On this day in sports: November 14

1. 1920 Pesäpallo, the Finnish version of baseball developed by Lauri Pihkala, is played for the first time at Kaisaniemi Park in Helsinki. Source
2. 1970 Southern Airways Flight 932, chartered by the Marshall University football team, crashed into a hill near Ceredo, West Virginia, killing all 75 people on board. Source
3. 1993 Born: Francisco Lindor, Puerto Rican baseball player Source
4. 1996 Born: Dawson Knox, American football player Source
5. 1998 Born: DeVonta Smith, American football player Source
6. 2010 Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel won the Drivers' Championship after winning the final race of the season, becoming the youngest Formula One champion. Source

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