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« on: November 13, 2009, 07:09:25 am »

Friday, November 13th
The 317th day of 2009.
There are 48 days left in the year.
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Today's Highlights in History
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   On Nov. 13, 1956, the Supreme Court struck down laws calling for racial segregation on public buses. (Go to article.)

On Nov. 13, 1850, Robert Louis Stevenson, the Scottish author best known for his novel "Treasure Island", was born. Following his death on Dec. 3, 1894, his obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
Editorial Cartoon of the Day
   
   On November  13, 1880, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about Charles A. Dana, editor of the New York Sun. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)
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1775    U.S. forces captured Montreal during the American Revolution.

1789    Benjamin Franklin wrote in a letter to a friend, "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."

1856    Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis was born in Louisville, Ky.

1927    The Holland Tunnel linking New York City and New Jersey beneath the Hudson River opened to the public.

1942    The minimum draft age was lowered from 21 to 18.

1969    Vice President Spiro T. Agnew accused network TV news departments of bias and distortion, and urged viewers to lodge complaints.

1974    Karen Silkwood, a technician and union activist at the Kerr-McGee Cimarron plutonium plant near Crescent, Okla., was killed in a car crash.

1977    The comic strip "Li'l Abner" by Al Capp appeared in newspapers for the last time.

1979    Former California Gov. Ronald Reagan announced his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination.

1982    The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C.

1985    A mudslide triggered by the Nevado del Ruiz volcano buried the city of Armero, Colombia, killing some 23,000 people.

1997    The Disney musical "The Lion King" opened on Broadway.

1998    President Bill Clinton agreed to pay Paula Jones $850,000, ending the four-year legal battle over her sexual harassment lawsuit that spurred impeachment proceedings against him. Clinton did not admit guilt.

2001    Afghanistan's ruling Taliban abandoned the capital Kabul without a fight, allowing U.S.-backed northern alliance fighters to take over the city.

2002    Saddam Hussein's government agreed to the return of international weapons inspectors to Iraq.

2003    Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, who had refused to remove a granite Ten Commandments monument from the state courthouse, was thrown off the bench by a judicial ethics panel for having "placed himself above the law."

Current Birthdays

Chris Noth turns 55 years old today.

AP Photo/Evan Agostini Actor Chris Noth ("Law and Order," "Sex and the City") turns 55 years old today.


87    Madeleine Sherwood
Actress

75    Peter Arnett
Journalist

75    Garry Marshall
Producer, director

68    Jimmy Hawkins
Actor

63    Ray Wylie Hubbard
Country singer, songwriter

62    Joe Mantegna
Actor

61    Sheila Frazier
Actress

56    Frances Conroy
Actress ("Six Feet Under")

56    Andrew Ranken
Rock musician ("The Pogues")

56    Tracy Scoggins
Actress

53    Rex Linn
Actor ("CSI: Miami")

50    Caroline Goodall
Actress

49    Neil Flynn
Actor ("Scrubs")

46    Vinny Testaverde
Football player

45    Walter Kibby
Rock musician (Fishbone)

42    Jimmy Kimmel
Comedian, talk show host ("Jimmy Kimmel Live")

42    Steve Zahn
Actor

34    Aisha Hinds
Actress ("True Blood," "Hawthorne")

31    Nikolai Fraiture
Rock musician (The Strokes)

29    Monique Coleman
Actress ("High School Musical")

Historic Birthdays

Robert Louis Stevenson

11/13/1850 - 12/3/1894
Scottish writer
(Go to obit.)

75    Saint Augustine
11/13/354 - 8/28/430
Roman bishop and theologian

64    Edward III
11/13/1312 - 6/21/1377
English king (1327-77)

56    Johann Eck
11/13/1486 - 2/10/1543
German theologian

88    Edward Trelawny
11/13/1792 - 8/13/1881
English author

59    Edwin Booth
11/13/1833 - 6/7/1893
American actor

84    Louis Brandeis
11/13/1856 - 10/5/1941
American jurist; associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1916-39)

37    Mary Henrietta Kingsley
11/13/1862 - 6/3/1900
English traveler and writer

40    Jean Seberg
11/13/1938 - 9/8/1979
American actress


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