Nov 14 – 1910 – Aviator Eugene Ely performs the first take off from a ship in Hampton Roads, Virginia. He took off from a makeshift deck on the USS Birmingham in a Curtiss pusher.
Nov 14 – 1930 – Edward White, American astronaut born.
Nov 14 – 1933 – Fred Haise, American astronaut born.
Nov 14 – 1940 – World War II: In England, the city of Coventry is heavily bombed by German Luftwaffe bombers. Coventry Cathedral is almost completely destroyed.
Nov 14 – 1941 – World War II: The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal sinks due to torpedo damage from U-81 sustained on November 13.
Nov 14 – 1944 – Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory, English RAF Officer dies.
Nov 14 – 1965 – Vietnam War: The Battle of the Ia Drang begins – the first major engagement between regular American and North Vietnamese forces.
Nov 14 – 1969 – Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 12, the second manned mission to the surface of the Moon.
Nov 14 – 1970 – Southern Airways Flight 932 crashes in the mountains near Huntington, West Virginia, killing 75, including members of the Marshall University football team.
Nov 14 – 1991 – American and British authorities announce indictments against two Libyan intelligence officials in connection with the downing of the Pan Am Flight 103.
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