Today is Sunday, Nov. 14, the 318th day of 2010. There are 47 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Nov. 14, 1970, a chartered Southern Airways DC-9 crashed while trying to land in Huntington, W.Va., killing all 75 people on board, including the Marshall University football team and its coaching staff.
On this date:
In 1851, Herman Melville’s novel “Moby-Dick; Or, The Whale” was first published in the United States.
In 1881, Charles J. Guiteau went on trial for assassinating President James A. Garfield. (Guiteau was convicted and hanged the following year.)
In 1889, inspired by Jules Verne, New York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) set out to travel around the world in less than 80 days. (She made the trip in 72 days.) Jawarharlal Nehru (juh-wah-hahr-LAHL’ NAY’-roo), the first prime minister of independent India, was born.
In 1910, Eugene B. Ely became the first aviator to take off from a ship as his Curtiss pusher rolled off a sloping platform on the deck of the scout cruiser USS Birmingham off Hampton Roads, Va.
In 1922, the British Broadcasting Corporation began its domestic radio service.
In 1940, during World War II, German planes destroyed most of the English town of Coventry.
In 1969, Apollo 12 blasted off for the moon.
In 1972, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above the 1,000 level for the first time, ending the day at 1,003.16.
In 1973, Britain’s Princess Anne married Capt. Mark Phillips in Westminster Abbey. (They divorced in 1992; Anne has re-married.)
In 1990, it was revealed that the pop duo Milli Vanilli (Rob Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan) had done none of the singing on their Grammy-winning debut album, “Girl You Know It’s True.”
Ten years ago: Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris certified George W. Bush’s fragile 300-vote lead over Al Gore, hours after a judge refused to lift a 5 p.m. deadline; however, the judge gave Harris the authority to accept or reject follow-up manual recount totals. Pioneering CBS Radio newsman Robert Trout died in New York at age 91.
Five years ago: Two separate suicide attackers rammed car bombs into vehicles belonging to NATO-led peacekeepers in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing a German soldier and an Afghan child. President George W. Bush hurled new arguments against Iraq war critics as he headed to Asia, accusing some Democrats of “sending mixed signals to our troops and the enemy.” Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees won his second American League Most Valuable Player award in three seasons.
One year ago: President Barack Obama, on a mission to repair America’s global standing, told Asian countries during a speech in Tokyo that he was determined to engage them as equal partners in the economy, diplomacy and security.
Today’s Birthdays: Former U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali is 88. Actress Kathleen Hughes is 82. Former NASA astronaut Fred Haise is 77. Jazz musician Ellis Marsalis is 76. Composer Wendy Carlos is 71. Writer P.J. O’Rourke is 63. Zydeco singer-musician Buckwheat Zydeco is 63. Britain’s Prince Charles is 62. Rock singer-musician James Young (Styx) is 61. Singer Stephen Bishop is 59. Blues musician Anson Funderburgh is 56. Pianist Yanni is 56. Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is 56. Presidential adviser Valerie Jarrett is 54. Actress Laura San Giacomo (JEE’-ah-koh-moh) is 49. Actor D.B. Sweeney is 49. Rapper Reverend Run (Run-DMC) is 46. Actor Patrick Warburton is 46. Rock musician Nic Dalton is 46. Country singer Rockie Lynne is 46. Pop singer Jeanette Jurado (Expose) is 45. Retired MLB All-Star pitcher Curt Schilling is 44. Rock musician Brian Yale is 42. Rock singer Butch Walker is 41. Actor Josh Duhamel (du-MEHL’) is 38. Rock musician Travis Barker is 35. Contemporary Christian musician Robby Shaffer is 35. Actor Brian Dietzen (TV: “NCIS”) is 33. Rapper Shyheim is 33. Rock musician Tobin Esperance (Papa Roach) is 31. Actress Olga Kurylenko is 31.
Thought for Today: “Adventure is not outside man; it is within.” — George Eliot, English author (1819-1880).
(Above Advance for Use Sunday, Nov. 14)
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