November 14
1851
Herman Melville’s novel Moby Dick was published.
1889
Nellie Bly set out to beat Jules Verne’s fictional Phileas Fogg’s time of 80 days to travel around the world. She did it in 72.
1922
The British Broadcasting Corporation began its domestic radio service.
1969
Apollo 12, the second manned lunar expedition, was launched.
1995
The U.S. federal government began a partial shut down of government services after the U.S. Congress could not pass a budget.
2002
Nancy Pelosi of California became the first woman to lead a party in Congress.
2003
The most distant object ever found in our solar system, named Sedna, was discovered by astronomers at the Mount Palomar Observatory.
Birthdays
Hussein I
1935–1999, King of Jordan.
Robert Fulton
inventor, engineer, and painter (1765)
Claude Monet
painter (1840)
Jawaharlal Nehru
first Prime Minister of India (1889)
Mamie Eisenhower
First Lady (1896)
Aaron Copland
composer (1900)
Astrid Lindgren
writer (1907)
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
ex-Secretary General of the U.N. (1922)
McLean Stevenson
actor (1929)
Wendy Carlos
composer and musician (1939)
Charles, Prince of Wales
heir to the British throne (1948)
Condoleezza Rice
government official (1954)