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Upon India's independence in 1947, he served as the country's first prime minister, holding office for 16 years 286 days.
Famous Birthdays on November 14
1889 — Jawaharlal Nehru
Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of India (died 1964)
November 14 has 229 recorded notable births across history, from 1449 to 2000. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on November 14
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- 1952 The New Musical Express publishes the first regular UK Singles Chart. Source
- 1680 German astronomer Gottfried Kirch discovers the Great Comet of 1680, the first comet to be discovered by telescope. Source
- 1921 The Communist Party of Spain is founded, and issues the first edition of Mundo obrero. Source
- 1965 Vietnam War: The Battle of Ia Drang begins. This is the first major engagement between regular American and North Vietnamese forces. Source
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Beginning in 1950, McCarthy became the most visible public face of a period in the United States in which Cold War tensions fueled fears of widespread communist subversion.
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A member of the Republican Party, Rice was the first female African-American secretary of state and the first woman to serve as national security advisor.
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Aaron Copland is best known for the works he wrote in the 1930s and 1940s in a deliberately accessible style often referred to as "populist" and which he called his "vernacular" style.
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DeVonta Smith was the first wide receiver to win the Heisman since Desmond Howard in 1991 and only the fourth overall.
More major people born on November 14
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1908
Joseph McCarthy
American captain, lawyer, and politician (died 1957)
Joseph Raymond McCarthy was an American politician who served as a Republican senator from Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957.
1954
Condoleezza Rice
American political scientist, academic, and politician, 66th United States Secretary of State
Condoleezza "Condi" Rice is an American diplomat and political scientist who served as the 66th United States secretary of state from 2005 to 2009 and as the 19th U.S. national security advisor from 2001 to 2005.
1900
Aaron Copland
American composer, conductor, and educator (died 1990)
Aaron Copland was an American composer, critic, writer, teacher, pianist, and conductor of his own and other American music. Copland was referred to by his peers and critics as the "Dean of American Music".
1998
DeVonta Smith
American football player
DeVonta Versean Smith is an American professional football wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL).
1895
Walter Jackson Freeman II
American physician and psychiatrist (died 1972)
Walter Jackson Freeman II was an American neurologist who claimed that he specialized in lobotomy.
1907
Astrid Lindgren
Swedish author and screenwriter (died 2002)
Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren was a Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays.
1971
Adam Gilchrist
Australian cricketer and sportscaster
Adam Craig Gilchrist is an Australian cricket commentator and former international cricketer and captain of the Australia national cricket team.
1982
Kyle Orton
American football player
Kyle Raymond Orton is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Purdue, where he started four straight bowl games.
1972
Edyta Górniak
Polish singer
Edyta Anna Górniak is a Polish pop singer. She started her career as a musical theatre actress in 1990, and performed in the Tony Award-nominated Metro, the most successful Polish musical of all time, which was also…
1991
Thinzar Shunlei Yi
Burmese activist
Thinzar Shunlei Yi is a Burmese pro-democracy activist and television host. Following the 2021 Burmese coup d'état, she helped organize mass protests against the Tatmadaw.
1972
Aaron Taylor
American football player and sportscaster
Aaron Matthew Taylor is an American former professional football player who was a guard for six seasons in the National Football League (NFL).
1934
Dave Mackay
Scottish-English footballer and manager (died 2015)
David Craig Mackay was a Scottish football player and manager.
1962
Harland Williams
Canadian-American actor and screenwriter
Harland Reesor Williams is a Canadian and American comedian and actor.
1797
Charles Lyell
Scottish geologist (died 1875)
Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet was a Scottish geologist who demonstrated the power of known natural causes in explaining the earth's history.
1966
Charles Hazlewood
English conductor
Charles Matthew Egerton Hazlewood is a British conductor. After winning the European Broadcasting Union conducting competition in 1995 whilst still in his twenties, Hazlewood has had a career as an international…
1936
Carey Bell
American singer and harmonica player (died 2007)
Carey Bell Harrington was an American blues musician who played harmonica in the Chicago blues style.
1984
Lisa De Vanna
Australian footballer
Lisa Marie De Vanna is an Australian former professional soccer player who played as a forward.
1898
Benjamin Fondane
Romanian-French philosopher, poet, and critic (died 1944)
Benjamin Fondane or Benjamin Fundoianu was a Romanian and French poet, critic and existentialist philosopher, also noted for his work in film and theater.
1933
Fred Haise
American pilot, engineer, and astronaut
Fred Wallace Haise Jr. is an American former NASA astronaut, engineer, fighter pilot with the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force, and test pilot.