On This Day in History November 14, 2021

Historical Events 1680  Gottfried Kirch discovers the Great Comet of 1680 (Kirch's Comet/Newton's Comet) 1896  Power plant at Niagara Falls begins operation 1908  Albert Einstein presents his quantum theory of light 1920  The Russian Bolshevik army occupies Sebastopol, ending anti-communist attempts to regain the government of Russia More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990) Frederick Banting (1891 - 1941) Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 - 1964) Robert Fulton (1765 - 1815) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Alexander Nevsky (1220 - 1263) Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646 - 1716) More Famous Deaths