386 Historic Events for November 14
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| 1879 |
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Geoffrey Turton Shaw, composer
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| 1880 |
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Eugene O'Brien, Boulder OH, actor (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm)
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| 1881 |
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Charles J Guiteau went on trial for Pres Garfield's assassination
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| 1881 |
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L‚on Gambetta forms French govt
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| 1883 |
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Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek premier (1945, 50, 51-52)
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| 1887 |
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Bernhard Paumgartner, Austria, musicologist/conductor/composer
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| 1887 |
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Louis A van Gasteren, Dutch actor/director (Willem van Oranje)
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| 1888 |
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USC Trojans (then Methodists) play their 1st football game
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| 1888 |
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St Andrews Golf Club, Yonkers NY, opens with just 6 holes
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| 1889 |
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New York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) began her attempt to surpass fictitious journey of Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg by traveling around world in less than 80 days She succeeded, by f
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| 1889 |
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Jawaharlal Nehru, 1st Indian PM (1947-64)
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| 1889 |
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NY World's Nellie Bly (Liz Cochrane) begins 72 day world trip
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| 1892 |
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James Meredith, 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1912)
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| 1893 |
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Carlo E Gadda, Italian engineer/writer (Madonna dei filosofi)
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| 1893 |
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Evert S J Kruythoff, Ned Antillean author (conservation flora)
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| 1893 |
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Piet Moeskops, Dutch world champ cyclist (1921-24, 26)
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| 1893 |
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Gerhart Hauptmanns "Hanneles Himmelfahrt," premieres in Berlin
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| 1894 |
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Seena Owen, Spokane WA, silent screen actress (Queen Kelly)
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| 1894 |
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Harold Collett Dent, journalist/educationist
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| 1894 |
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Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Golden Pince-Nez" (BG)
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| 1896 |
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Power plant at Niagara Falls begins operation
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| 1896 |
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Mamie G Doud Eisenhower, 1st lady (1953-61)
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| 1897 |
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John Steuart Curry, US painter/lithographer (Baptism in Kansas)
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| 1900 |
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Aaron Copeland, Brooklyn, composer (Billy the Kid, Appalachian Spring)
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| 1900 |
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Clara Fasano, sculptor
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