Today is Tuesday, November 13, the 318
th
day of 2012. There are 48 days left in the year.
1789 ― Ben Franklin writes "Nothing . . . certain but death and taxes"
1839 ― First U.S. anti-slavery party, Liberty Party, convenes in N.Y.
1921 ― "The Sheik," starring Rudolph Valentino, is released
1921 ― U.S., France, Japan and British Empire sign a Pacific Treaty
1946 ― First artificial snow produced from a natural cloud, Mt .Greylock, Mass.
1970 ― Cyclone kills estimated 300,000 in Chittagong, Bangladesh
1970 ― Lt. Gen. Hafez al-Assad becomes P.M. of Syria following military coup
1971 ― Mariner 9, first to orbit another planet (Mars)
1982 ― Korean boxer Kim Deuk-koo injured when KOed by Ray Mancini
1982 ― Vietnam War Memorial dedicated in Washington, D.C.