On This Day: November 13

Updated November 12, 2012, 1:28 pm

On Nov. 13, 1956, the Supreme Court struck down laws calling for racial segregation on public buses.

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On Nov. 13, 1850, Robert Louis Stevenson, the Scottish author best known for his novel “Treasure Island”, was born. Following his death on Dec. 3, 1894, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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On This Date

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1856 Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis was born in Louisville, Ky.

1927 The Holland Tunnel linking New York City and New Jersey beneath the Hudson River opened to the public.

1956 The Supreme Court struck down laws calling for racial segregation on public buses.

1974 Karen Silkwood, a technician and union activist at the Kerr-McGee Cimarron plutonium plant near Crescent, Okla., was killed in a car crash.

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

1997 The Disney musical “The Lion King” opened on Broadway.

1998 President Bill Clinton agreed to pay Paula Jones $850,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit.

2002 Saddam Hussein’s government agreed to the return of international weapons inspectors to Iraq.

2003 Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore was thrown off the bench by a judicial ethics panel after refusing to remove a granite Ten Commandments monument from the state courthouse.

2009 Attorney General Eric Holder announced plans to try professed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others in civilian court in New York City. (The Obama administration later backed off the plan.)

Current Birthdays

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Actress-talk show host Whoopi Goldberg (“The View”) turns 57 years old today.

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Actor Gerard Butler turns 43 years old today.

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1934 Peter Arnett, Journalist, turns 78

1934 Garry Marshall, Producer, director, turns 78

1947 Joe Mantegna, Actor, turns 65

1953 Frances Conroy, Actress (“Six Feet Under”), turns 59

1954 Chris Noth, Actor (“Law and Order,” “Sex and the City”), turns 58

1963 Vinny Testaverde, Football player, turns 49

1967 Jimmy Kimmel, Comedian, talk show host (“Jimmy Kimmel Live”), turns 45

Historic Birthdays

Robert Louis Stevenson 11/13/1850 – 12/3/1894 Scottish writer.Go to obituary »

75 Saint Augustine 11/13/354 – 8/28/430
Roman bishop and theologian

64 Edward III 11/13/1312 – 6/21/1377
English king (1327-77)

56 Johann Eck 11/13/1486 – 2/10/1543
German theologian

88 Edward Trelawny 11/13/1792 – 8/13/1881
English author

59 Edwin Booth 11/13/1833 – 6/7/1893
American actor

84 Louis Brandeis 11/13/1856 – 10/5/1941
American jurist; associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1916-39)

37 Mary Henrietta Kingsley 11/13/1862 – 6/3/1900
English traveler and writer

40 Jean Seberg 11/13/1938 – 9/8/1979
American actress

1856	Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis was born in Louisville, Ky.
1927	The Holland Tunnel linking New York City and New Jersey beneath the Hudson River opened to the public.
1956	The Supreme Court struck down laws calling for racial segregation on public buses.
1974	Karen Silkwood, a technician and union activist at the Kerr-McGee Cimarron plutonium plant near Crescent, Okla., was killed in a car crash.
1982	The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C.
1997	The Disney musical “The Lion King” opened on Broadway.
1998	President Bill Clinton agreed to pay Paula Jones $850,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit.
2002	Saddam Hussein’s government agreed to the return of international weapons inspectors to Iraq.
2003	Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore was thrown off the bench by a judicial ethics panel after refusing to remove a granite Ten Commandments monument from the state courthouse.
2009	Attorney General Eric Holder announced plans to try professed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others in civilian court in New York City. (The Obama administration later backed off the plan.)

1934	Peter Arnett, Journalist, turns 78
1934	Garry Marshall, Producer, director, turns 78
1947	Joe Mantegna, Actor, turns 65
1953	Frances Conroy, Actress (“Six Feet Under”), turns 59
1954	Chris Noth, Actor (“Law and Order,” “Sex and the City”), turns 58
1963	Vinny Testaverde, Football player, turns 49
1967	Jimmy Kimmel, Comedian, talk show host (“Jimmy Kimmel Live”), turns 45

75	Saint Augustine 11/13/354 – 8/28/430 Roman bishop and theologian
64	Edward III 11/13/1312 – 6/21/1377 English king (1327-77)
56	Johann Eck 11/13/1486 – 2/10/1543 German theologian
88	Edward Trelawny 11/13/1792 – 8/13/1881 English author
59	Edwin Booth 11/13/1833 – 6/7/1893 American actor
84	Louis Brandeis 11/13/1856 – 10/5/1941 American jurist; associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1916-39)
37	Mary Henrietta Kingsley 11/13/1862 – 6/3/1900 English traveler and writer
40	Jean Seberg 11/13/1938 – 9/8/1979 American actress