What are the important events that happened on November 14? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

November 14: Facts & Myths About This Day

November 14 is the 318^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 47 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 1, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 489,744 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectadecaoctagon’ day.

Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 95 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,711 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

November 14 Historical Events

• 1941 –
  World War II: In Slonim, German forces engaged in Operation Barbarossa murdered 9000 Jews in a single day.
• 1941 –
  World War II: The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal sinks due to torpedo damage from the GS U-81 sustained on November 13.
• 1957 –
  The Apalachin Meeting outside Binghamton, New York is raided by law enforcement, and many high level Mafia figures are arrested.
• 1970 –
  Southern Airways Flight 932 crashes in the mountains near Huntington, West Virginia, killing 75, including members of the Marshall University football team.
• 1970 –
  Soviet Union enters ICAO, making Russian the fourth official language of organization.
• 1971 –
  Enthronment of Pope Shenouda III as Pope of Alexandria
• 1979 –
  Iran hostage crisis: US President Jimmy Carter issues Executive order 12170, freezing all Iranian assets in the United States in response to the hostage crisis.
• 1995 –
  A budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress forces the federal government to temporarily close national parks and museums and to run most government offices with skeleton staffs.
• 2001 –
  War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters take over the capital Kabul.
• 2007 –
  The last direct-current electrical distribution system in the United States is shut down in New York City by Con Edison.

Who were born on November 14?

• 1812 –
  Aleardo Aleardi, Italian poet (d. 1878)
• 1828 –
  James B. McPherson, American Civil War general (d. 1864)
• 1895 –
  Walter Freeman, American physician (d. 1972)
• 1912 –
  T. Y. Lin, Chinese-born civil engineer (d. 2003)
• 1921 –
  Brian Keith, American actor (d. 1997)
• 1927 –
  McLean Stevenson, American actor (d. 1996)
• 1951 –
  Frankie Banali, American rock drummer
• 1962 –
  Laura San Giacomo, American actress
• 1969 –
  Butch Walker, recording artist
• 1972 –
  Aaron Taylor, American football player

Who died on November 14?

• 1691 –
  Tosa Mitsuoki, Japanese painter (b. 1617)
• 1825 –
  Jean Paul, German writer (b. 1763)
• 1831 –
  Ignaz Pleyel, Austrian-born French composer, music publisher and piano manufacturer (b. 1757)
• 1844 –
  John Abercrombie, British physician (b. 1780)
• 1916 –
  Saki, British writer (b. 1870)
• 1960 –
  Robert Raymond Cook, Canadian murderer (b. 1937)
• 1984 –
  Cesar Climaco, Filipino politician (b. 1916)
• 1999 –
  Minos Volanakis, Greek theatre director and translator
• 2004 –
  Michel Colombier, French composer (b. 1939)
• 2010 –
  Wes Santee, American middle distance runner (b. 1932)