History for November 13

History for November 13 - On-This-Day.com:
Robert Louis Stevenson 1850- Author, best known for Treasure Island and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Oskar Werner 1922- Actor ("Jules and Jim," "Ship of Fools"), Richard Mulligan 1932- Actor ("Soap") 


Garry Marshall 1934- Producer, director, Jimmy Kimmel 1967- Comedian, talk show host ("Jimmy Kimmel Live"), Gerard Butler 1969- Actor ("The Ugly Truth," "The Bounty Hunter") 


1775 - During the American Revolution, U.S. forces captured Montreal. 


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." 


1982 - The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated in Washington, DC. 


1994 - Sweden voted to join the European Union. 


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. 


2009 - NASA announced that water had been discoved on the moon. The discovery came from the planned impact on the moon of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS).