November 13 in History
What happened on November 13 in history?
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on november 13 in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened on november 13 in history.
?>2001
US President George W. Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against foreigners suspected of connections to planned or actual terrorist acts against the US.
2000
Articles of impeachment passed against Philippine President Joseph Estrada.
1989
Compact of Free Association: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau—places US troops wrested from Japanese control in WWII—become sovereign nations, associated states of the United States.
1989
Hans-Adam II becomes Prince of Liechtenstein (1989– ) upon the death of his father, Franz Joseph II.
1985
Some 23,000 people die when the Nevado del Ruiz erupts, melting a glacier and causing a massive mudslide that buries Armero, Columbia.
1982
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial dedicated in Washington, DC.
1970
A powerful tropical cyclone strikes the Ganges Delta region of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), causing an estimated half-million deaths in a single night; the Bhola cyclone is regarded as the worst natural disaster of the 20th century.
1969
Anti-war protesters stage a symbolic “March Against Death” in Washington, DC.
1956
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously strikes down two Alabama laws requiring racial segregation on public buses.
1952
Harvard’s Paul Zoll becomes the first man to use electric shock to treat cardiac arrest.
1945
Charles de Gaulle is elected president of France.
1942
Lt. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower flies to Algeria to conclude an agreement with French Admiral Jean Darlan..
1941
A German U-boat, the U-81 torpedoes Great Britain’s premier aircraft carrier, the HMS Ark Royal. The ship sinks the next day.
1940
U.S. Supreme Court rules in Hansberry v. Lee that African Americans cannot be barred from white neighborhoods.
1927
New York’s Holland Tunnel officially opens for traffic.
1914
The brassiere, invented by Caresse Crosby, is patented.
1907
Paul Corno achieves the first helicopter flight.
1897
The first metal dirigible is flown from Tempelhof Field in Berlin.
1878
New Mexico Governor Lew Wallace offers amnesty to many participants of the Lincoln County War, but not to gunfighter Billy the Kid.
1862
Lewis Carroll writes in his diary, “Began writing the fairy-tale of Alice–I hope to finish it by Christmas.”
1860
South Carolina’s legislature calls a special convention to discuss secession from the Union.
1851
The London-to-Paris telegraph begins operation.
1835
Texans officially proclaim independence from Mexico, and calls itself the Lone Star Republic, after its flag, until its admission to the Union in 1845.
1474
In the Swiss-Burgundian Wars, Swiss infantry shatters the army of Charles the Bold at Hericourt near Belfort, countering his march to Lorraine.