Historical Events
- 1789 Benjamin Franklin writes "Nothing . . . certain but death & taxes"
- 1933 1st modern sit-down strike by Hormel meat packers in Austin, Minnesota
- 1956 US Supreme court rules race separation on buses in Alabama unconstitutional
- 1980 US spacecraft Voyager 1 sends back 1st close-up pictures of Saturn during its fly-by
- 1985 Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupts in Colombia, killing 25,000 in the town of Armero
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Nov 13 in Film & TV
- 1940 Walt Disney's animated film "Fantasia", starring Leopold Stokowski, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Mickey Mouse, and ballet dancing hippopotamuses, premieres at the Broadway Theatre, New York City
Nov 13 in Music
- 2002 Eminem releases single 'Lose Yourself' from soundtrack of "8 Mile", 1st rap song to win Academy Award Best Original Song
- 2020 Kylie Minogue becomes the first woman to top the UK album chart over five consecutive decades with "Disco"
Nov 13 in Sport
- 1982 WBA lightweight champion Ray Mancini beats South Korean challenger Duk Koo Kim by TKO in 14th round in Las Vegas; Kim collapses, falls into a coma and dies 4 days later; as a result, WBC shortens title bouts to 12 rounds; WBA & WBO follow in 1988, and IBF in 1989
Did You Know?
The Great Bell of Big Ben first chimes at the foot of the still unfinished clock tower outside the Palace of Westminster
On November 13, 1856
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World's earliest wine-making uncovered from Khramis Didi Gora, Georgia, in clay pots from 6,000BC
On November 13, 2017
Famous Weddings
- 1160 Marriage of Louis VII of France to Adele of Champagne.
- 1929 American writer E. B. White (30) weds literary editor Katharine Angell (37)
- 1934 American actress and dancer Ginger Rogers (23) weds "All Quiet on the Western Front" actor Lew Ayres (25); divorce in 1940
Famous Divorces
- 1922 Architect Frank Lloyd Wright (55) divorces socialite Catherine Tobin after 33 years of marriage
- 2011 Torrei Hart divorces actor and comedian Kevin Hart (32) due to irreconcilable differences after 8 years of marriage
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Bulls Finally Spared 700 Years of Cruelty
The dangerous and despicably cruel “sport” of bull-running came to an end on this day in an English market town. It had been going on for 700 years.
November 13, 1839
Weekly Quiz for November 11 - 17
The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month marked the end of which war? Whose body was found in Antarctica in 1912? Which canal opened in 1869?
