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On This Day (November 13): Your quick daily trip back in time.

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Fatih Taskiran
November 13, 2025

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Good morning — it’s Thursday, November 13. Today, we’re exploring the first sit-down strike, Disney's Fantasia, the end of segregation, the Vietnam Memorial, Eminem's "Lose Yourself," and more—quick and impactful!.

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🚀 Time Machine

-1775

Continental Army Brigadier General Richard Montgomery takes Montreal, Canada, without opposition.

-1933

First modern sit-down strike staged by Hormel meatpackers in Austin, Minnesota.

-1940

Walt Disney's "Fantasia," starring Leopold Stokowski, The Philadelphia Orchestra, and Mickey Mouse, premieres in NYC.

-1956

The US Supreme Court ruled racial segregation on buses in Alabama unconstitutional.

-1982

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated after a weeklong tribute to Vietnam War veterans in Washington, DC.

-1985

Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupts, killing 25,000 in Armero, Colombia.

-2002

Eminem releases 'Lose Yourself' from "8 Mile", the first rap song to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song.

-2015

ISIS cell kills 131 people and injures over 400 in a string of terrorist attacks across Paris, marking France's deadliest day since WWII.

-2018

Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán goes on trial in New York for drug trafficking, money laundering, and murder.

-2020

Kylie Minogue becomes the first woman to top the UK album chart for five straight decades with "Disco".

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📸 Snapshot

Adding a 49th star to the American flag when Alaska joined the union, 1958

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