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People born on 14 November
1889 - Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India was born in Allahabad.
1919 - Balbir Singh 'Rang' - Indian poet.
1922 - Boutros Ghali - 6th Secretary-General of the United Nations.
1926 - Pilu Modi - a prominent leader of the Swatantra Party and a supporter of liberal and open economic policies in India.
1942 - Indira Goswami - was a strong sign of Assamese literature. (Conferred with Jnanpith Award).
1971 – Adam Gilchrist, Australian wicket-keeper batsman, was born.
Died on 14 November
1716 – Welham Leibnitz, a German mathematician and philosopher, died at the age of 70.
1967 – The first captain of the Indian Test cricket team, C.K. Naidu passed away.
1977 - Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada - was a famous Gaudiya Vaishnava guru and preacher.
2008 - Former Union Minister and Trinamool Congress leader Ajit Panja passed away.
2010 - Lakshmichand Jain - was a famous economist of India.
2013 - Harikrishna Devasare, famous children's litterateur and editor.
2019 - Dr. Vashistha Narayan Singh, the great mathematician, died in Patna at the age of 73.
Important Occasions and Celebrations of 14th November
- Diwali festival.
- Srikamala Mahavidya Jayanti.
- Shri Mahavir Nirvana Diwas (Jain).
- Swami Ramtirth Birth and Nirvana Day (Deepawali day).
- Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati's death anniversary (Deepawali)
- World Diabetes / Diabetes Day.
- Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Jayanti (Children's Day).
- National Library Week (14 to 21 November).
- National Land Resources Conservation Week (14 to 21 November).
Important Events of 14th November
1533 - Spanish explorers find Ecuador, located in the northwest of South America, and include it in their colony.
1681 - The East India Company announced the formation of a separate princely state of Bengal.
1732 - Louis Timothy, the first professional librarian in North America, is hired in Philadelphia.
1794 – The first recording meeting of the Franklin Literary Society is held at the Cannesburg Academy (modern Washington and Jefferson College).
1834 - William Thomson enters the University of Glasgow after 10 years and 4 months.
1881 - Charles J Guiteau is tried for the assassination of US President Garfield.
1883 - The Congress of Chile establishes the National Library.
1896 - Electric power station was established at Niagara Falls.
1904 - King Sea Gillette patented the Gillette razor blade.
1908 - Albert Einstein introduced the quantum theory of light.
1910 - The airplane took off from the sea vessel from Norfolk, America.
1918 – The Republic of Czechoslovakia is established, and Tjie Masri becomes president.
1921 - The Communist Party of Spain is founded.
1922 - The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) launches radio service in Britain. It became the first organization to broadcast radio in Britain.
1936 - Don Bradman scored 192 runs in the match of South Africa vs Victoria at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in front of 21,000 spectators.
1955 – Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) was inaugurated.
1957 – Children's Day was officially announced on the occasion of the birthday of the first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.
1960 – 110 people are killed in a two-train collision in the Czech Republic.
1973 - Britain's Princess Ann marries a commoner. Earlier this had not happened in the royal family.
1984 - NASA launches NATO 3D satellite.
1999 - UN kills international terrorist Osama bin Laden within a month by the United Nations. Sanctions imposed on Taliban for not handing over to US or any third country, announcement of suspension of Pakistan by Commonwealth Conference (Durban, South Africa).
2002 - Chinese President Jiang Zemin resigns from his post.
2006 - The Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan agree to build an Anti-Terrorism Mechanism in New Delhi.
2007 - Danish Prime Minister Andre Fogg Rasmussen takes office for the third time in a row.
2008 - The Moon Impact Probe lands on the surface of the Moon.
2009 - 15 coaches of Mandore Superfast Express train derailed near Banskho gate in Jaipur. 6 passengers have died in the accident.
2019 – FIFA, the global body of football, appointed Arsene Wenger as the president of Global Football Development, a program run for the development of football in the world.
