
11-13-2004, 07:26 AM
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November 13th
354 ~ Birthday of Saint Augustine of Hippo, Theologian.
1460 ~ Death of Henry the Navigator, Patron of African exploration.
1775 ~ American Revolutionary War: Patriot revolutionary forces under Col. Ethan Allen captured Montreal from British General Guy Carleton.
1850 ~ Birthday of Robert Louis Stevenson, Novelist.
1868 ~ Death of Gioacchino Rossini, Composer.
1940 ~ The animated feature-length film Fantasia was released.
1955 ~ Birthday of Whoopi Goldberg, Entertainer.
1960 ~ Sammy Davis, Jr. married Swedish actress May Britt. Interracial marriage is still illegal in 31 US states out of 50.
1990 ~ Tim Berners-Lee wrote the first known World Wide Web page.
2002 ~ Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq agreed to the terms of the UN Security Council Resolution 1441.
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