NOVEMBER 14
1982:Polish shipyard electrician and Solidarity movement leader Lech Walesa is released from 11 months of imprisonment for his leadership of the illegal trade union movement, returning home to Gdansk. Walesa would be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize the following year and, after the collapse of the communist Soviet bloc, elected president of Poland in 1990.
1832: City officials take a ride in New York City's first horse-drawn streetcar, the John Mason, along Fourth Avenue between Prince Street and 14th Street. The streetcar was designed by John Stephenson, with room to carry 30 people.
1969: Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr., Richard F. Gordon Jr. and Alan L. Bean lift off from Cape Kennedy, Fla., aboard Apollo 12 headed for the moon. Nearby, President Richard M. Nixon watches the liftoff, which has a few scary moments — lightning strikes the top of the Saturn 5 launch rocket twice shortly after liftoff. Fortunately, the spacecraft experiences only a brief power failure.
1952: New Musical Express (NME) publishes first regular UK musical singles chart.
1967:The world's first laser is patented by Theodore Maiman.
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