Today in History
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2015 Terrorist attacks in Paris
A series of coordinated terrorist attacks that included suicide bombs and mass shootings took place
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1994 Sweden votes to join EU
The referendum passed with over 50% of Swedish citizens voting to join the European Union. The Nordi
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1985 Armero tragedy
The late evening eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano in Colombia caused volcanic mudflows, calle
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1950 Assassination of Carlos Delgado Chalbaud
The Venezuelan president and head of the military Junta was kidnapped and killed by rebels headed by
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1887 Bloody Sunday in London
Protests by poor and unemployed Londoners over their hardships in Trafalgar Square took a violent tu
Births On This Day,
November, 13
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1969 Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Dutch politician, author
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1955 Whoopi Goldberg
American actress, singer, talk show host
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1856 Louis Brandeis
American jurist
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1850 Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish author, poet
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354 Augustine of Hippo
Algerian bishop, theologian
Deaths On This Day,
November, 13
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2005 Eddie Guerrero
American wrestler
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1963 Margaret Murray
English anthropologist
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1903 Camille Pissarro
French painter
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1868 Gioachino Rossini
Italian composer
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1093 Malcolm III of Scotland