In 1851, the first American edition of Herman Melville’s “Moby-Dick” was published.
In 1889, New York World reporter Nellie Bly, inspired by the Jules Verne novel, set out to travel around the world in fewer than 80 days. It took her 72 days.
In 1995, the U.S. federal government temporarily closed national parks and museums as a result of a budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in Congre…