November 14: What happened on this day in history?

1526: Suleiman the Magnificent returned to Istanbul from his Central European campaign.

1900: Dr. Karl Landsteiner identified 3 separate blood groups.

1908: Einstein presented his quantum theory.

1914: Fuat Uzkınay filmed "The Destruction of the Russian Monument in Ayastefanos," considered the first Turkish film.

1918: A republic was declared in Czechoslovakia.

1922: The BBC began radio broadcasts in England.

1922: The liberation of the Malkara district of Tekirdağ.

1925: In Sivas, some individuals hung posters on walls against the Hat Reform. İmamzade Mehmet Necati was sentenced to death for this reason.

1925: The first exhibition of the Surrealists opened in Paris.

1940: The English city of Coventry was subjected to an air raid; 100 civilians died.

1941: The Turkish Terms Pocket Guide was distributed to high school teachers.

1944: The Ahıska Turks were deported from Ahıska.

1958: Law Professor Ragıp Sarıca stated, "There is no democracy where journalists are detained."

1960: At the Yassıada trials, the foreign currency corruption case involving former Foreign Minister Fatin Rüştü Zorlu began. On the same day, the bones of a baby were brought from Ankara as evidence in the "Baby Case," in which former Prime Minister Adnan Menderes was being tried.

1964: American actor Kirk Douglas came to Turkey as a "goodwill ambassador." Prime Minister İsmet İnönü received Douglas.

1969: Muammar Gaddafi nationalized all foreign banks in Libya.

1969: NASA launched the Apollo 12 spacecraft for the second manned mission to the lunar surface.

1971: Mariner 9 reached the planet Mars and earned the title of the first spacecraft to orbit another planet.

1972: İsmet İnönü resigned from the CHP on November 5, and today he resigned from his parliamentary seat.

1975: Spain renounced its right of sovereignty over Western Sahara.

1976: The foundation of the Çayırhan Thermal Power Plant and Coal Production Facilities was laid.

1983: The Peace Association trial concluded. 18 people were sentenced to 8 years in prison, and 5 people were sentenced to 5 years.

1984: The Turkish National Football Team was defeated 8-0 by England on its home turf.

1985: The Democratic Left Party (DSP) was founded.

1991: A foreign ship loaded with sheep collided with another foreign-flagged ship off the coast of Anadoluhisarı; 2 sailors went missing, and 22 thousand sheep drowned.

1993: Naim Süleymanoğlu won 3 gold medals at the Weightlifting Championships in Melbourne.

1999: US President Bill Clinton arrived in Ankara for an official visit.

2001: The A National Football Team defeated Austria in the World Cup European Qualifiers play-off match, earning the right to participate in the World Cup finals after a 48-year hiatus.

2005: The domestic terminal of Esenboğa Airport burned down completely.