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1851 : Moby-Dick published On November 14, 1851, Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick is published in New York. It had been published under another title a month earlier in London. The book was a commercial failure. The Adventures of Captain Ahab in search of the white whale Moby-Dick became famous only by the 1920s. The book is now a classic of American literature.
1940 : Bombing of Coventry On November 14, 1940, 500 German bombers attacked the English city of Coventry. 60,000 buildings were destroyed by 150,000 incendiary bombs and 500 tons of explosives. Hundreds of people were killed.
1969 : Apollo 12 took off On November 14, 1969, Apollo 12 took off from Cape Canaveral in Florida with astronauts Charles Conrad, Richard Gordon and Alan Bean aboard. 5 days later, its lunar module landed on the Moon and Conrad and Bean were the third and fourth men to walk on the Moon.
1982 : Lech Walesa released On November 14, 1982, following a public outcry in Poland and in the international community, Polish union leader Lech Walesa was released by the authorities after 11 months of internment. He was greeted by a cheering crowd. He received the Peace Nobel Prize in 1983, however, his union remained illegal until 1989.
1994 : First digital camera On 14 November 1994, Casio introduced the first digital camera. The camera has a LCD screen and displays the photos in real time and saves them in a memory card.

Jawaharlal Nehru
Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.

Fanny Mendelssohn, Pianista y compositora alemana (1805)
Claude Monet, Pintor francés (1840)
Jawaharlal Nehru, Político indio (1889)
Dick Powell, Actor americano (1904)
Louise Brooks, Actriz americana (1906)
Astrid Lindgren, Escritora sueca (1907)
Joseph McCarthy, Político estadounidense (1908)
Veronica Lake, Actriz americana (1922)
Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Diplomático egipcio, sexto Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas (1922)
Narciso Yepes, Guitarrista español (1927)
Fred Haise, Astronauta americano (1933)
Hussein bin Talal , Rey de Jordania (1935)
P. J. O'Rourke, Escritor americano (1947)
Charles, Príncipe de Gales (1948)
Zhang Yimou, Director de cine chino (1951)
Dominique de Villepin, Político francés (1953)
Patrick Sébastien, Presentador de TV francés (1953)
Bernard Hinault, Ciclista francés (1954)
Condoleezza Rice, Política estadounidense (1954)
D. B. Sweeney, Actor americano (1961)
Nagui Fam, Periodista francés (1961)
Stéphane Bern, Periodista francés (1963)
David Moscow, Actor americano (1974)
Russell Tovey, Actor inglés (1981)
Thomas Vermaelen, Futbolista belgo (1985)

Georg Hegel, Filósofo alemán (1831)
Ignaz Pleyel, Constructor de piano francés (1831)
Guangxu, Emperador de China (1908)
Tony Richardson, Director de cine inglés (1991)
Robert Trout, Periodista estadounidense (2000)
Charles Dupuis, Editor de cómics belgo (2002)

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