It happened on this day, November 14
Events:
1770 – James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.
1889 – Journalist Nelly Bly successfully attempts to travel around the world in less than 80 days.
1908 – Physicist Albert Einstein announces the quantum theory of light, a theory that contributed to the development of laser technology.
1922 – The BBC launches its radio service in the United Kingdom.
1954 – Gamal Abdel Nasser overthrows the first president of the Egyptian Republic, General Mohamed Naguib, places him under house arrest, takes power in his place and declares a state of emergency in the country.
1968 – Several bombs explode in various public places in Kuwait during the visit of the Shah of Iran, Muhammad Reza Pahlavi.
🌟 Carrying out the first lung transplant operation in Europe.
1971 – Installation and appointment of Pope Shenouda III as Pope of Alexandria, Patriarch of the See of Mark and Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
1975 Morocco, Spain and Mauritania sign a tripartite treaty in Madrid concerning the future of Western Sahara occupied by Spain, according to which Spain renounces the administration of the Sahara for the benefit of the two countries.
1979 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter issues an executive order freezing all Iranian assets and deposits in the United States, amid the hostage crisis at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.
1983 – King Khalid International Airport opens in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.
1987 – Kuwait decides to resume full diplomatic relations with Egypt.
1991 U.S. and British authorities announce indictments against two Libyan intelligence officials in the bombing of Pan Am Airlines Flight 103, known as the Lockerbie case.
1991 – King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia returns to Phnom Penh after thirteen years of exile.
2001 – Northern Alliance forces control the Afghan capital, Kabul.
2003 – Discovery of Sedna, which was at the time the most distant object ever observed orbiting the Sun.
2012 – Israel assassinates the deputy commander-in-chief of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam brigades, Ahmed al-Jaabari, by blowing up his car.
🌟 Protests began in Jordan against the government's decision to withdraw support and demand that the corrupt be brought to justice, which became known as the October Uprising.
2016 – A 7.8 magnitude earthquake hits Christchurch, the largest city on New Zealand's South Island, causing two deaths and significant property loss.
🌟 The Moon reaches its closest point to Earth, forming the giant moon phenomenon, 68 years after its last appearance.
2017 – Zimbabwean armed forces expand their control over the capital, Harare, and place President Robert Mugabe under house arrest.
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Births:
1765 – Robert Fulton, American engineer and inventor.
1840 – Claude Monet, French painter.
1863 – Leo Baekeland, American chemist.
1889 – Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India.
1922 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Secretary General of the United Nations.
1935 – King Hussein bin Talal, king of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
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1948-Youssef Eid, Egyptian actor.
**Prince Charles, Crown Prince of the United Kingdom and Prince of Wales.
1953 – Dominique de Villepin, French Prime Minister.
1954 – Condoleezza Rice, American Secretary of State.
1961 – Naji Fam, Egyptian radio broadcaster.
1964 – Mona Abdel Ghani, Egyptian singer.
1982 – Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of the Emirate of Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
1985 – Thomas Vermaelen, Belgian footballer.
1989 – Jack Livermore, English footballer.
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Death:
565 – Emperor Justinian I, emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
1716 – Gottfried Leibniz, German mathematician, physicist and philosopher.
1831 – Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher.
1893 – Ali Mubarak, Egyptian Minister of Education.
2010 – Youssef Darwish, Kuwaiti actor.
2012 – Samir Hosni, Egyptian actor.
** Ahmed Al-Jaabari, deputy commander-in-chief of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam brigades.
2014 – Morteza Pashaei, Iranian singer.
2020 – Saeed Al-Kafrawi, Egyptian short story writer.
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Holidays and Occasions:
⏪ World Diabetes Day.
⏪ National holiday in Burma.
⏪ Children's Day in India.
