boesky |
| History November 14, 2006 Last day for Texas' celebrated drive-in Pig Stands |