November 13
Today in America's Present Past
1732 | Founder John Dickenson was born.
1759 | Composer Timothy Olmstead was born.
1775 | War of Independence: American forces capture Montreal, Canada.
1789 | In a letter to Jean-Baptiste Le Roy, Benjamin Franklin famously quips “in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”
1813 | Abolitionist and General John Wolcott Phelps was born.
1814 | General Joseph Hooker was born.
1833 | Actor Edwin Booth was born.
1838 | Cleric Joseph F. Smith was born.
1839 | Civil Rights: The first anti-slavery party, Liberty Party, convened.
1856 | SCOTUS: Justice Louis Brandeis was born.
1861 | Cleric Mark R. Watkinson petitions the Treasury Department to “recognize Almighty God” on American coins.
1875 | The National Bowling Association was formed.
1913 | Entrepreneur Malcom McLean was born.
1942 | WWII: The minimum draft age for males was lowered from 21 to 18.
1942 | Admiral Daniel J. Callaghan died.
1942 | Admiral Norman Scott died.
1952 | Author Margaret Wise Brown died.
1954 | Entrepreneur Scott McNealy was born.
1955 | Entertainer Whoopi Goldberg was born.
1956 | SCOTUS: The Court rules racial segregation on buses in Alabama unconstitutional (Browder v. Gayle).
1967 | Entertainer Jimmy Kimmel was born.
1982 | The Vietnam Veterans Memorial opens in Washington, D.C., featuring the names of over 58,000 US soldiers killed or missing in the conflict.
1982 | Poet Babette Deutsch died.
2002 | Entertainer Eminem released “Lose Yourself.”
2022 | Activist Barbara Joan Love died.
2024 | Lawyer Theodore Olson died.