November 13
1775 - U.S. forces, under the command of Gen. Richard Montgomery, captured Montreal during the Revolutionary War.
1849 - Voters in California ratified the state's original constitution.
1927 - The world's first long, mechanically ventilated underwater tunnel, the Holland Tunnel, opened between New York and New Jersey.
1940 - Walt Disney's Fantasia debuted.
1942 - The minimum draft age was lowered from 21 to 18.
1946 - Vincent Schaefer produced artificial snow from a natural cloud for the first time at Mount Greylock in Massachusetts.
1956 - The U.S. Supreme Court struck down laws calling for racial segregation on buses.
1969 - Speaking in Des Moines, Iowa, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew accused network television news departments of bias and distortion, and urged viewers to lodge complaints.
1971 - The U.S. space probe Mariner 9 went into orbit around Mars.
1974 - Karen Silkwood, a 28-year-old technician and union activist at the Kerr-McGee Cimarron plutonium plant near Crescent, Oklahoma, died in a car crash while on her way to meet a reporter.
1979 - Former California Gov. Ronald Reagan announced in New York his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination.
1982 - The Vietnam War Memorial was officially dedicated in Washington, D.C.
1985 - Some 23,000 residents of Armero, Colombia, died when a volcanic mudslide buried the city.
1998 - President Bill Clinton agreed to pay Paula Jones $850,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit.
2001 - The Taliban abandoned Afghanistan's capital of Kabul when the Northern Alliance entered the city.
2002 - Saddam Hussein's government agreed to the return of international weapons inspectors to Iraq.
2003 - Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore was thrown off the bench by a judicial ethics panel after refusing to remove a granite Ten Commandments monument from the state courthouse.
2009 - Attorney General Eric Holder announced plans to try professed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others in civilian court in New York City. (The Obama administration later backed off the plan.)
2015 - Islamic State militants carried out a set of coordinated attacks in Paris on the national stadium, restaurants and streets, and a crowded concert hall, killing 130 people in the worst attack on French soil since World War II.
2019 - The House Intelligence Committee opened two weeks of public impeachment hearings with a dozen current and former career foreign service officials and political appointees scheduled to testify about efforts by President Donald Trump and others to pressure Ukraine to investigate Trump's political rivals.
2020 - Speaking publicly for the first time since his defeat by Joe Biden, President Donald Trump refused to concede the election.
Birthdays
26 - Lucy Fallon (actress)
26 - Stella Hudgens (actress)
28 - Julia Michaels (singer)
30 - Devon Bostick (actor)
41 - Monique Coleman (actress)
42 - Metta Sandiford-Artest (basketball player)
46 - Aisha Hinds (actress)
48 - Jordan Bridges (actor)
52 - Gerard Butler (actor)
54 - Steve Zahn (actor)
54 - Jimmy Kimmel (TV host)
58 - Vinny Testaverde (football player)
61 - Neil Flynn (actor)
62 - Caroline Goodall (actress)
65 - Rex Linn (actor)
66 - Whoopi Goldberg (actress/TV host)
67 - Chris Noth (actor)
68 - Tracy Scoggins (actress)
73 - Sheila Frazier (actress)
74 - Joe Mantegna (actor)
80 - Jimmy Hawkins (actor)
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Today in Sports History - November 13
1875 - Harvard and Yale play the first college football game featuring uniforms.
1897 - Nebraska defeated Kansas 10-5.
1900 - The Baltimore Orioles (now the New York Yankees) join the American League.
1915 - Nebraska defeats Kansas 33-0.
1920 - Nebraska and Kansas play to a 20-20 tie.
1926 - Nebraska defeated Kansas State 3-0.
1934 - Ralph "Scotty" Bowman (St. Louis Eagles) scored the first penalty shot goal in NHL history.
1937 - #1 Pittsburgh defeated #11 Nebraska 13-7.
1948 - #9 Oklahoma defeats Nebraska 41-14.
1954 - Pittsburgh defeats Nebraska 21-7.
1964 - Bob Petit (St Louis Hawks) becomes 1st NBAer to score 20,000 points.
1965 - #3 Nebraska defeats Oklahoma State 21-17.
1971 - #1 Nebraska defeats Kansas State 44-17.
1976 - Iowa State upsets #9 Nebraska 37-28.
1982 - #4 Nebraska defeated Iowa State 48-10.
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
1993 - #4 Nebraska defeated Iowa State 49-17.
1995 - Greg Maddox (Atlanta Braves) became the first pitcher to win four consecutive Cy Young Awards.
1999 - #7 Nebraska defeated #5 Kansas State 41-15.
2004 - #2 Oklahoma defeats Nebraska 30-3.
2010 - #9 Nebraska defeats Kansas 20-3.
2017 - Italy fails to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 1958.
1775 - U.S. forces, under the command of Gen. Richard Montgomery, captured Montreal during the Revolutionary War.
1849 - Voters in California ratified the state's original constitution.
1927 - The world's first long, mechanically ventilated underwater tunnel, the Holland Tunnel, opened between New York and New Jersey.
1940 - Walt Disney's Fantasia debuted.
1942 - The minimum draft age was lowered from 21 to 18.
1946 - Vincent Schaefer produced artificial snow from a natural cloud for the first time at Mount Greylock in Massachusetts.
1956 - The U.S. Supreme Court struck down laws calling for racial segregation on buses.
1969 - Speaking in Des Moines, Iowa, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew accused network television news departments of bias and distortion, and urged viewers to lodge complaints.
1971 - The U.S. space probe Mariner 9 went into orbit around Mars.
1974 - Karen Silkwood, a 28-year-old technician and union activist at the Kerr-McGee Cimarron plutonium plant near Crescent, Oklahoma, died in a car crash while on her way to meet a reporter.
1979 - Former California Gov. Ronald Reagan announced in New York his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination.
1982 - The Vietnam War Memorial was officially dedicated in Washington, D.C.
1985 - Some 23,000 residents of Armero, Colombia, died when a volcanic mudslide buried the city.
1998 - President Bill Clinton agreed to pay Paula Jones $850,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit.
2001 - The Taliban abandoned Afghanistan's capital of Kabul when the Northern Alliance entered the city.
2002 - Saddam Hussein's government agreed to the return of international weapons inspectors to Iraq.
2003 - Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore was thrown off the bench by a judicial ethics panel after refusing to remove a granite Ten Commandments monument from the state courthouse.
2009 - Attorney General Eric Holder announced plans to try professed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others in civilian court in New York City. (The Obama administration later backed off the plan.)
2015 - Islamic State militants carried out a set of coordinated attacks in Paris on the national stadium, restaurants and streets, and a crowded concert hall, killing 130 people in the worst attack on French soil since World War II.
2019 - The House Intelligence Committee opened two weeks of public impeachment hearings with a dozen current and former career foreign service officials and political appointees scheduled to testify about efforts by President Donald Trump and others to pressure Ukraine to investigate Trump's political rivals.
2020 - Speaking publicly for the first time since his defeat by Joe Biden, President Donald Trump refused to concede the election.
Birthdays
26 - Lucy Fallon (actress)
26 - Stella Hudgens (actress)
28 - Julia Michaels (singer)
30 - Devon Bostick (actor)
41 - Monique Coleman (actress)
42 - Metta Sandiford-Artest (basketball player)
46 - Aisha Hinds (actress)
48 - Jordan Bridges (actor)
52 - Gerard Butler (actor)
54 - Steve Zahn (actor)
54 - Jimmy Kimmel (TV host)
58 - Vinny Testaverde (football player)
61 - Neil Flynn (actor)
62 - Caroline Goodall (actress)
65 - Rex Linn (actor)
66 - Whoopi Goldberg (actress/TV host)
67 - Chris Noth (actor)
68 - Tracy Scoggins (actress)
73 - Sheila Frazier (actress)
74 - Joe Mantegna (actor)
80 - Jimmy Hawkins (actor)
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Today in Sports History - November 13
1875 - Harvard and Yale play the first college football game featuring uniforms.
1897 - Nebraska defeated Kansas 10-5.
1900 - The Baltimore Orioles (now the New York Yankees) join the American League.
1915 - Nebraska defeats Kansas 33-0.
1920 - Nebraska and Kansas play to a 20-20 tie.
1926 - Nebraska defeated Kansas State 3-0.
1934 - Ralph "Scotty" Bowman (St. Louis Eagles) scored the first penalty shot goal in NHL history.
1937 - #1 Pittsburgh defeated #11 Nebraska 13-7.
1948 - #9 Oklahoma defeats Nebraska 41-14.
1954 - Pittsburgh defeats Nebraska 21-7.
1964 - Bob Petit (St Louis Hawks) becomes 1st NBAer to score 20,000 points.
1965 - #3 Nebraska defeats Oklahoma State 21-17.
1971 - #1 Nebraska defeats Kansas State 44-17.
1976 - Iowa State upsets #9 Nebraska 37-28.
1982 - #4 Nebraska defeated Iowa State 48-10.
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
1993 - #4 Nebraska defeated Iowa State 49-17.
1995 - Greg Maddox (Atlanta Braves) became the first pitcher to win four consecutive Cy Young Awards.
1999 - #7 Nebraska defeated #5 Kansas State 41-15.
2004 - #2 Oklahoma defeats Nebraska 30-3.
2010 - #9 Nebraska defeats Kansas 20-3.
2017 - Italy fails to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 1958.
