This Day in History - November 14

Looking back at this day in history, we begin in nineteen eighty-four in Zamboanga City in the Philippines, where Mayor Cesar Climaco, a well-known critic of President Ferdinand Marcos’s government, was killed in his home city. Moving forward to nineteen ninety-five, a budget fight between Democrats and Republicans in the United States Congress led to a temporary government shutdown, closing national parks and museums and leaving many offices with only a small number of workers. Earlier in the new century, in two thousand three, astronomers discovered Sedna, a small, distant world far beyond Neptune. Moving forward to two thousand twelve, Israel began a major military operation in the Gaza Strip after rocket attacks by Hamas increased. More recently, in two thousand nineteen, a shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California, killed three people, including the person who carried out the attack, and injured three others. These events show how one day can hold many very different moments in history.

(UPDATED November 14, 2026 09:01 UTC)

In 1984, assassins killed Zamboanga City mayor Cesar Climaco in his home city. In 1995, a congressional budget standoff temporarily closed national parks and museums. In 2003, astronomers discovered distant trans-Neptunian dwarf planet Sedna. In 2012, Israel launched a major military operation in Gaza after Hamas rocket attacks escalated. In 2019, a Saugus High School shooting killed three, including the perpetrator, and injured three.