November 14 , a seemingly uneventful daylight , has actually see several interesting coincidences and_flossyevents . We ’ve prepared a leaning from the preceding 320 years for your studying .
" ¢ Nell Gwyn and Louise Renà © e de Penancoët de Kà © rouaille , rival mistresses of King Charles II of England , both died , in 1687 and 1734 , respectively .
" ¢ Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz decease in 1716 . He discovered the binary system and calculus ( singly of Newton ) .
" ¢ Several melodious relatives were born , including Johann Georg Leopold Mozart ( 1719 ) , Wolfgang ’s Church Father and instructor and a musician himself ; Johann van Beethoven ( 1740 ) , Ludwig ’s Father of the Church and teacher as well as a musician himself ; and Fanny Mendelssohn ( 1805 ) , sister of Felix and a pianist and composer herself .
" ¢ The only Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence , Charles Carroll (= = = > ) of Maryland , died in 1832 . He outlived all his other carbon monoxide - signers .
" ¢ In 1840 , Claude Monet , the founder of French impressionist picture , was born .
" ¢ Herman Melville publishedMoby Dickin 1851 .
" ¢ Nelly Bly , a New York World reporter inspired by Jules Verne , place out in 1889 to travel the creation in less than 80 days . Her final tally : 72 days .
" ¢ One of the co - discoverers of insulin , Sir Frederick Grant Banting , was carry in 1891 . He was a doctor , a scientist , and a Nobel laureate .
" ¢ Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award - win composer Aaron Copland was born in 1900 .
" ¢ The creator of Shrek , William Steig , was born in 1907 . Newsweek named him " King of Cartoons ; " he also come through a Caldecott Medal .
" ¢ Sen. Joseph McCarthy , the fount of anti - communism in the U.S. , was carry in 1908 .
" ¢ In 1915 , Booker T. Washington died . His living was full of acquirement , including an honorary master ’s degree from Harvard , an honorary doctorate from Dartmouth , and an invitation to the White House . ( He was the first African - American to be invited to the White House . )
" ¢ British professional wrestler Shirley Crabtree , Jr. , aka Big Daddy , was born in 1930 . His rooter include both Queen Elizabeth II and Margaret Thatcher .
" ¢ Two NASA astronaut were born : Edward Higgins White II ( 1930 ) and Fred Wallace Haise , Jr. ( 1933 ) . White pall during an Apollo 1 grooming accident and was grant , posthumously , the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and the Purple Heart .
" ¢ In 1943 , Peter Norton was deliver . Although he was once a Buddhistic monk , he is best do it for his channel of computer tool , Norton Utilities , and the other programs they spawned . His crossed - arm affectation is a file trademark .
" ¢ Charles , Prince of Wales , was born in 1948 . His sis , Anne , celebrated her first union twenty - five age later , on this same escort .
" ¢ Condoleezza Rice (= = = > ) was born in 1954 . She is the first African - American woman , the second African - American , and the second charwoman to serve as Secretary of State .
" ¢ Also in 1954 , Yanni , a self - teach pianist with perfect pitch , was born .
