On This Day in History  November 14

Historical Events

1680 Gottfried Kirch discovers the Great Comet of 1680 (Kirch's Comet/Newton's Comet)

1856 American Gail Borden is issued a patent for technology related to his invention of condensed milk

1896 Power plant at Niagara Falls begins operation

1920 Russia's Bolshevik army occupies Sevastopol, ending anti-communist attempts to regain control of the Russian government

Tunnel diggers from France and England meet half way

1994 First public trains run through the Channel Tunnel, linking England and France under the English Channel

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Famous Birthdays

Robert Fulton 1765 - 1815 Claude Monet 1840 - 1926

Jawaharlal Nehru 1889 - 1964 Charles III 76th Birthday

Also William III and Frederick Banting.

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Famous Deaths

Taizu 927 - 976 Booker T. Washington 1856 - 1915

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Nell Gwyn, the Temptress Who Enchanted a King

Nell Gwyn, who was brought up in a bawdy-house in London, caught the eye of King Charles II and became one of England’s most famous royal mistresses.

A Royal Mistress