1152 BC The first ever labor strike in history took place on November 14, 1152BC. It was held by workers in the royal necropolis during the reign of Pharaoh Ramses III in ancient Egypt. The artisans of the Royal Necropolis at Deir el-Medina walked off their jobs because they had not been paid and the stoppage proved successful as the Egyptian authorities raised the wages.
565 AD Byzantine emperor Justinian I died on November 14, 565 and was succeeded by Justin II, who was the son of his sister Vigilantia and married to Sophia, the niece of Empress Theodora. Justinian's body was entombed in a specially built mausoleum in the Church of the Holy Apostles until it was desecrated and robbed during the pillage of the city in 1204 by the Latin States of the Fourth Crusade.
1594 English playwright and poet Ben Jonson married Anne Lewis on November 14, 1594, at the church of St Magnus-the-Martyr, near London Bridge. Jonson described his wife to William Drummond as "a shrew, yet honest". It is possible that Jonson’s marriage was unhappy and for five years somewhere in this period, Jonson lived separate from his wife, enjoying instead the hospitality of Lord Aubigny. There may have been a legal separation later in his life.
1673 Christopher Wren was knighted on November 14, 1673, following his departure from the position of Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford. In honor of Wren's knighthood, the mason-sculptor Edward Pierce carved a famous portrait bust of the great polymath.
1680 German astronomer Gottfried Kirch discovered the Great Comet of 1680 on November 14, 1680 in Coburg. It was the first to be found using a telescope. The Great Comet of 1680 became one of the brightest comets of the 17th century – reputedly visible even in daytime – and was noted for its spectacularly long tail.
1687 Nell Gwyn, mistress of Charles II of England, died after suffering a series of strokes on November 14, 1687 aged just 37. She was buried in the Church of St Martin-in-the-Fields, London. In compliance with one of Nell Gwyn's final requests, Thomas Tenison, the Archbishop of Canterbury, preached a sermon from the text of Luke 15:7 "Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.”
1698 The light was lit on Winstanley’s Tower, the first lighthouse built on a rock in the open sea, on November 14, 1698. The Eddystone Rocks were a major shipwreck hazard for mariners sailing through the English Channel. Winstanley’s Tower, built by Henry Winstanley, was an octagonal wooden structure, anchored by twelve iron stanchions secured in the rock. It was destroyed in the Great Storm of 1703.
1732 The first library in America, the Library Company of Philadelphia, was founded in 1731 by Benjamin Franklin. Franklin believed that everyone should have access to books and information, and he worked to make the Library Company of Philadelphia a truly public library. The newly founded Library Company signed a contract with its first librarian on November 14, 1732.
1784 The sacraments of baptism and Holy Communion were first administered by ordained Methodist clergy in America on November 14, 1784. The service was held at Barratt's Chapel, a Methodist chapel located to the north of Frederica in Kent County, Delaware. The sacraments were administered by John Wesley's friend Thomas Coke, a priest in the Church of England, who had been ordained to be the co-superintendent of Methodists in the United States.
1840 The founder of French Impressionist painting, Claude Monet, was born on November 14, 1840 in Paris, the second son of a wholesale grocer and singer. Though he was baptized as Oscar-Claude, his parents called him simply Oscar. Monet was obsessed with the optical effects of light and color. He aimed to emphasis the impression the painting intended to convey rather than its detail. He carried his original fragmented technique to the final extreme with paintings such as Water Lilies.
565 AD Byzantine emperor Justinian I died on November 14, 565 and was succeeded by Justin II, who was the son of his sister Vigilantia and married to Sophia, the niece of Empress Theodora. Justinian's body was entombed in a specially built mausoleum in the Church of the Holy Apostles until it was desecrated and robbed during the pillage of the city in 1204 by the Latin States of the Fourth Crusade.
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| A Justinian mosaic in Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna |
1594 English playwright and poet Ben Jonson married Anne Lewis on November 14, 1594, at the church of St Magnus-the-Martyr, near London Bridge. Jonson described his wife to William Drummond as "a shrew, yet honest". It is possible that Jonson’s marriage was unhappy and for five years somewhere in this period, Jonson lived separate from his wife, enjoying instead the hospitality of Lord Aubigny. There may have been a legal separation later in his life.
1673 Christopher Wren was knighted on November 14, 1673, following his departure from the position of Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford. In honor of Wren's knighthood, the mason-sculptor Edward Pierce carved a famous portrait bust of the great polymath.
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| Bust of Wren, 1673 |
1680 German astronomer Gottfried Kirch discovered the Great Comet of 1680 on November 14, 1680 in Coburg. It was the first to be found using a telescope. The Great Comet of 1680 became one of the brightest comets of the 17th century – reputedly visible even in daytime – and was noted for its spectacularly long tail.
1687 Nell Gwyn, mistress of Charles II of England, died after suffering a series of strokes on November 14, 1687 aged just 37. She was buried in the Church of St Martin-in-the-Fields, London. In compliance with one of Nell Gwyn's final requests, Thomas Tenison, the Archbishop of Canterbury, preached a sermon from the text of Luke 15:7 "Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.”
1698 The light was lit on Winstanley’s Tower, the first lighthouse built on a rock in the open sea, on November 14, 1698. The Eddystone Rocks were a major shipwreck hazard for mariners sailing through the English Channel. Winstanley’s Tower, built by Henry Winstanley, was an octagonal wooden structure, anchored by twelve iron stanchions secured in the rock. It was destroyed in the Great Storm of 1703.
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| Winstanley's lighthouse, as modified in 1699 |
1732 The first library in America, the Library Company of Philadelphia, was founded in 1731 by Benjamin Franklin. Franklin believed that everyone should have access to books and information, and he worked to make the Library Company of Philadelphia a truly public library. The newly founded Library Company signed a contract with its first librarian on November 14, 1732.
1784 The sacraments of baptism and Holy Communion were first administered by ordained Methodist clergy in America on November 14, 1784. The service was held at Barratt's Chapel, a Methodist chapel located to the north of Frederica in Kent County, Delaware. The sacraments were administered by John Wesley's friend Thomas Coke, a priest in the Church of England, who had been ordained to be the co-superintendent of Methodists in the United States.
1840 The founder of French Impressionist painting, Claude Monet, was born on November 14, 1840 in Paris, the second son of a wholesale grocer and singer. Though he was baptized as Oscar-Claude, his parents called him simply Oscar. Monet was obsessed with the optical effects of light and color. He aimed to emphasis the impression the painting intended to convey rather than its detail. He carried his original fragmented technique to the final extreme with paintings such as Water Lilies.
1883 Robert Louis Stevenson dashed off Treasure Island in 1881 while on holiday in Braemar. He was kept indoors by the damp Scottish weather and started on the story partly to amuse his stepson, Lloyd. The work was first published in a children's magazine Young Folks under the title "The Sea Cook". It wasn't published in book form for another couple of years, eventually being made available to the public on November 14, 1883, by Cassell & Co.
1896 The speed limit for horseless carriages in Britain was raised from 4mph (2mph in towns) to 14 mph (23 km/h) (the estimated speed of a horse being driven 'furiously') on November 14, 1896.
The increase in the speed limit is celebrated to this day by the annual London to Brighton Veteran Car Run.
1902 President Theodore Roosevelt started the fashion for teddy bears when during a hunting trip in Mississippi on November 14, 1902, he refused to shoot a defenseless black bear that had been tied to a willow tree. Inspired by a political cartoon drawn by Clifford Berryman showing Roosevelt with a bear, Brooklyn shop owner Morris Michtom created a tiny plush toy bear cub, which he named "Teddy."
1905 Gennaro Lombardi received a licence for the first pizzeria in North America on November 14, 1905. He opened it at 53½ Spring Street, in Little Italy, New York City and soon had a loyal clientele, including Italian tenor Enrico Caruso. Others pizzerias quickly following in the Italian communities around the city.
1910 Aviator Eugene Burton Ely performed the first take off from a ship in Hampton Roads, Virginia on November 14, 1910. He took off from a makeshift deck erected over the bow of the light cruiser USS Birmingham. The airplane plunged downward as soon as it cleared the 83-foot platform runway; and the aircraft wheels dipped into the water before rising. Ely's goggles were covered with spray, and the aviator promptly landed on a beach rather than landing at the Norfolk Navy Yard as planned.
1913 Marcel Proust published "Swann's Way", the first part of À la recherche du temps perdu (Remembrance of Things Past) on November 14, 1913. Proust was prompted to embark on his autobiographical novel by the smell of a tea soaked orange teacake. He said that fragrance is the most tenacious form of memory and the teacake evoked memories of culinary delights at Aunt Leonie's on a Sunday morning.
1938 Canada's Lions Gate Bridge in Vancouver opened to traffic on November 14, 1938. The bridge spans Burrard Inlet, connecting the city of Vancouver to the North Shore municipalities of West Vancouver and North Vancouver. The term "Lions Gate" refers to The Lions, a pair of mountain peaks north of Vancouver.
1939 For many decades, the oldest ever dog was Bluey, a Cattle Dog from Australia, who lived to 29 years and 5 months. Her record was surpassed by Bobi from Portugal in 2023. Her owner, Les Hall of Rochester, Victoria, finally put Bluey to sleep on November 14, 1939.
1944 Ronald Reagan was assigned to the First Motion Picture Unit on November 14, 1944, where he remained until the end of World War II. While with the First Motion Picture Unit in 1945, Reagan was indirectly involved in discovering Marilyn Monroe. It was he who sent out the army photographer that first discovered the actress.
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| Capt. Ronald Reagan working at Fort Roach during World War II |
1948 King Charles III of the United Kingdom, eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, was born at Buckingham Palace at 9.14pm on November 14, 1948. When the one-month-old Prince Charles was baptized by the Archbishop of Canterbury at Buckingham Palace, the water used was from the River Jordan. He was the longest-serving heir apparent in British history, having been next-in-line since 1952. When he became the UK monarch in 2022, Charles III was the oldest person ever to ascend the throne.
1952 The Lucy Goes to the Hospital episode was filmed on November 14, 1952. To increase the publicity of this episode, the original air date was chosen to coincide with Lucille Ball's real-life delivery of Desi, Jr. by Caesarean section. 71.7% of all television sets in the United States were tuned into I Love Lucy on January 19, 1953 to watch her give birth in the episode.
1952 The first regular UK Singles Chart was published by the New Musical Express on November 14, 1952. Al Martino's "Here In My Heart" was the first song to reach number one. It stayed at the top of the tally for nine weeks meaning the song was the only UK chart-topper in 1952.
1973 Princess Anne married Captain Mark Phillips in front of a global television audience of more than 500 million, at Westminster Abbey on November 14, 1973. On the same day Royal Mark won the 2.30 Wedding Stakes at Wolverhampton. The couple separated in 1989 after almost 16 years of marriage.
2005 Dominomus was a female house sparrow that flew into a convention center in Netherlands on November 14, 2005. She caused 23,000 of the dominos being prepared for “Domino Day 2005” four days later to be knocked over. A hunting company hired to capture the bird with nets and sticks failed, and finally just shot it, sparking an animal rights controversy.
2010 When 23-year-old Sebastian Vettel won the Drivers' Championship after winning the final race of the season at Abu Dhabi on November 14, 2010, he became the youngest Formula One champion ever. The record for the youngest world champion had been held by Lewis Hamilton since 2008.
2010 When 23-year-old Sebastian Vettel won the Drivers' Championship after winning the final race of the season at Abu Dhabi on November 14, 2010, he became the youngest Formula One champion ever. The record for the youngest world champion had been held by Lewis Hamilton since 2008.
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| Vettel driving for Red Bull Racing at the 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix. By Andrew Griffith from UK |
2020 The longest bicycle in the world is 47.5 meters (155 feet 8 inches) long, and was built by Bernie Ryan of Australia. It was first ridden on November 14, 2020, in Paynesville, Victoria, Australia. Ryan built the bicycle as a challenge to himself and to promote cycling.
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