November 14
1851 - Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick was published.
1862 - During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln gave the go-ahead for Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside’s plan to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond; the resulting Battle of Fredericksburg proved a disaster for the Union.
1881 - Charles J. Guiteau went on trial for assassinating President James A. Garfield. (He was convicted and hanged.)
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.
1910 - Eugene B. Ely became the first aviator to take off from a ship as his Curtiss pusher rolled off a sloping platform on the deck of the scout cruiser USS Birmingham off Hampton Roads, Virginia.
1915 - African-American educator Booker T. Washington, 59, died in Tuskegee, Alabama.
1922 - The British Broadcasting Corporation began its domestic radio service.
1935 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed the Philippine Islands a free commonwealth.
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 1,000 for the first time, ending the day at 1,003.16.
1973 - Britain's Princess Anne married Capt. Mark Phillips in Westminster Abbey.
1986 - The Securities and Exchange Commission fined Ivan F. Boesky $100 million for insider stock trading.
1990 - It was revealed that the pop duo Milli Vanilli (Rob Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan) had done none of the singing on their Grammy-winning debut album, "Girl You Know It's True."
1995 - The U.S. federal government began a partial shutdown of government services after 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.)
1999 - The United Nations imposed sanctions on Afghanistan for refusing to hand over terrorist suspect Osama bin Laden.
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.
2010 - Somali pirates released British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler, who were held for 388 days after they were abducted from their 38-foot-yacht.
2015 - The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a wave of attacks in Paris that killed 130 people and said France would remain at the “top of the list” of its targets.
2015 - In the Democrats’ second debate of the presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton cast herself as the country’s strongest commander-in-chief in a scary world while fending off questions about her corporate ties from Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley.
Birthdays
29 - Taylor Hall (hockey player)
29 - Graham Patrick Martin (actor)
34 - Cory Michael Smith (actor)
39 - Russell Tovey (actor)
39 - Vanessa Bayer (actress/comedian)
41 - Olga Kurylenko (actress)
43 - Brian Dietzen (actor)
48 - Josh Duhamel (actor)
54 - Curt Schilling (baseball player)
56 - Patrick Warburton (actor)
59 - D.B. Sweeney (actor)
59 - Laura San Giacomo (actress)
66 - Condoleezza Rice (politician)
66 - Yanni (musician)
69 - Stephen Bishop (singer)
72 - Prince Charles (member of British royal family)
92 - 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 to a 0-0 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 upsets #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.
2018 - New York Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom wins the National League Cy Young Award; his 10 wins are the fewest ever by a Cy Young winner in a non-strike shortened season; he had an MLB-leading 1.70 ERA and his 29 consecutive start streak was the longest in MLB history.
1851 - Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick was published.
1862 - During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln gave the go-ahead for Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside’s plan to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond; the resulting Battle of Fredericksburg proved a disaster for the Union.
1881 - Charles J. Guiteau went on trial for assassinating President James A. Garfield. (He was convicted and hanged.)
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.
1910 - Eugene B. Ely became the first aviator to take off from a ship as his Curtiss pusher rolled off a sloping platform on the deck of the scout cruiser USS Birmingham off Hampton Roads, Virginia.
1915 - African-American educator Booker T. Washington, 59, died in Tuskegee, Alabama.
1922 - The British Broadcasting Corporation began its domestic radio service.
1935 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed the Philippine Islands a free commonwealth.
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 1,000 for the first time, ending the day at 1,003.16.
1973 - Britain's Princess Anne married Capt. Mark Phillips in Westminster Abbey.
1986 - The Securities and Exchange Commission fined Ivan F. Boesky $100 million for insider stock trading.
1990 - It was revealed that the pop duo Milli Vanilli (Rob Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan) had done none of the singing on their Grammy-winning debut album, "Girl You Know It's True."
1995 - The U.S. federal government began a partial shutdown of government services after 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.)
1999 - The United Nations imposed sanctions on Afghanistan for refusing to hand over terrorist suspect Osama bin Laden.
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.
2010 - Somali pirates released British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler, who were held for 388 days after they were abducted from their 38-foot-yacht.
2015 - The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a wave of attacks in Paris that killed 130 people and said France would remain at the “top of the list” of its targets.
2015 - In the Democrats’ second debate of the presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton cast herself as the country’s strongest commander-in-chief in a scary world while fending off questions about her corporate ties from Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley.
Birthdays
29 - Taylor Hall (hockey player)
29 - Graham Patrick Martin (actor)
34 - Cory Michael Smith (actor)
39 - Russell Tovey (actor)
39 - Vanessa Bayer (actress/comedian)
41 - Olga Kurylenko (actress)
43 - Brian Dietzen (actor)
48 - Josh Duhamel (actor)
54 - Curt Schilling (baseball player)
56 - Patrick Warburton (actor)
59 - D.B. Sweeney (actor)
59 - Laura San Giacomo (actress)
66 - Condoleezza Rice (politician)
66 - Yanni (musician)
69 - Stephen Bishop (singer)
72 - Prince Charles (member of British royal family)
92 - 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 to a 0-0 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 upsets #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.
2018 - New York Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom wins the National League Cy Young Award; his 10 wins are the fewest ever by a Cy Young winner in a non-strike shortened season; he had an MLB-leading 1.70 ERA and his 29 consecutive start streak was the longest in MLB history.
