Today In History. What Happened This Day In History A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history. Today in History November 14 1501 : Arthur Tudor of England marries Katherine of Aragon. 1812 : As Napoleon Bonapartes army retreats form Moscow, temperatures drop to 20 degrees below zero. 1851 : Herman Melvilles novel Moby Dick is published in New York. 1882 : Billy Clairborne, a survivor of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, loses his life in a shoot-out with Buckskin Frank Leslie. 1908 : Albert Einstein presents his quantum theory of light. 1910 : Lieutenant Eugene Ely, U.S. Navy, becomes the first man to take off in an airplane from the deck of a ship. He flew from the ship Birmingham at Hampton Roads to Norfolk. 1921 : The Cherokee Indians ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review their claim to 1 million acres of land in Texas. 1922 : The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) begins the first daily radio broadcasts from Marconi House. 1930 : Right-wing militarists in Japan attempt to assassinate Premier Hamagushi. 1935 : Manuel Luis Quezon is sworn in as the first Filipino president, as the Commonwealth of the Philippines is inaugurated. 1940 : German bombers devastate Coventry in Great Britain, killing 1,000 in the worst air raid of the war. 1951 : The United States and Yugoslavia sign a military aid pact. 1951 : French paratroopers capture Hoa Binh, Vietnam. 1960 : New Orleans integrates two all-white schools. 1960 : President Dwight Eisenhower orders U.S. naval units into the Caribbean after Guatemala and Nicaragua charge Castro with starting uprisings. 1961 : President Kennedy increases the number of American advisors in Vietnam from 1,000 to 16,000. 1963 : Iceland gets a new island when a volcano pushes its way up out of the sea five miles off the southern coast. 1963 : Greece frees hundreds who were jailed in the Communist uprising of 1944-1950. 1965 : The U.S. First Cavalry Division battles with the North Vietnamese Army in the Ia Drang Valley, the first ground combat for American troops. 1968 : Yale University announces its plan to go co-ed. 1969 : The United States launches Apollo 12, the second mission to the Moon, from Cape Kennedy. 1979 : US President Jimmy Carter freezes all Iranian assets in the United States in response to Iranian militants holding more than 50 Americans hostage. 1982 : Lech Walesa, leader of Polands outlawed Solidarity movement, is released by communist authorities after 11 months confinement; he would win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 and be elected Polands president in 1990. 1984 : The Space Shuttle Discoverys crew rescues a second satellite. 1990 : Poland and the Federal Republic of Germany sign a treaty officially making the Oder-Neisse line the border between their countries. 1995 : Budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in the US Congress forces temporary closure of national parks and museums; federal agencies forced to operate with skeleton staff. 2001 : Northern Alliance fighters take control of Afghanistans capital, Kabul. 2008 : First G-20 economic summit convenes, in Washington, DC. 2012 : Israel launches Operation Pillar of Defense against the Hamas-governed Gaza Strip. Born on November 14 1650 : William III, King of England (1689-1702). 1765 : Robert Fulton, American engineer who invented the first steamboat. 1840 : Claude Monet, French impressionist painter. 1889 : Jawaharala Nehru, Indian nationalist leader. 1900 : Aaron Copeland, American composer whose works include Billy the Kidd, Appalachian Spring and Fanfare for the Common Man. 1906 : Louise Brooks, silent film star, symbol of the 1920s flapper. 1907 : Astrid Lindgren, Swedish childrens writer (Pippi Longstocking). 1908 : Joseph McCarthy, anti-Communist senator from Wisconsin. 1908 : Harrison Sallisbury, journalist for The New York Times. 1917 : Park Chung-hee, Korean general and statesman; led 1961 coup that overthrew the Korean Second Republic; elected president 1963; assassinated Oct. 26, 1979. 1921 : Brian Keith, actor (The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming). 1922 : Veronica Lake, actress (Sullivans Travels). 1927 : McLean Stevenson, actor; best known for his role as Lt. Col. Henry Blake on the TV series M*A*S*H*. 1930 : Edward Higgins White II, engineer, astronaut; first American to walk in space (June 3, 1965); died in explosion at Cape Canaveral (Cape Kennedy) during prelaunch testing for first manned Apollo mission. 1935 : Hussein of Jordan, King of Jordan (1952–1999); second Arab head of state to recognize Israel as a sovereign nation. 1947 : Buckwheat Zydeco (Stanley Dural Jr.), accordion player, zydeco artist. 1948 : Charles, Prince of Wales, heir to the throne of England. 1954 : Condoleezza Rice, US Secretary of State under Pres. George W. Bush (2005–2009).
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