WHAT HAPPENED ON 13. NOVEMBER
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In response to Fatah raids against Israelis near the West Bank border, Israel launches an attack on the village of As-Samu. (13. November 1966)

Vietnam War: Anti-war protesters in Washington, D.C. stage a symbolic March Against Death. (13. November 1969)

Bhola cyclone: A 150-mph tropical cyclone hits the densely populated Ganges Delta region of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), killing an estimated 500,000 people in one night. This is regarded as the 20th century's worst natural disaster. (13. November 1970)

Ronald DeFeo, Jr. murders his entire family in Amityville, Long Island in the house that would become known as The Amityville Horror. (13. November 1974)

Ray Mancini defeats Duk Koo Kim in a boxing match held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Kim's subsequent death (on November 17) leads to significant changes in the sport. (13. November 1982)

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. after a march to its site by thousands of Vietnam War veterans. (13. November 1982)

The volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupts and melts a glacier, causing a lahar (volcanic mudslide) that buries Armero, Colombia, killing approximately 23,000 people. (13. November 1985)

Xavier Suarez is sworn in as Miami, Florida's first Cuban-born mayor. (13. November 1985)

The Compact of Free Association becomes law, granting the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands independence from the United States. (13. November 1986)

Mulugeta Seraw, an Ethiopian law student in Portland, Oregon is beaten to death by members of the Neo-Nazi group East Side White Pride. (13. November 1988)

Hans-Adam II, the present Prince of Liechtenstein, begins his reign on the death of his father. (13. November 1989)

In Aramoana, New Zealand, David Gray shoots dead 13 people, in what becomes known as the Aramoana Massacre. (13. November 1990)

The High Court of Australia rules in Dietrich v The Queen that although there is no absolute right to have publicly funded counsel, in most circumstances a judge should grant any request for an adjournment or stay when an accused is unrepresented. (13. November 1992)

In a referendum voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union. (13. November 1994)

A truck-bomb explodes outside of a US-operated Saudi Arabian National Guard training center in Riyadh, killing five Americans and two Indians. A group called the Islamic Movement for Change claims responsibility. (13. November 1995)

Philippine House Speaker Manny Villar passes the articles of impeachment against Philippine President Joseph Estrada. (13. November 2000)

War on Terrorism: In the first such act since World War II, US President George W. Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against foreigners suspected of connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States. (13. November 2001)

Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq agrees to the terms of the UN Security Council Resolution 1441. (13. November 2002)

The oil tanker Prestige sinks off the Galician coast and causes a huge oil spill. (13. November 2002)

Russia officially withdraws from the Soviet-era Batumi military base, Georgia. (13. November 2007)