DAY IN HISTORY

Saturday, November 13, 2021

Today is the 317th day of 2021 and the 53rd day of autumn.

TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1887, “Bloody Sunday” took place in London, as violent clashes broke out between mostly Irish demonstrators and British police.

In 1956, the Supreme Court ruled that bus segregation in Alabama was illegal.

In 1970, the Bhola cyclone in Bangladesh killed an estimated 500,000 people.

In 1982, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C.

In 2015, a series of coordinated terror attacks in Paris killed 130 people and injured 368 others.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), writer; Louis Brandeis (1856-1941), U.S. Supreme Court justice; Buck O’neil (1911-2006), baseball player; Jack Elam (1920-2003), actor; Garry Marshall (1934-2016), filmmaker; Joe Mantegna (1947- ), actor; Whoopi Goldberg (1955- ), actress/ talk show host; Jimmy Kimmel (1967- ), comedian/tv host; Steve Zahn (1967- ), actor; Gerard Butler (1969- ), actor.

TODAY’S FACT: The Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba was established in 1903, when a stipulation in the Cubanamerican Treaty designated the Guantanamo Bay area to be perpetually leased to the United States.

TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1985, Lynette Woodard made her debut as the first female member of the Harlem Globetrotters.

TODAY’S QUOTE: “I don’t have pet peeves like some people. I have whole kennels of irritation.” — Whoopi Goldberg

TODAY’S NUMBER: 9,349 — Broadway performances of Disney’s “The Lion King” since its debut on this day in 1997, making the musical the thirdlongest-running show in Broadway history (as of mid-october 2021).

TODAY’S MOON: Between first quarter moon (Nov. 11) and full moon (Nov. 19).