|
Notable anniversaries in history for today: November 13
- 70th: 1954 - Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.
- 60th: 1964 - Bob Petit (Saint Louis Hawks) becomes first NBA player to score 20,000 points.
- 50th: 1974 - Karen Silkwood killed in a car crash under suspicious circumstances.
- 30th: 1994 - The first passengers travel through the Channel Tunnel between England and France.
- 30th: 1994 - A country-wide referendum is held to decide if Sweden should join the European Union. 52.2 percent vote yes, 46.9 percent vote no.
- 25th: 1999 - Death of Donald Mills at age 84 of complications from pneumonia; singer (The Mills Brothers, 2,000 recordings, 50 million copies).
- 20th: 2004 - After six days of intense battles, the Iraqi town of Fallujah is fully occupied by U.S. forces.
- 15th: 2009 - NASA scientists announce that last month's experiment to find water on the Moon was a major success, revealing ice and water vapor in the debris field of smashing a rocket into a crater.
- 15th: 2009 - Sony releases the film 2012 to theaters.
- 5th: 2019 - In London, England, would-be thieves attempt to steal two Rembrandt paintings from the Dulwich Picture Gallery, but are stopped by police.
- 5th: 2019 - Death of Raymond Poulidor at age 83; French cyclist (189 victories over 18 years).
|
vvv advertisement vvv
^^^ advertisement ^^^
You can pick a particular day to view that day's events in history.
Bookmark this URL: http://kpolsson.com/thisday/anniv/ and revisit each day.
(this URL will automatically re-direct to the file containing the current day's events)
|