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Happy Anniversary, Moby Dick!

October 18, 2012
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Today (10/18/2012) is the 161st anniversary of the publication of Moby Dick by Herman Melville. 

This day in history

November 18, 2011
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November 18
1820 Captain Nathaniel Palmer discovered Antarctica.
1886 Chester A. Arthur, the 21st president of the United States (1881–1885), died in New York at 56.
1928 Mickey Mouse made his debut in Steamboat Willie.