Today in History
November 13
1474In the Swiss-Burgundian Wars, Swiss infantry shatters the army of Charles the Bold at Hericourt near Belfort, countering his march to Lorraine.
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.
1851The London-to-Paris telegraph begins operation.
1860 South Carolina's legislature calls a special convention to discuss secession from the Union.
1862Lewis Carroll writes in his diary, "Began writing the fairy-tale of Alice--I hope to finish it by Christmas."
1878 New Mexico Governor Lew Wallace offers amnesty to many participants of the Lincoln County War, but not to gunfighter Billy the Kid.
1897The first metal dirigible is flown from Tempelhof Field in Berlin.
1907Paul Corno achieves the first helicopter flight.
1914The brassiere, invented by Caresse Crosby, is patented.
1927 New York's Holland Tunnel officially opens for traffic.
1940U.S. Supreme Court rules in Hansberry v. Lee that African Americans cannot be barred from white neighborhoods.
1941A German U-boat, the U-81 torpedoes Great Britain's premier aircraft carrier, the HMS Ark Royal. The ship sinks the next day.
1942 Lt. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower flies to Algeria to conclude an agreement with French Admiral Jean Darlan..
1945Charles de Gaulle is elected president of France.
1952Harvard's Paul Zoll becomes the first man to use electric shock to treat cardiac arrest.
1956 The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously strikes down two Alabama laws requiring racial segregation on public buses.




Born on November 13
354Saint Augustine, Christian theologian and philosopher.
1312 Edward III, King of England who won victories against such renowned foes as Baybars, Llewellyn and Wallace.
1850Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist and poet (Treasure Island, Kidnapped).
1856Louis Brandeis, the first Jew to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court.
1909Eugene Ionesco, Romanian-born dramatist (The Bald Soprano, Rhinoceros).

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