Historical eventNovember 141910

Eugene Burton Ely

Aviator Eugene Burton Ely performed the first takeoff from a ship (pictured), flying from a makeshift deck on USS Birmingham in Hampton Roads, Virginia.

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When
Monday, November 14 1910116 years ago
Category
Historical eventA dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
Era
20th century · 1910s
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Russia, Greece and some other countries used the Julian calendar into the early 20th century, so local records may show a date up to 13 days earlier.

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Dates: From 1910.

What happened

Aviator Eugene Burton Ely performed the first takeoff from a ship (pictured), flying from a makeshift deck on USS Birmingham in Hampton Roads, Virginia.

November 14 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

  1. 1910Eugene Burton Ely
  2. 2001War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
  3. 2003Sedna (dwarf planet)
  4. 2003Michael E. Brown
  5. 20082008 G20 Washington summit
  6. 2008Space Shuttle Endeavour
  7. 2010Red Bull Racing
  8. 2012Israel
  9. 20162016 Kaikōura earthquake
  10. 2017Rancho Tehama shootings
  11. 2019Saugus High School shooting

Also in 1910

  • May 11Glacier National Park (U.S.)Glacier National Park was established in the U.S. state of Montana.
  • September 12Gustav MahlerGustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8, one of the largest-scale choral works in the classical concert repertoire and popularly known as the "Sym…
  • March 31Federation of Stoke-on-TrentSix English towns amalgamated to form a single county borough called Stoke-on-Trent, the first union of its type.
  • August 20Washington (state)Hurricane-force winds combined hundreds of small fires in the U.S. states of Washington and Idaho into the Devil's Broom fire, which burn…
  • December 3Freda Du FaurFreda Du Faur became the first woman to climb Aoraki / Mount Cook, the highest peak in New Zealand.
  • July 24Ottoman EmpireOttoman forces captured the city of Shkodër, ending the Albanian revolt of 1910 (depicted).
  • October 21HMS Niobe (1897)HMS Niobe arrived in Halifax Harbour to become the first large ship of the Royal Canadian Navy.
  • April 29Parliament of the United KingdomParliament passed the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the express intent of redistributing wealth.

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November 14 1910 — 116 years ago, on a Monday.

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