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Events on November 14

• 1475 George the Rich, the later Duke of Bavaria-Landshut, takes Jadwiga, the daughter of the Polish King Casimir IV., as his wife. The wedding celebration in Landshut lasts eight days. To this day, this wedding anniversary is commemorated every four years.
• 1493 During his second voyage, Christopher Columbus lands on an island in the Lesser Antilles, which he names Santa Cruz.
• 1901 Viennese physician Karl Landsteiner announces the discovery of the three blood groups A, B and 0.
• 1922 The British Broadcasting Corporation begins its radio broadcasts from a London studio.
• 1940 During the Second World War, heavy aerial bombardments by the German Luftwaffe as part of the Battle of Britain destroy the historic old town of Coventry. Nazi propaganda subsequently coins the term "Coventrating."
• 1946 Hermann Hesse is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
• 1961 CDU member of parliament Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt is appointed Federal Minister of Health by Chancellor Adenauer. She thereby becomes the first woman in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany to head a federal ministry.
• 1969 Apollo 12, the second crewed lunar flight of the NASA, launches with astronauts Charles Conrad, Richard Gordon and Alan Bean aboard. Although the rocket is struck by lightning twice during the launch, the launch proceeds as planned.
• 1983 As a pilot project, the first 30 km/h zone in Germany is established in the city center of Buxtehude.
• 1994 The Eurotunnel between Calais in France and Folkestone in England is opened to passenger traffic, and rail services begin.
• 2010 With his victory at the Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi, the 23-year-old Sebastian Vettel ends the racing season as the new Formula 1 World Champion.
• 2021 Australia wins the seventh T20 World Cup in Oman and the United Arab Emirates by defeating New Zealand by 8 wickets in the final.

Born on November 14

• 1891 Frederick Banting, British physician and Nobel laureate
• 1900 Aaron Copland, American composer
• 1904 Dick Powell, American actor
• 1920 Cato Bontjes van Beek, German resistance fighter against National Socialism
• 1930 Edward H. White, American astronaut
• 1960 Francesco Schettino, Italian captain
• 1972 Peter Brugger, German singer and guitarist
• 1972 Josh Duhamel, American actor
• 1981 Janin Ullmann, German television presenter
• 1990 Roman Bürki, Swiss footballer

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Source of events and birthdays: German Wikipedia article „14. November“, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, selected, shortened and translated by Birthday Paper.

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