November 14

Friday 14, 2003:

Planetoid 90377 Sedna is discovered.

Sunday 14, 1982:

Lech Wa??sa, the leader of Poland's outlawed Solidarity movement, is released after eleven months of internment near the Soviet border.

Wednesday 14, 1979:

Iran hostage crisis: US President Jimmy Carter issues Executive order12170, freezing all Iranian assets in the United States in response to the hostage crisis.

Wednesday 14, 1973:

In the United Kingdom, Princess Anne marries Captain Mark Phillips, in Westminster Abbey.

Friday 14, 1941:

World War II: The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal sinks due to torpedo damage from U 81 sustained on November 13.