Volume 13 , Issue 46

On This Day In History (November 14)

On Nov. 14, 1972, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 1,000 for the first time, ending the day at 1,003.16. Go to article. On Nov. 14, 1935, Hussein, the king of Jordan from 1953 to 1999, was born. Following his death on Feb. 7, 1999, his obituary appeared in The Times. Go to obituary.

On This Date, Nov. 14th:

• 1851 - Herman Melville's novel "Moby Dick" was published.
• 1881 - Charles J. Guiteau went on trial for assassinating President James A. Garfield. (He was convicted and hanged.)
• 1922 - The British Broadcasting Corp. began its domestic radio service.
• 1935 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed the Philippine Islands a free commonwealth.
• 1969 - Apollo 12 was launched on the second manned mission to the moon.
• 1973 - Britain's Princess Anne married Capt. Mark Phillips in Westminster Abbey.
• 1995 - The U.S. government instituted a partial shutdown, closing national parks and museums while government offices operated with skeleton crews.

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