Today is Friday, Nov. 13, the 317th day of 2009. There are 48 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
On Nov. 13, 1909, 259 men and boys were killed when fire erupted inside a coal mine in Cherry, Ill. (Nearly as many miners survived the disaster).
ON THIS DATE
In 1789, Benjamin Franklin wrote in a letter, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”
In 1927, the Holland Tunnel opened to the public, providing access between lower Manhattan and New Jersey beneath the Hudson River.
In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a measure lowering the minimum draft age from 21 to 18.
In 1956, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down laws calling for racial segregation on public city and state buses.
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