1851: Herman Melville’s book "Moby Dick" was published by Harper & Brothers, NYC.
1922: The BBC officially opened and began its daily domestic radio service broadcasting.
1964: Gordie Howe of the Detroit Red Wings set a National Hockey League record as he scored his 627th career goal in a game against Montreal.
1969: Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 12, the second manned mission to the surface of the Moon.
2002: Margaret "Peg" Phillips, a retired accountant who took acting classes at age 65 and won fame as the tart-tongued shopkeeper Ruth-Anne Miller in the television series "Northern Exposure", died. She was 84. (NE was one of our all-time favorite TV shows.)
*Correction: Turns out, after some more research at such sites as www.moosefest.com, www.deadoralive.com and www.tv.com, that Peg Phillips actually died a week before, on November 7. Herb didn't want to be associated with the death of such a beloved character, anyway. :)
(Ok, so we ran out of good stuff. So sue us. LOL.)
1840: Claude Monet (artist of "Water Lilies")
1900: American composer Aaron Copland
1922: Boutros Boutros-Ghali
1929: McLean Stevenson ("M*A*S*H")
1948: Prince Charles of Wales
1951: Singer Stephen Bishop
1954: Musician Yanni
1964: Patrick Warburton ("Puddy" from "Seinfeld", another of our all-time favorite TV shows)
