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