November 14 in History

• 1305

  November 14, 1305:

  Clement V is crowned Pope of the Catholic Church and four years later would become the first of seven popes who would reside in Avignon, France instead of Rome due to political tension.

• 1851

  November 14, 1851:

  “Moby Dick” by Herman Melville is published for the first time by Harper & Brothers.

• 1855

  November 14, 1855:

  King Milan Obrenovic IV of Serbia declares war on Bulgaria, beginning the Serbo-Bulgarian War.

• 1889

  November 14, 1889:

  Nellie Bly, an American journalist starts her journey around the world, hoping to beat the character Phileas Fogg from the book, “Around the World in Eighty Days” by Jules Verne.

• 1960

  November 14, 1960:

  The song “Georgia On My Mind” by Ray Charles tops the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

• 1962

  November 14, 1962:

  Eritrea becomes a province of Ethiopia.

• 1969

  November 14, 1969:

  Apollo 12 is launched and its crew would land on the moon five days later.

• 1991

  November 14, 1991:

  The music video for Michael Jackson’s “Black or White” premieres on MTV, Fox, VH1 and BET.

• 2000

  November 14, 2000:

  Canadian singer-songwriter Geddy Lee releases his debut solo album, “My Favourite Headache”.