In History, Today on November 14

A 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck the Iran-Iraq border, killing over 600 people and injuring thousands.

State of emergency declared in France following the Paris terrorist attacks on November 13, marking a significant security shift.

Israel launched Operation Pillar of Defense in the Gaza Strip, targeting Hamas military leaders.

The 2010 Asian Games officially opened in Guangzhou, China, marking the 16th Asian Games.

NASA announced that the Phoenix Mars Lander had confirmed the presence of water ice on Mars.

The largest-ever blackout in Italy's history occurred, affecting over 56 million people.

The War in Afghanistan: The Northern Alliance, with the support of U.S. airstrikes, captured Kabul from the Taliban.

A budget standoff between President Bill Clinton and the Republican-controlled Congress results in a temporary government shutdown in the United States.

American and British authorities announce indictments against two Libyan intelligence agents for the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

Mariner 9, a NASA space probe, becomes the first spacecraft to orbit another planet, Mars.

A Southern Airways DC-9 crashes in Huntington, West Virginia, killing 75, including most of the Marshall University football team and coaching staff.

NASA launches Apollo 12, the second crewed mission to the Moon, from Kennedy Space Center.

The Battle of Ia Drang, the first major engagement between regular American and North Vietnamese forces, begins in the Vietnam War.

The first known successful separation of conjoined twins joined at the head, executed by a team led by neurosurgeon Dr. Harold Voris at Mercy Hospital in Chicago.

During World War II, the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal sank after being torpedoed by a German U-boat the previous day.

The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) begins radio service in the United Kingdom.

The Spanish Communist Party was founded as a result of a split in the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.

Eugene Burton Ely performs the first takeoff from a ship, the USS Birmingham, in Hampton Roads, Virginia, marking a significant event in naval aviation history.

Journalist Nellie Bly begins her successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days, inspired by Jules Verne's novel.

Herman Melville's novel 'Moby-Dick' is published in the United States.

Claude Monet, who would become one of the founders of French Impressionist painting, was born.

The first regular horse-drawn streetcar service commenced operations from New York City to Harlem. This marked a significant advancement in urban transportation, paving the way for future developments in mass transit systems.

James Bruce, a Scottish explorer, discovered what he believed to be the source of the Nile, the Blue Nile's origin at Lake Tana in Ethiopia.

Samuel Pepys reports on the first blood transfusion performed on a dog by Richard Lower in England.

Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro arrives in Cajamarca, Peru, marking the beginning of the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire.

Prince Arthur, eldest son of Henry VII of England, marries Catherine of Aragon.

King Charles VI of France, also known as Charles the Well-Beloved and later Charles the Mad, was crowned at the age of 12 at Reims, beginning his reign as King of France.

Rikkokushi, the first segment of the imperially commissioned Japanese history chronicles, was completed.

The Byzantine Emperor Justin II succeeds his uncle Justinian I as Emperor of the Byzantine Empire.