Today in History for 14th November 2021:
Historical Events
1666 – Samuel Pepys reports on 1st blood transfusion (between dogs)
1936 – More than 21,000 watch Don Bradman score 192 for South Australia v Victoria in a drawn Sheffield Shield match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1968 – Yale University announces it is going co-educational
1976 – “Network”, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Faye Dunaway, Peter Finch and William Holden, premieres in Los Angeles and New York City (Finch – Academy Awards Best Actor 1977)
1981 – In the first world championship fight between 2 Puerto Ricans in boxing history, WBC Super Welterweight champion Wilfred Benitez beats Carlos Santos in a 15-round unanimous decision at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas
1994 – Space shuttle STS-66 (Atlantis 13), lands
Famous Birthdays
1814 – Michael Kelly Lawler, Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in County Kildare, Ireland (d. 1882)
1875 – Jakob Schaffner, Swiss writer: Conrad Pilater
1883 – Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek premier (1945, 50, 51-52)
1932 – Ramon Zupko, American composer, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1966 – Eric Hill, NFL middle linebacker (Arizona Cardinals)
1982 – Joy Williams, American singer-songwriter (the Civil Wars), born in West Branch, Michigan
Famous Deaths
1780 – Jacobus Houbraken, engraver/illustrator, dies at 81
1946 – Herman de Man [Salomon H Hamburger], author/Radio Orange, dies
1996 – Virginia Cherrill, American actress (City Lights; Lake Extra; Brat), dies at 88
1997 – Stefan Lorant, Hungarian-American writer, photojournalist and filmmaker, dies at 96
2001 – Charlotte Coleman, British actress (Four Weddings and a Funeral), dies of an asthma attack at 33
2004 – Michel Colombier, French composer (b. 1939)