1. On November 14, 1794, the Whiskey Rebellion ended in Tennessee with the capture of the last insurrectionist. The Whiskey Rebellion was a revolt against the tax on whiskey by the U.S. federal government.

2. On November 14, 1862, Confederate General Braxton Bragg launched an unsuccessful attack on the Union forces under General William Rosecrans at the Battle of Stones River. The battle resulted in more than 24,000 casualties and ended in a Union victory.

3. On November 14, 1889, the first state capitol building in Nashville was destroyed by a fire. The current capitol building was completed in 1910 and is still in use today.

4. On November 14, 1916, Tennessee Governor Tom C. Rye signed the first state-wide child labor law in the United States. The law prohibited children under the age of 14 from working in factories and mines.

5. On November 14, 1960, Ruby Wilson, a Memphis blues singer, won a lawsuit against the Memphis Board of Education for racial discrimination. Wilson had been denied a teaching position because of her race, but the lawsuit paved the way for the desegregation of Memphis public schools.