Today’s highlights

On Nov. 14, 1970, a chartered Southern Airways plane crashed while trying to land in West Virginia, killing all 75 people on board, including the Marshall University football team and its coaching staff.

On this date

1851: Herman Melville’s novel “Moby-Dick; Or, The Whale” was published in the United States, almost a month after being released in Britain.

1889: Journalist Nellie Bly began an attempt to travel around the world in 80 days; she would successfully complete the journey in a little more than 72 days.

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, Virginia.

1940: During World War II, German bombing raids destroyed much of the English city of Coventry.

1960: 6-year-old Ruby Bridges became the first Black child to desegregate William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans.

1969: Apollo 12 blasted off for the moon, three months after Apollo 11 became the first manned mission to land on it.

1993: Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula became the NFL’s all-time winningest coach with a victory over the Philadelphia Eagles.

Today’s birthdays

Britain’s King Charles III is 76. Musician Yanni is 70. Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is 70. Former presidential adviser Valerie Jarrett is 68. News anchor Bill Hemmer is 60.