歷史上的November 14

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  November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 47 days remaining until the end of the year.

  Events

  1770 – James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.

  1851 – Moby-Dick, a novel by Herman Melville is published in the USA.

  1862 – American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln approves General Ambrose Burnside's plan to capture theConfederate capital at Richmond, Virginia, leading to the Battle of Fredericksburg.

  1889 – Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.

  1910 – Aviator Eugene Burton Ely performs the first takeoff from a ship in Hampton Roads, Virginia. He took off from a makeshift deck on the USS Birmingham in a Curtiss pusher.

  1914 – The Ottoman Empire declares war against Britain, France, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro during the early months of World War I.

  1918 – Czechoslovakia becomes a republic.

  1921 – Foundation of the Communist Party of Spain.

  1922 – The British Broadcasting Company begins radio service in the United Kingdom.

  1932 – Al Shorta SC, one of Iraq's biggest football clubs, are founded as Montakhab Al Shorta.