November 14 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for November 14
In the headlines today:

2006	The Da Vinci Code, starring Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou, is released on DVD. (photo credit: Sony Pictures)
1999	UN sanctions are imposed on Afghanistan because of that country's refusal to hand over suspected terrorist Osama bin Laden.
1995	The US Congress can't agree on a funding plan, so the federal government begins a partial shutdown of nonessential services.
1986	The US Securities and Exchange Commission orders Ivan Boesky to pay $100 million in fines to settle accusations of insider trading.
1973	Princess Anne of Britain and Capt. Mark Phillips are married in Westminster Abbey.
1969	The crew of Apollo 12 blasts off for a scheduled moon landing.
1935	President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims the Philippine Islands a free commonwealth.
1945	Bolivia is admitted to the United Nations.
1945	Eddie Rickenbacker sells the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to auto racer Wilbur Shaw.
1922	The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) begins broadcasting content on radio.
1881	Charles Guiteau goes on trial for the assassination of US president James A. Garfield.
1851	The Herman Melville classic, Moby Dick, is first published.

Born today:

1975 Travis Barker - rock drummer (Blink 182, Plus 44)

1969 Butch Walker - singer, guitarist (Marvelous 3)

1965 Jeannette Jurado - singer (Expose)

1964 Nic Dalton - bassist (Lemonheads)

1964 'Run' Simmons - rapper (Run-DMC)

1961 Laura San Giacomo - actress

1956 Alec Such - bassist (Bon Jovi)

1955 Jack Sikma - basketball player

1955 Frankie Banali - drummer (Quiet Riot)

1954 Condoleezza Rice - US Secretary of State, former National Security Advisor

1954 Yanni - New Age pianist

1951 Stephen Bishop - singer

1948 James Young - guitarist (Styx)

1948 Robert Ginty - actor

1948 Prince Charles - Prince of Wales, future King of England

1940 Freddie Garrity - singer (Freddie and the Dreamers)

1935 King Hussein - ruler of Jordan

1933 Fred Haise - Apollo 13 astronaut

1929 McLean Stevenson - actor

1922 Boutros Boutros-Ghali - UN Secretary-General

1921 Brian Keith - actor

1917 Howard Duff - actor

1900 Aaron Copland - composer

1896 Mamie Eisenhower - wife of 34th US president Dwight Eisenhower

1889 Jawaharlal Nehru - prime minister of India

1840 Claude Monet - artist

1765 Robert Fulton - steamboat designer

Born today? Your sign of the Zodiac is:

Scorpio

(The Scorpion)