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Today is Thursday, November 14, 2024. It's the 319 day of the year, and we're on week 46. What Happened on November 14 in History? Keep reading to find out!

2018

The discovery of an Earth-like planet 3.2 times bigger than our world was announced.

2018

A 19-mile crater was found under the Greenland Glacier.

2016

Disney's Moana premiered in Los Angeles, California, US.

2016

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Kaikōura, New Zealand.

2006

The James Bond movie 'Casino Royale,' with Daniel Craig as Bond, premiered in London.

1996

The musical 'Chicago' opened at Richard Rodgers Theater in New York City.

1971

NASA's Mariner 9 became the first spacecraft to orbit another planet when it entered Mars' orbit.

1968

Dr. Fritz Derom performed a successful single-lung transplantation on patient Aloïs Vereecken at the University Hospital in Ghent, Belgium.

1960

Ruby Bridges became the first African American girl to take classes at an all-white school in Louisiana.

1922

The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) began its radio service in the United Kingdom.

1889

Nellie Bly, a pioneering female journalist, embarked on a trip to travel around the world in less than 80 days.

1851

Herman Melville's novel 'Moby Dick' was published by Harper & Brothers in New York.

1732

Louis Timothee became America's first paid librarian.

1680

German astronomer Gottfried Kirch discovered the Great Comet of 1680, the first comet sighted using a telescope.