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History on the 14th of November

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14 Nov 1558 RELIGIOUS Dutch Anabaptist reformer Menno Simons wrote in a letter: 'We ought not to dread death so. It is but to cease from sin and to enter into a better life.'
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14 Nov 1739 RELIGIOUS English revivalist George Whitefield wrote in his journal: 'We can preach the Gospel of Christ no further than we have experienced the power of it in our own hearts.'
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14 Nov 1741 RELIGIOUS In Wales, English revivalist George Whitefield, 27, married widow Elizabeth Burnell, 36. (Whitefield apparently did not allow marriage to interrupt his evangelistic activities, since he was not home when their first child was born.)
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14 Nov 1784 RELIGIOUS Samuel Seabury, 55, was consecrated Bishop of Connecticut and Rhode Island, the first bishop of the American Protestant Episcopal Church, and the first Anglican bishop in America.
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14 Nov 1910 WW2 The civilian pilot Eugene Ely, in a Curtiss aircraft powered by a 50-hp pusher engine, made the first take off from a ship, the cruiser USS Birmingham, which was at anchor in Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States; she was provided with a wooden ramp at the bow. Ely took off safely and landed at nearby Willoughby Spit; in time this promotional stunt would lead to the emergence of the US Naval Aviation service. 
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14 Nov 1911 WW2 At Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, Captain Huang Zhongying of protected cruiser Haichou switched sides in the Chinese revolution, declaring support for the revolutionaries. 
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14 Nov 1914 WW2 Sheikh-ul-Islam, the Ottoman Sultan, declared Jihad (Holy War) against Britain, France, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro. 
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14 Nov 1929 WW2 The keel of French cruiser Dupleix was laid down by the Arsenal de Brest in France. 
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14 Nov 1935 WW2 After lengthy argument a supplement to the German Citizenship law was published, which laid down that a German with two Jewish grandparents, who was himself an orthodox Jew, or was married to a Jew, or was the offspring of a marriage with a Jew, was Jewish under the law. However all other half or quarter Jews were still German citizens. Those who were considered Jews under this supplement were denied voting rights and forbidden to hold public office, regardless of whether he was a WW1 veteran (who had enjoyed special privileges previously despite being Jewish). 
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14 Nov 1935 WW2 In Great Britain the Conservative Party was returned to power in the General Election with a very large majority of 247 members. Many voters had decided that Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin's new Government ought to support the general opinion that sanctions should be imposed on Italy for its acts of aggression. 
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14 Nov 1935 WW2 The Fleet Marine Force units of the US Marine Corps stationed at San Diego, California, United States participated in a two-day exercise with the US Navy fleet on the west coast of the United States. 
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14 Nov 1936 WW2 The US 2nd Marine Brigade began a three-day training exercise with US Navy warships at San Clemente Island, California, United States. 
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14 Nov 1938 WW2 Artigliere was commissioned into service. 
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14 Nov 1938 WW2 The United States recalled its ambassador in Berlin, Germany. 
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14 Nov 1939 WW2 Theodor Eicke was named the commander of all SS Death's Head units; Richard Glucks was to take over Eicke's former position as the inspector of concentration camps. 
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14 Nov 1939 WW2 The Netherlands was added back to the German invasion plan for Western Europe as the Luftwaffe stressed the importance of having airfields in the Netherlands. 
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14 Nov 1939 WW2 In Vienna, Austria detachments of the SS-Verfügungstruppe placed stocks of hand grenades at Jewish synagogues preparatory to setting fire to the buildings. 
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14 Nov 1939 WW2 Kenkichi Ueda was dismissed from the Army General Staff. 
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14 Nov 1940 WW2 As Greek troops began to cross into Albanian borders, the Axis suffered its first land defeat of the war. 
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14 Nov 1940 WW2 German bombers raided Alexandria, Egypt, sinking Egyptian steamer Zamzam. 
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14 Nov 1940 WW2 A massive night time raid on Coventry, England by 437 German He 111 bombers, dubbed Operation Moonlight Sonata, killed 568, injured 863, and destroyed 60,000 buildings (including the city's 14th Century cathedral) with 450 tons of high explosive bombs, 50 parachute bombs, and 36,000 incendiary bombs. Only one German bomber was shot down by anti-aircraft fire. British intelligence officers received this information two days prior from a captured German airman, but they incorrectly thought the information was meant for deceit and the actual target would be London. 
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14 Nov 1940 WW2 Neville Chamberlain's funeral was held at Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, or Westminster Abbey, in London, England, United Kingdom. 
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14 Nov 1941 WW2 British carrier HMS Ark Royal sank off Gibraltar at 0813 hours from the damage sustained from the previous day's German submarine attack. 
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14 Nov 1941 WW2 Soviet destroyer Gordy struck a mine and sank en route to Hanko, Finland. 
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14 Nov 1941 WW2 German submarine U-561 sank Panamanian ship Crusader in the North Atlantic; 33 were killed, 1 survived. 
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14 Nov 1941 WW2 Soviet submarine L-2 struck three mines in a minefield off Keri, Estonia in the Baltic Sea between 0107 and 0617 hours, eventually sinking, killing 50 of 53 aboard. 
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14 Nov 1941 WW2 Soviet submarine M-98 struck a mine and sank in the Gulf of Finland, killing all aboard. 
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14 Nov 1941 WW2 Soviet submarine ShCh-211 was lost to unknown reason off Varna, Bulgaria in the Black Sea, presumably lost of a Romanian mine. 
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14 Nov 1941 WW2 US Marines in China (Shanghai, Beiping, and Tianjin) were ordered to evacuate to the Philippine Islands. 
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14 Nov 1941 WW2 Shokaku was relieved of her status as the flagship of Carrier Division 5; that responsibility was passed to Zuikaku. 
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14 Nov 1941 WW2 Tatsuta Maru departed Yokohama, Japan. 
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14 Nov 1941 WW2 Kaga exited the drydocks at Sasebo Naval Shipyard, Japan. 
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14 Nov 1941 WW2 Operation Flipper: After dark, submarines HMS Torbay and HMS Talisman delivered 36 (of planned total of 59, due to rough seas) British commandos of No. 11 (Scottish) Group behind enemy lines in Libya. 
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14 Nov 1941 WW2 The British launched unescorted freighters disguised as French, Italian, and Spanish ships with supplies for Malta. Meanwhile, Operation Astrologer was commenced with transports Empire Defender and Empire Pelican, also with supplies for Malta; Empire Pelican was found and sunk by Italian SM.79 torpedo bombers near the Galite Islands off Tunisia, killing 1. 
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14 Nov 1941 RELIGIOUS Inter_Varsity Christian Fellowship was incorporated in Chicago. An interdenominational organization with chapters at both colleges and schools of nursing, IVCF provides Christian fellowship, nurture and discipleship among Christian college_age students.
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14 Nov 1942 WW2 After dark, the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal began with Japanese ships wiping out the American destroyer screen. 
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14 Nov 1942 WW2 USS Flying Fish attacked a Japanese cruiser in the Pacific Ocean; all six torpedoes fired missed. 
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14 Nov 1942 WW2 Three squadrons of US B-24 bombers moved from Iron Range airfield in northern Queensland, Australia to Port Moresby, Australian Papua and prepared for a strike on the under-construction airfield at Munda Point, Bougainville, Solomon Islands. 
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14 Nov 1942 WW2 Tadashi Kaneko was shot down and killed in the Solomon Islands. 
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14 Nov 1942 WW2 Two transports containing a total of 2,500 Jews from Ciechanow ghettos, Poland arrived at Auschwitz Concentration Camp; 633 men and 135 were registered into the camp, and the remaining 1,732 were killed in gas chambers. On the same day, 1,500 Jews from Bialystok District 2 in Poland arrived at Auschwitz Concentration Camp; 82 men and 379 women were registered into the came, and the remaining 839 were killed in gas chambers. Finally, the SS doctors of Auschwitz Concentration Camp sent 110 prisoners from the Auschwitz I hospital to Birkenau Concentration Camp to be killed in the gas chambers. 
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14 Nov 1942 WW2 The Taihoku Prisoners of War Camp No. 6 near Taihoku (now Taipei) was opened; on the same day, British prisoners of war from Singapore arrived on Taiwan via Kirun (now Keelung), destined for this camp. 
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14 Nov 1942 WW2 The Kinkaseki Prisoners of War Camp in northeastern Taiwan was opened. 
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14 Nov 1943 WW2 USS Iowa conducted an anti-aircraft and anti-torpedo exercise. A torpedo from destroyer USS William D. Porter nearly hit the battleship by mistake while US President Franklin Roosevelt was on board. 
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14 Nov 1943 WW2 After dark, 32 Australian Beaufort aircraft from Goodenough Island off the tip of Australian Papua attacked Rabaul, New Britain in three waves; they caused little damage. 
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14 Nov 1943 WW2 Repair ship Akashi began repairing cruiser Maya and destroyers Samidare and Fumizuki at Truk, Caroline Islands. 
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14 Nov 1943 WW2 Destroyer Yukikaze departed Kure, Japan to escort transport Irako to Truk, Caroline Islands. 
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14 Nov 1943 WW2 Irako departed Yokosuka, Japan at 1400 hours in convoy No. 3115. 
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14 Nov 1943 WW2 Allied convoy RA-54A arrived at Loch Ewe, Scotland, United Kingdom. 
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14 Nov 1944 WW2 General De Lattres's Free French troops launched a snow-bound attack against Belfort, France. To the north, US 95th Division started capturing forts around Metz, France. 
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14 Nov 1944 WW2 British troops attacked Andelse Maas, the Netherlands. 
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14 Nov 1944 WW2 American and Chinese troops began the main attack on the Burmese town of Bhamo. 
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14 Nov 1944 WW2 Air Chief Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory died in an air crash; his body was not found until 4 Jun 1945. 
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14 Nov 1944 WW2 USS Pintado set sail for Saipan, Mariana Islands, escorting the damaged submarine USS Halibut. 
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14 Nov 1944 WW2 USS Skipjack sank a small Japanese vessel in the Kurile Islands with her deck gun. 
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14 Nov 1944 WW2 USS Ray attacked a three-ship Japanese convoy in the Philippine Islands with a spread of 6 torpedoes; one hit a transport and another hit escort vessel. She claimed that both were sunk. 
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14 Nov 1944 WW2 USS Spot arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. 
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14 Nov 1944 WW2 Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Nine PBY's of Headquarters Squadron Fleet Air Wing 2 (HEDRON FAW-2) on board. 
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14 Nov 1944 WW2 USS Ticonderoga launched Air Group 80 aircraft for strikes on Manila and surrounding targets on Luzon, Philippine Islands; 1 aircraft was lost. 
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14 Nov 1944 WW2 Lavrentiy Beria reported to Joseph Stalin that the arrest of Polish Home Army and other partisan fighters was nearly complete, and Viktor Abakumov and Lavrentiy Tsanava should be released from this task. This would be approved by Stalin shortly after. 
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14 Nov 1944 WW2 Joseph Rochefort's appointment to lead the Pacific Strategic Intelligence Section of the US Navy was made official. 
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14 Nov 1945 WW2 Chinese Nationalist troops attacked toward the Shanhaiguan Pass of the Great Wall in northeastern China. 
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14 Nov 1945 WW2 A YP-80A jet aircraft crashed during landing during a test flight in Britain. 
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14 Nov 1946 WW2 British destroyer was sold to the Royal Netherlands Navy. 
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14 Nov 1948 WW2 Prince Charles (later Prince of Wales) was born at Buckingham Palace, London, England, United Kingdom. 
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