1982 - The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
1971 - Mariner 9 1st spacecraft to orbit Mars
1956 - Supreme Court: Alabama segregation laws illegal; ends Montgomery Bus Boycott
1941 - US amends Neutrality Act of 1935 allowing American merchant ships access to war zones
1940 - Walt Disney's "Fantasia" premieres
This Day In Business
1940 - Willys-Overland submits the Jeep prototype to the U.S. Army 0 by 1945, 600,000 Jeeps had been made.
1997 - Broadway version of Disney's "The Lion King" opens at Amsterdam Theater in New York
1985 - The Nevado Del Ruiz erupts burying an entire town beneath its molten lava.
1979 - Darryl Dawkins breaks his first backboard - shattering the glass in an NBA game.
November 13th Holiday
World Kindness Day - Promotes and encourages kindness, without reference to race, religion or ethnicity.
Today's Birthday Trivia
He performed the voice of Stoick the Vast in the animated film, How to Train Your Dragon. Who is he?
Today's Birthday Horoscope
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