November 14
1851 - Herman Melville's novel "Moby Dick" was published.
1889 - Nellie Bly set out to beat Jules Verne's fictional Phileas Fogg's time of 80 days to travel around the world; she did it in 72.
1915 - African-American educator Booker T. Washington, 59, died in Tuskegee, Alabama.
1922 - The British Broadcasting Corporation began its domestic radio service.
1940 - During World War II, German planes destroyed most of the English town of Coventry.
1965 - The U.S. Army’s first major military operation of the Vietnam War began with the start of the five-day Battle of Ia Drang. (The fighting between American troops and North Vietnamese forces ended on Nov. 18 with both sides claiming victory.)
1969 - Apollo 12, the second manned lunar expedition, was launched.
1972 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above the 1,000 level for the first time, ending the day at 1,003.16.
1973 - Britain’s Princess Anne married Captain Mark Phillips in Westminster Abbey. (They divorced in 1992, and Anne remarried.)
1995 - The U.S. federal government began a partial shut down of government services after the U.S. Congress could not pass a budget.
1996 - Singer Michael Jackson married his plastic surgeon’s nurse, Debbie Rowe, in a ceremony in Sydney, Australia. (Rowe filed for divorce in 1999.)
2002 - Nancy Pelosi of California became the first woman to lead a party in Congress.
2003 - The most distant object ever found in our solar system, named Sedna, was discovered by astronomers at the Mount Palomar Observatory.
2013 - Former Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger was led off to prison to begin serving a life sentence at 84 for his murderous reign in the 1970s and ’80s. (Bulger was killed Oct. 30, 2018, hours after arriving at a federal prison in West Virginia.)
2020 - Donald Trump supporters unwilling to accept Democrat Joe Biden’s election victory gathered in cities across the country including Washington, D.C., where thousands rallied; after night fell in the nation’s capital, demonstrators favoring Trump clashed in the streets with counterprotesters, resulting in injuries to demonstrators and police officers and charges against nearly two dozen people.
Birthdays
31 - Graham Patrick Martin (actor)
33 - Stella Maeve (actress)
36 - Cory Michael Smith (actor)
41 - Russell Tovey (actor)
41 - Vanessa Bayer (actress/comedian)
43 - Olga Kurylenko (actress)
45 - Brian Dietzen (actor)
50 - Josh Duhamel (actor)
56 - Curt Schilling (baseball player)
58 - Patrick Warburton (actor)
61 - D.B. Sweeney (actor)
61 - Laura San Giacomo (actress)
68 - Condoleezza Rice (politician)
68 - Yanni (musician)
74 - King Charles III (member of British royal family)
94 - Kathleen Hughes (actress)
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Today in Sports History - November 14
1891 - Doane defeats Nebraska 14-12.
1903 - Nebraska defeats Kansas 6-0.
1908 - Kansas defeats Nebraska 20-5.
1914 - Nebraska defeats Kansas 35-0.
1925 - Nebraska and Kansas State play a scoreless tie.
1931 - Nebraska defeats Kansas State 6-3.
1936 - #5 Pittsburgh defeats #6 Nebraska 19-6.
1942 - Pittsburgh defeats Nebraska 6-0.
1943 - Sid Luckman (Chicago Bears) became the first to throw for more than 400 yards. He threw for 433 yards and seven touchdowns against the New York Giants.
1953 - Colorado defeats Nebraska 14-10.
1959 - Nebraska defeats Colorado 14-12.
1964 - #4 Nebraska defeats Oklahoma State 27-14.
1970 - #4 Nebraska defeats #20 Kansas State 51-13.
1970 - A chartered Southern Airways DC-9 crashed while trying to land in West Virginia, killing all 75 people on board, including the Marshall University football team and its coaching staff.
1981 - #7 Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 31-7.
1992 - Cockeye State defeats #7 Nebraska 19-10.
1993 - Don Shula (Miami Dolphins) set a new NFL record with his 325th victory.
1998 - #2 Kansas State defeats #11 Nebraska 40-30.
2009 - Nebraska defeats Kansas 31-17.
2015 - Nebraska defeats Rutgers 31-14.
2017 - Three UCLA basketball players who’d been detained in China on suspicion of shoplifting returned home; they were then indefinitely suspended from the team.
2018 - New York Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom wins NL Cy Young Award; his 10 wins fewest ever by a Cy Young winner in a non-strike-shortened season; MLB-leading 1.70 ERA; 29 consecutive start streak longest in MLB history.
2020 - Nebraska defeats Penn State 30-23.
1851 - Herman Melville's novel "Moby Dick" was published.
1889 - Nellie Bly set out to beat Jules Verne's fictional Phileas Fogg's time of 80 days to travel around the world; she did it in 72.
1915 - African-American educator Booker T. Washington, 59, died in Tuskegee, Alabama.
1922 - The British Broadcasting Corporation began its domestic radio service.
1940 - During World War II, German planes destroyed most of the English town of Coventry.
1965 - The U.S. Army’s first major military operation of the Vietnam War began with the start of the five-day Battle of Ia Drang. (The fighting between American troops and North Vietnamese forces ended on Nov. 18 with both sides claiming victory.)
1969 - Apollo 12, the second manned lunar expedition, was launched.
1972 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above the 1,000 level for the first time, ending the day at 1,003.16.
1973 - Britain’s Princess Anne married Captain Mark Phillips in Westminster Abbey. (They divorced in 1992, and Anne remarried.)
1995 - The U.S. federal government began a partial shut down of government services after the U.S. Congress could not pass a budget.
1996 - Singer Michael Jackson married his plastic surgeon’s nurse, Debbie Rowe, in a ceremony in Sydney, Australia. (Rowe filed for divorce in 1999.)
2002 - Nancy Pelosi of California became the first woman to lead a party in Congress.
2003 - The most distant object ever found in our solar system, named Sedna, was discovered by astronomers at the Mount Palomar Observatory.
2013 - Former Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger was led off to prison to begin serving a life sentence at 84 for his murderous reign in the 1970s and ’80s. (Bulger was killed Oct. 30, 2018, hours after arriving at a federal prison in West Virginia.)
2020 - Donald Trump supporters unwilling to accept Democrat Joe Biden’s election victory gathered in cities across the country including Washington, D.C., where thousands rallied; after night fell in the nation’s capital, demonstrators favoring Trump clashed in the streets with counterprotesters, resulting in injuries to demonstrators and police officers and charges against nearly two dozen people.
Birthdays
31 - Graham Patrick Martin (actor)
33 - Stella Maeve (actress)
36 - Cory Michael Smith (actor)
41 - Russell Tovey (actor)
41 - Vanessa Bayer (actress/comedian)
43 - Olga Kurylenko (actress)
45 - Brian Dietzen (actor)
50 - Josh Duhamel (actor)
56 - Curt Schilling (baseball player)
58 - Patrick Warburton (actor)
61 - D.B. Sweeney (actor)
61 - Laura San Giacomo (actress)
68 - Condoleezza Rice (politician)
68 - Yanni (musician)
74 - King Charles III (member of British royal family)
94 - Kathleen Hughes (actress)
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Today in Sports History - November 14
1891 - Doane defeats Nebraska 14-12.
1903 - Nebraska defeats Kansas 6-0.
1908 - Kansas defeats Nebraska 20-5.
1914 - Nebraska defeats Kansas 35-0.
1925 - Nebraska and Kansas State play a scoreless tie.
1931 - Nebraska defeats Kansas State 6-3.
1936 - #5 Pittsburgh defeats #6 Nebraska 19-6.
1942 - Pittsburgh defeats Nebraska 6-0.
1943 - Sid Luckman (Chicago Bears) became the first to throw for more than 400 yards. He threw for 433 yards and seven touchdowns against the New York Giants.
1953 - Colorado defeats Nebraska 14-10.
1959 - Nebraska defeats Colorado 14-12.
1964 - #4 Nebraska defeats Oklahoma State 27-14.
1970 - #4 Nebraska defeats #20 Kansas State 51-13.
1970 - A chartered Southern Airways DC-9 crashed while trying to land in West Virginia, killing all 75 people on board, including the Marshall University football team and its coaching staff.
1981 - #7 Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 31-7.
1992 - Cockeye State defeats #7 Nebraska 19-10.
1993 - Don Shula (Miami Dolphins) set a new NFL record with his 325th victory.
1998 - #2 Kansas State defeats #11 Nebraska 40-30.
2009 - Nebraska defeats Kansas 31-17.
2015 - Nebraska defeats Rutgers 31-14.
2017 - Three UCLA basketball players who’d been detained in China on suspicion of shoplifting returned home; they were then indefinitely suspended from the team.
2018 - New York Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom wins NL Cy Young Award; his 10 wins fewest ever by a Cy Young winner in a non-strike-shortened season; MLB-leading 1.70 ERA; 29 consecutive start streak longest in MLB history.
2020 - Nebraska defeats Penn State 30-23.
