Today in History for 14th November 2017:
Historical Events
1524 – Francisco Pizarro begins his 1st great expedition, near Colombia
1908 – Liberal candidate Jose Miguel Gomez wins national elections for president in Cuba
1957 – Dick Hutton beats Lou Thesz in Toronto, to become NWA wrestling champion
1964 – Detroit Red Wings Gordie Howe sets NHL record 627th career goal
1980 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
2001 – War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters takeover the capital Kabul.
Famous Birthdays
1779 – Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger, Danish poet (d. 1850)
1828 – James Birdseye MacPherson, American Major General (Union Army), born in Clyde, Ohio (d. 1864)
1904 – Marya Mannes, American author (The Reporter), born in NYC, New York
1905 – L H Ruitenberg, vicar/editor in chief (Reformed of Netherlands)
1932 – Henk Mochel, Dutch TV host (Rondom tien)
1978 – Bobby Allen, American ice hockey player
Famous Deaths
1226 – Frederick of Isenberg, German politician (executed) (b. 1193)
1915 – Theodor Leschetizky, composer, dies at 85
1935 – J Wouter[us] van Dieren, biologist (Terschelling), dies
1962 – Manuel Galvez, Argentina writer/poet (Hombres and Soledad), dies at 80
1964 – Hendrik G Cannegieter, meteorology/director KNMI, dies at 85
1991 – Tony Richardson, British director (Tom Jones), dies of AIDs at 63