SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2009

Today is Saturday, November 14, the 318th day of 2009. There are 47 days left in the year.

1666 _ Samuel Pepys reports on first blood transfusion (between dogs)

1832 _ First streetcar (horse-drawn) (John Mason) debuts in NYC; fare 12 cents rode on 4th Avenue between Prince and 14th St.

1851 _ ``Moby Dick," by Herman Melville, published

1918 _ Republic of Czechoslovakia created with T.G. Masaryk as President

1922 _ BBC begins domestic radio service at Marconi House

1935 _ FDR proclaims the Philippine Islands a free commonwealth

1940 _ During WW II, German planes destroyed most of Coventry, England

1972 _ Dow Jones closes above 1,000 for first time (1003.16)

1975 _ Spain abandoned the Spanish Sahara

1991 _ Michael Jackson's ``Black or White" video premiers on Fox TV