November 13
1775 - U.S. forces, under the command of Gen. Richard Montgomery, captured Montreal during the American Revolution.
1909 - An estimated 259 men and boys were killed when fire erupted inside a coal mine in Cherry, Illinois.
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 in theaters.
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.
1971 - The U.S. space probe Mariner 9 went into orbit around Mars, becoming the first spacecraft to orbit another planet.
1982 - The Vietnam War Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C.
1985 - Some 23,000 residents of Armero, Colombia, died when a volcanic mudslide buried the city.
2001 - The Taliban abandoned Afghanistan's capital of Kabul when the Northern Alliance entered the city.
2015 - Islamic State militants carried out a set of coordinated attacks in Paris at the national stadium, in a crowded concert hall, in restaurants and on streets, killing 130 people in the worst attack on French soil since World War II.
Birthdays
22 - Emma Raducanu (tennis player)
22 - Nikki Hahn (actress)
23 - Son Hye-ju (singer)
29 - Lucy Fallon (actress)
29 - Stella Hudgens (actress)
31 - Julia Michaels (singer)
33 - Devon Bostick (actor)
37 - Dana Vollmer (swimmer)
44 - Monique Coleman (actress)
45 - Ron Artest (basketball player)
49 - Aisha Hinds (actress)
53 - Noah Hathaway (actor)
55 - Gerard Butler (actor)
57 - Steve Zahn (actor)
57 - Jimmy Kimmel (TV host)
64 - Neil Flynn (actor)
69 - Whoopi Goldberg (actress/TV host)
70 - Chris Noth (actor)
72 - Frances Conroy (actress)
74 - Gilbert Perreault (hockey player)
77 - Joe Mantegna (actor)
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Today in Sports History - November 13
1900 - The Baltimore Orioles (now the New York Yankees) entered major league baseball's American League.
1934 - Ralph "Scotty" Bowman (St. Louis Eagles) scored the first penalty shot goal in NHL history.
1958 - New York City Mayor Robert Wagner announces plans to begin a new baseball league called the Continental League, to fill the void created by the city's Giants and Dodgers moving to the west coast.
1982 - WBA lightweight champion Ray Mancini defeats South Korean challenger Duk Koo Kim by TKO in the 14th round in Las Vegas; Kim collapsed after the fight, fell into a coma and died four days later. As a result, the WBC shortens title bouts to 12 rounds. (The WBA and WBO would follow in 1988, and the IBF in 1989.)
1991 - Roger Clemens won his third Cy Young Award for the American League.
1995 - Greg Maddox (Atlanta Braves) became the first pitcher to win four consecutive Cy Young Awards.
1775 - U.S. forces, under the command of Gen. Richard Montgomery, captured Montreal during the American Revolution.
1909 - An estimated 259 men and boys were killed when fire erupted inside a coal mine in Cherry, Illinois.
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 in theaters.
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.
1971 - The U.S. space probe Mariner 9 went into orbit around Mars, becoming the first spacecraft to orbit another planet.
1982 - The Vietnam War Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C.
1985 - Some 23,000 residents of Armero, Colombia, died when a volcanic mudslide buried the city.
2001 - The Taliban abandoned Afghanistan's capital of Kabul when the Northern Alliance entered the city.
2015 - Islamic State militants carried out a set of coordinated attacks in Paris at the national stadium, in a crowded concert hall, in restaurants and on streets, killing 130 people in the worst attack on French soil since World War II.
Birthdays
22 - Emma Raducanu (tennis player)
22 - Nikki Hahn (actress)
23 - Son Hye-ju (singer)
29 - Lucy Fallon (actress)
29 - Stella Hudgens (actress)
31 - Julia Michaels (singer)
33 - Devon Bostick (actor)
37 - Dana Vollmer (swimmer)
44 - Monique Coleman (actress)
45 - Ron Artest (basketball player)
49 - Aisha Hinds (actress)
53 - Noah Hathaway (actor)
55 - Gerard Butler (actor)
57 - Steve Zahn (actor)
57 - Jimmy Kimmel (TV host)
64 - Neil Flynn (actor)
69 - Whoopi Goldberg (actress/TV host)
70 - Chris Noth (actor)
72 - Frances Conroy (actress)
74 - Gilbert Perreault (hockey player)
77 - Joe Mantegna (actor)
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Today in Sports History - November 13
1900 - The Baltimore Orioles (now the New York Yankees) entered major league baseball's American League.
1934 - Ralph "Scotty" Bowman (St. Louis Eagles) scored the first penalty shot goal in NHL history.
1958 - New York City Mayor Robert Wagner announces plans to begin a new baseball league called the Continental League, to fill the void created by the city's Giants and Dodgers moving to the west coast.
1982 - WBA lightweight champion Ray Mancini defeats South Korean challenger Duk Koo Kim by TKO in the 14th round in Las Vegas; Kim collapsed after the fight, fell into a coma and died four days later. As a result, the WBC shortens title bouts to 12 rounds. (The WBA and WBO would follow in 1988, and the IBF in 1989.)
1991 - Roger Clemens won his third Cy Young Award for the American League.
1995 - Greg Maddox (Atlanta Braves) became the first pitcher to win four consecutive Cy Young Awards.
