Today in History - History - November 14th

2013Boston gangster Whitey Bulger is sentenced to two consecutive life terms plus five years for his crimes

1833Charles Darwin departs by horse to Montevideo

1524Francisco Pizarro begins his 1st great expedition, near Colombia

1907The Third Duma (Parliament) meets in Russia; following Tsar Nicholas II's limiting of the franchise, a conservative majority holds sway and suppresses the radical elements

1991Michael Jackson's "Black or White" video premieres on FOX TV

1922BBC begins domestic radio service from 2LO at Marconi House

1990James Worthy is arrested in Houston and charged with two counts of solicitation of prostitution

1908Albert Einstein presents his quantum theory of light

1964Detroit Red Wings Gordie Howe sets NHL record 627th career goal

1991Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk returns to Phnom Penh after thirteen years of exile.

1900Aaron Copland, Brooklyn, New York, American composer (Billy the Kid, Appalachian Spring) (d. 1990)

1771Marie François Xavier bichat, Paris, anatomist and physiologist (tissue theory), (d. 1802)

1891Frederick Banting, Canadian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1941)

1909Joseph McCarthy, US Senator, (Rep - Wisconsin) claimed anti-communists had infiltrated US govt.

1765Robert Fulton, Little Britain, Pen., inventor and engineer (1st commercial steamboat), (d. 1815)

1797Charles Lyell, Scotland, geologist (Principles of Geology)

1964MLB right fielder Roberto Clemente (30) weds Vera Zabala at San Fernando Church in Carolina

1998Chicago Bulls NBA player Dennis Rodman (37) weds "Baywatch" actress Carmen Electra (26) at Little Chapel of the Flowers in Las Vegas, Nevada

1951Musician Louis Jordan (43) weds dancer Vicky Hayes

1996King of Pop Michael Jackson (38) weds Debbie Rowe (38) in Sydney, Australia

1263Alexander Nevsky, [Aleksandr], Grand Prince of Novgorod and Vladimir dies at 43

1915Booker T. Washington, educator/organizier, dies at 59 in Tuskegee Ala