Today in History for 14th November 2023

[CoM Moderators]

Historical Events

1881 - Leon Gambetta forms French government
1920 - The Russian Bolshevik army occupies Sebastopol, ending anti-communist attempts to regain the government of Russia
1931 - Ottawa Mint Act is proclaimed in Britain
1960 - Belgium threatens to leave UN due to criticism on its policy on Congo
2018 - Jewellery that belonged to French Queen Marie Antoinette is auctioned off in Geneva, after not being seen for 200 years
2018 - Large impact crater, 31 km wide, from iron meteorite identified under Hiawatha Glacier in Greenland

More Historical Events »

Famous Birthdays

1906 - Louise Brooks, American silent screen star (American Venus, Pandora's Box), born in Cherryvale, Kansas (d. 1985)
1929 - Horst Janssen, German graphic artist and printmaker, born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1995)
1929 - Jimmy Piersall, American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1954, 56; his bipolar disorder subject book and film, "Fear Strikes Out"), born in Waterbury, Connecticut (d. 2017)
1930 - Alan Moss, English cricket fast bowler (9 Tests, 21 wickets; Middlesex CCC), born in London, England (d. 2019)
1932 - Ramon Zupko, American classical and electro-acoustic composer (Fluxus), and educator (Western Michigan University, 1971-96), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2019)
1948 - Jacob Kohnstamm, Dutch undersecretary of the Interior (D66, 1994-)

More Famous Birthdays »

Famous Deaths

1794 - Pieter Nieuwland, Dutch scientist and mathematician (known as "Dutch Isaac Newton"), dies at 30
1907 - Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian politician (b. 1848)
1965 - Russell Collins, American actor (Niagara, Close Up, Shockproof), dies at 68
1982 - Joachim Stutschewsky, Austrian-Israeli cellist, composer, and musicologist, dies at 91
2002 - Graham Watson, British literary agent (Curtis Brown, including authors Daphne du Maurier and John Steinbeck), dies at 89
2014 - Jane Byrne, American politician and 50th Mayor of Chicago, dies at 81

More Famous Deaths »