Talk:November 14
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November 14: Children's Day in India.
- 1228 - Frederick of Isenberg was executed for the murder of his cousin Engelbert of Berg, the Archbishop of Cologne.
- 1889 - Nellie Bly, reporter for the New York World, departed on her successful attempt to travel Around the World in Eighty Days.
- 1940 - World War II: Coventry Cathedral (ruins pictured) and much of the city centre of Coventry, England were destroyed by the German Luftwaffe during the Coventry Blitz.
- 1971 - Mariner 9 reached Mars, becoming the first spacecraft to orbit another planet.
- 1990 - Germany and Poland signed a treaty confirming their border at the Oder-Neisse line.
Recent days: November 13 – November 12 – November 11
Removed:
- 2006 - New Adventures of Superman Season 4 DVD Released
Absolutely trivial, this is not a page for dvd launch dates. --68.199.153.255 02:05, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
Removed:
- 1698 - first Eddystone Lighthouse is lit
Trivial. Not really a notable lighthouse. --mav 04:23, 14 Nov 2003 (UTC)
Removed:
- 1832 - First streetcar (a horse-drawn wagon) goes into operation, in New York City.
Could not be confirmed outside of 'this day in history'-like pages. --mav 04:23, 14 Nov 2003 (UTC)
Moved:
- 1941 - World War II: The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal capsizes and sinks after being torpedoed by U 81.
Nope - happened on November 13. --mav
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- 1942 - World War II: Battle of Guadalcanal - Aviators from the USS Enterprise sink the Japanese heavy cruiser BB- Hiei.
Nope - happened on November 13. --mav
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- 1945 - Nuremberg Trials begin: Trials against the main war criminals of World War II start in court room 600 of the Nuremberg Palace of Justice.
Nope - happened on November 20. --mav 04:23, 14 Nov 2003 (UTC)
