history at a glance

TODAY is Sunday November 13 the 317th day of the year. There are 48 days left in the year.

Highlights in history on this date:

1913 1918 The first modern elasticated brassiere was patented in the United States by Mary Phelps Jacob. 1942 Allied troops occupy Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire. quarters World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal: U.S. and Japanese ships engage in an intense, closequarters surface naval engagement during the Guadalcanal Campaign.

1945 1950 General Charles de Gaulle was elected president of the French Provisional Government. 1970 General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas. 1970 Hafez al-Assad seized power in Syria in a bloodless military coup. Pakistan Bhola cyclone: A 150-mph tropical cyclone hits the densely populated Ganges Delta region of East (now Bangladesh), killing an estimated 500,000 people in one night. This is regarded as the 20th century’s worst natural disaster.

1982 - Ray Mancini defeats Duk Koo Kim in a boxing match held in Las Vegas. Kim’s subsequent death (on November 17) leads to significant changes in the sport.

1985 1998 Colombia’s Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupted, killing an estimated 25,000 people. lawsuit Lawyers for U.S. President Bill Clinton and Paula Jones settled her four-year-old sexual harassment with an agreement that he would pay her $850,000 but make no apology. 2000 2001 Philippine President Joseph Estrada was impeached on corruption charges. 2002 Afghan opposition fighters captured Kabul. step China’s Communist Party Congress, ending months of speculation, confirmed Jiang Zemin would down as party chief and make way for a new generation of leaders.

2002 2003 Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq agrees to the terms of the UN Security Council Resolution 1441. Hiroshima, Two weeks after receiving the designation of oldest person in the world, Mitoyo Kawate died in Japan, at the age of 114.

2015 - Co-ordinated attacks in Paris targeting a stadium, concert venue and other sites kill 130 people.