On this day: November 14

POSTED: 11:18 AM PST Nov 13, 2012    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Nov 13, 2012 

America's first library opens, a plane crash kills most of the Marshall University football team, Princess Anne marries a commoner, and Michael Jackson premieres his "Black or White" video, all on this day.

OTD November 14 - Moby-Dick
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1851: Herman Melville's novel "Moby-Dick; or, The Whale" is first published in the United States by New York City publisher Harper and Brothers.

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