November 14 - The Day in History

November 14 : General Interest 1851: Moby-Dick published On this day in 1851, Moby-Dick, a novel by Herman Melville about the voyage of the whaling ship Pequod, is published by Harper & Brothers in New York... read more American Revolution 1776 : Benjamin Franklin takes sides http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/benjamin-franklin-takes-sides Automotive 2006 : Last day for Texas' celebrated drive-in Pig Stands http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/last-day-for-texas-celebrated-drive-in-pig-stands Civil War 1862 : Lincoln approves Burnside's plan to capture Richmond http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lincoln-approves-burnsides-plan Cold War 1951 : United States gives military and economic aid to communist Yugoslavia http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/united-states-gives-military-and-economic-aid-to-communist-yugoslavia Crime 1986 : Ivan Boesky confesses to illegal stock trading activity http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ivan-boesky-confesses-to-illegal-stock-trading-activity Disaster 1985 : Volcano erupts in Colombia and buries nearby towns http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/volcano-erupts-in-colombia-and-buries-nearby-towns General Interest 1969 : Apollo 12 lifts off http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/iapollo-12i-lifts-off 1982 : Walesa released from jail http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/walesa-released-from-jail Hollywood 1941 : Cary Grant stars in Hitchcock's Suspicion http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cary-grant-stars-in-hitchcocks-suspicion Literary 1851 : Moby-Dick is published http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/moby-dick-is-published Music 1900 : American classical composer Aaron Copland is born in Brooklyn, New York http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/american-classical-composer-aaron-copland-is-born-in-brooklyn-new-york Old West 1882 : Franklin Leslie kills Billy "The Kid" Claiborne http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/franklin-leslie-kills-billy-the-kid-claiborne Presidential 1959 : Kennedy publishes article on television and American politics http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kennedy-publishes-article-on-television-and-american-politics Sports 1970 : Plane crash devastates Marshall University http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/plane-crash-devastates-marshall-university Vietnam War 1965 : Major battle erupts in the Ia Drang Valley http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/major-battle-erupts-in-the-ia-drang-valley 1967 : Marine general killed in Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/marine-general-killed-in-vietnam 1972 : Nixon promises Thieu that U.S. will continue to support South Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixon-promises-thieu-that-us-will-continue-to-support-south-vietnam World War I 1914 : Ottoman Empire declares a holy war http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ottoman-empire-declares-a-holy-war World War II 1940 : Germans bomb Coventry http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-bomb-coventry

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