Major Events
- 1789 In a letter to Jean-Baptiste Le Roy, Benjamin Franklin writes “in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes”
- 1933 First modern sit-down strike by Hormel meatpackers in Austin, Minnesota
- 1956 US Supreme Court rules racial segregation on buses in Alabama unconstitutional
- 1980 US spacecraft Voyager 1 sends back first 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
- 2018 Trial of Mexican drug lord JoaquÃn “El Chapo” Guzmán begins in New York, he is charged with drug trafficking, money laundering, and murder
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, NYC
Nov 13 in Music
- 2002 Eminem releases the single ‘Lose Yourself’ from the soundtrack of “8 Mile”, the first rap song to win the Academy Award for 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 defeats South Korean challenger Duk Koo Kim by TKO in the 14th round in Las Vegas; Kim collapses, falls into a coma, and dies four days later; as a result, WBC shortens title bouts to 12 rounds; WBA and 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
Fun Fact About November 13
World’s earliest winemaking is uncovered in Khramis Didi Gora, Georgia, in clay pots from 6,000 BC
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