Today in History

November 13

1913 - Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore wins the Nobel Prize in Literature. 1918 - Republic of Austria is proclaimed.

1928 - Russian-American inventor Vladimir K. Zworykin is granted a patent for the world’s first electronic colour television system.

1970 - Hafez Al Assad seizes power in a bloodless coup in Syria.

1995 - Israel pulls troops out of West Bank city of Jenin to end 28 years of occupation.

2014 - Two car bombs shatter the UAE and Egyptian embassies in Tripoli, Libya.

2015 - A series of terror attacks across Paris kills at least 129 people.

2017 - Emirates Flight Training Academy opens near Al Maktoum Airport, Dubai.