TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2007

Today is Tuesday, November 13, the 317th day of 2007. There are 48 days left in the year.

867 _ St. Nicholas I ends his reign as Catholic pope

1002 _ English King Ethelred II launches massacre of Danish settlers

1775 _ American Revolutionary forces capture Montreal

1865 _ The U.S. issues first gold certificates

1921 _ The U.S., France, Japan and the British Empire sign a Pacific Treaty

1956 _ The U.S. Supreme Court strikes down segregation of races on public buses

1970 _ Cyclone kills estimated 300,000 in Chittagong, Bangladesh

1970 _ Lt. Gen. Hafez al-Assad becomes prime minister of Syria following military coup

1982 _ Korean boxer Kim Duk-koo fatally injured when KOed by Ray Mancini

1982 _ Vietnam War Memorial dedicated in Washington, D.C.

1985 _ Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupts in Colombia, kills 25,000

1986 _ The U.S. violates Iran arms boycott