Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
November 13
| 1474 | In 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. | |
| 1851 | The London-to-Paris telegraph begins operation. | |
| 1860 | South Carolina's legislature calls a special convention to discuss secession from the Union. | |
| 1862 | Lewis 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. | |
| 1897 | The first metal dirigible is flown from Tempelhof Field in Berlin. | |
| 1907 | Paul Corno achieves the first helicopter flight. | |
| 1914 | The brassiere, invented by Caresse Crosby, is patented. | |
| 1927 | New York's Holland Tunnel officially opens for traffic. | |
| 1940 | U.S. Supreme Court rules in Hansberry v. Lee that African Americans cannot be barred from white neighborhoods. | |
| 1941 | A 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.. | |
| 1945 | Charles de Gaulle is elected president of France. | |
| 1952 | Harvard'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. | |
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Born on November 13 |
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| 354 | Saint Augustine, Christian theologian and philosopher. | |
| 1312 | Edward III, King of England who won victories against such renowned foes as Baybars, Llewellyn and Wallace. | |
| 1850 | Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist and poet (Treasure Island, Kidnapped). | |
| 1856 | Louis Brandeis, the first Jew to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court. | |
| 1909 | Eugene Ionesco, Romanian-born dramatist (The Bald Soprano, Rhinoceros). | |
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