1380 - King Charles VI of France crowned at age 12
1832 - First streetcar (horse-drawn) (John Mason) debuts in NYC; fare 12 cents rode on 4th Avenue between Prince and 14th
1851 - "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville first published by Harper and Brothers in the US
1883 - "Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson first published as a book by Cassell & Co
1888 - St Andrews Golf Club, Yonkers NY, opens with just 6 holes
1889 - New York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) begins her attempt to surpass fictitious journey of Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg by travelling around the world in under 80 days.
She succeeds, finishing the trip in 72 days, 6 hours
1908 - Albert Einstein presents his quantum theory of light
1910 - First airplane flight from deck of a ship, Norfolk, Virginia
1921 - The Communist Party of Spain is founded
1922 - BBC begins daily radio broadcasts from the 2LO transmitter at Marconi House
1935 - Nazis deprive German Jews of their citizenship
1952 - First regular UK singles chart published by the New Musical Express
1960 - Riot due to school integration in New Orleans
1966 - Muhammad Ali (fka Cassius Clay) TKOs Cleveland Williams in 3 for heavyweight title
1968 - First European lung transplant / Yale University announces it is going co-educational
1969 - Apollo 12 (Conrad/Gordon/Bean) launched for 2nd manned Moon landing
1972 - Dow Jones closes above 1,000 for 1st time (1003.16)
1973 - Royal Wedding: Princess Anne, married Captain Mark Phillips in Westminster Abbey . The marriage ceremony was televised around the world with an estimated 100 million viewers
1981 - Pakistan all out for 62 v Australia (Dennis Lillee 5 -18)
1983 - First cruise missile placed at Greenham Common, England
1986 - SEC imposes a record $100 million penalty against Ivan Boesky
1994 - First trains for public run in Channel Tunnel under English Channel
1997 - Disney's "Lion King" sets Broadway record of $2,700,000 daily sales
2016 - Moana" animated Disney film directed by Ron Clements and John Musker with voices by Auli'i Cravalho and Dwayne Johnson premieres in Los Angeles
... and of course the 14th November is the birthday of Charles, Prince of Wales - the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh / next in line to the throne / formerly married to Lady Diana Spencer with two children Prince William and Prince Henry /Charles and Diana were divorced in 1996 after 15 years of marriage / now married to Camilla Parker Bowles . . .
. . . and of Nehru (India's first President) / Claude Monet / Leo Baekeland (Bakelite plastics) etc.