Today In History

Today is Tuesday, Nov. 14, the 318th day of 2017. There are 47 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

› 1889: Inspired by the Jules Verne novel “Around the World in Eighty Days,” New York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) set out to make the trip in less time than the fictional Phileas Fogg. (She completed the journey in 72 days.)

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.

› 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.

› 1925: The first group exhibition of surrealistic paintings opened at the Galerie Pierre in Paris.

› 1944: Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra recorded “Opus No. 1” for RCA Victor.

› 1965: The U.S. Army’s first major military operation of the Vietnam War began with the start of the five-day Battle of Ia Drang. (The fighting between American troops and North Vietnamese forces ended on Nov. 18 with both sides claiming victory.)

› 1969: Apollo 12 blasted off for the moon.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Actress Kathleen Hughes is 89. Former NASA astronaut Fred Haise is 84. Jazz musician Ellis Marsalis is 83. Composer Wendy Carlos is 78. Writer P.J. O’Rourke is 70. Britain’s Prince Charles is 69. Rock singer-musician James Young (Styx) is 68. Former presidential adviser Valerie Jarrett is 61. Actress Laura San Giacomo is 56. Actor D.B. Sweeney is 56. Rapper Reverend Run (Run-DMC) is 53. Actor Patrick Warburton is 53. Rock musician Nic Dalton is 53. Country singer Rockie Lynne is 53. Pop singer Jeanette Jurado (Expose) is 52. Retired MLB All-Star pitcher Curt Schilling is 51. Rock musician Brian Yale is 49. Rock singer Butch Walker is 48. Actor Josh Duhamel is

45. Rock musician Travis Barker is 42. Contemporary Christian musician Robby Shaffer is 42. Actor Brian Dietzen is 40. Rapper Shyheim is 40. Rock musician Tobin Esperance (Papa Roach) is 38. Actress Olga Kurylenko is 38. Actress-comedian Vanessa Bayer is

36. Actor Russell Tovey is

36. Actor Graham Patrick Martin is 26.