Today is Monday, November 13th, the 317th day of the year. There are 48
days remaining until the end of the year and 42 days remaining until Christmas.
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES Native American Heritage Month,
Aviation History Month, National Adoption Awareness Month, Peanut
Butter Lovers Month, National Epilepsy Month, National Sleep Comfort
Month, Child Safety Protection Month, World Kindness Day, Sadie
Hawkins Day
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Idris Muhammad, 84, jazz drummer
Justine “Baby” Washington, 83, singer (Only Those in Love)
Sheila Frazier, 75, actress (Superfly)
Janet Collins, 72, ballerina, 1st Black dancer with Opera Co (Aida)
Whoopi Goldberg. 68, actress/comedian
Rumeal Robinson, 57, basketball player
Aisha Hinds, 48, actress
Metta World Peace, 44, basketball player
Monique Coleman, 43, actress
Giovannie Samuels, 38, actress
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
Buck O’Neil, 112, baseball player (d. 2006)
Clyde McPhatter, 90, singer (The Drifters)
Timmy Thomas, 79, singer/songwriter (Why Can’t We Live Together) (d. 2022)
DEATHS
Donald Mills, 1999, singer (Mills Brothers) (b. 1915)
Ol’ Dirty Bastard, 2004, rapper (Wu-Tang Clan) (b. 1968)
ON THIS DATE IN…
1839 – 1st US anti-slavery party, Liberty Party, convenes in NY.
1894 – Albert C. Richardson patents casket-lowering device.
1913 – Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, pioneering surgeon, becomes a
member of the American College of Surgeons.
1922 – Black Renaissance begins Harlem NY.
1940 – U.S. Supreme Court rules in Hansberry v. Lee that African
Americans cannot be barred from white neighborhoods.
1952 – False fingernails 1st sold.
1956 – U.S. Supreme court rules race separation on buses in
Alabama unconstitutional.
1973 – Oakland A’s Reggie Jackson wins AL MVP unanimously.
1982 – Vietnam War Memorial dedicated in Washington DC.
1982 – A boxing match held in Las Vegas, Nevada, ends when Ray
Mancini defeats Duk Koo Kim. Kim’s death on November 17 led
to significant changes in the sport.
1985 – Dwight Gooden, youngest 20 game winner, wins Cy
Young award.
1992 – Riddick Bowe beats Evander Holyfield in 12 for
heavyweight boxing title.
1997 – Ken Griffey Jr. unanimously wins AL MVP.
2002 – Eminem releases single ‘Lose Yourself’ from soundtrack
of 8 Mile, 1st rap song to win Academy Award Best Original Song.
HOROSCOPE
As a Scorpio born on November 13th, your personality is characterized by your strong will, caring nature and sensitivity. You dedicate yourself to things you believe and display great drive to accomplish any goals you have set for yourself. You take the same determination into caring and nurturing those that you hold close. Your family and friends greatly appreciate your sensitivity and compassion, as a times, you are willing to make great sacrifices for their needs.
