History for November 13

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Robert Louis Stevenson 1850-- Author, best known for Treasure Island and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Louis Brandeis 1856- Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States from 1916 to 1939, Jimmy Kimmel 1967
- Comedian, talk show host ("Jimmy Kimmel Live") 


1789 - Benjamin Franklin wrote a letter to a friend in which he said, "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." 


1805 - Johann George Lehner, a Viennese butcher, invented a recipe and called it the "frankfurter." 


1927 - The Holland Tunnel opened to the public, providing access between New York City and New Jersey beneath the Hudson River. 


1940 - The Walt Disney movie "Fantasia" had its world premiere at New York's Broadway Theater. 


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


1998 - Monica Lewinsky signed a deal with St. Martin's Press for the North American rights to her story about her affair with U.S. President Bill Clinton. 


2001 - U.S. President George W. Bush signed an executive order that would allow for military tribunals to try any foreigners captured with connections to the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001. It was the first time since World War II that a president had taken such action.