Today in History
14 November
229 births · 101 deaths · 49 events recorded
Featured Birthday · Born 1927
McLean Stevenson
American actor (1927–1996)
Notable Births
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Xiyeon
b. 2000
South Korean actress (born 2000)
Sofia Kenin
b. 1998
American tennis player (born 1998)
DeVonta Smith
b. 1998
American football player (born 1998)
Noussair Mazraoui
b. 1997
Moroccan footballer (born 1997)
Christopher Nkunku
b. 1997
French footballer (born 1997)
Big Daddy (wrestler)
b. 1929
English professional wrestler (1930–1997)
McLean Stevenson
b. 1927
American actor (1927–1996)
Joseph McCarthy
b. 1908
American politician (1908–1957)
Notable Deaths
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Vic Flick
d. 2024
English guitarist (1937–2024)
Peter Sinfield
d. 2024
English poet and songwriter (1943–2024)
Des O'Connor
d. 2020
English comedian, singer and television presenter (1932–2020)
Gwen Ifill
d. 2016
Panamanian-American journalist, television newscaster, and author (1955–2016)
Nick Bockwinkel
d. 2015
American wrestler (1934–2015)
Eugene Dynkin
d. 2014
Russian mathematician (1924–2014)
Booker T. Washington
d. 1915
American educator, author, orator and adviser
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
d. 1716
German polymath (1646–1716)
On This Day in History
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2019
A mass shooting occurs at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California, resulting in three deaths, including that of the perpetrator, and three injuries.
Saugus High School shooting
2017
A gunman kills four people and injures 12 others during a shooting spree across Rancho Tehama, California. He had earlier murdered his wife in their home.
Rancho Tehama shootings
2016
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes Kaikōura, New Zealand, at a depth of 15 km (9 miles), resulting in the deaths of two people.
2016 Kaikōura earthquake
2012
Israel launches a major military operation in the Gaza Strip in response to an escalation of rocket attacks by Hamas.
Israel
2008
The first G-20 economic summit opens in Washington, D.C.
2008 G20 Washington summit
2008
Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-126 to continue assembly of the International Space Station.
Space Shuttle Endeavour
2003
Astronomers discover Sedna, a distant trans-Neptunian dwarf planet.
Sedna (dwarf planet)
2001
War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters take over the capital Kabul.
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)