History for November 13
History for November 13 - On-This-Day.com- 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."
- 1942 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a measure lowering the minimum draft age from 21 to 18.
- 1982 - The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated in Washington, DC.
- 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.
- 2006 - A deal was finalized for Google Inc. to acquire YouTube for $1.65 billion in Google stock.
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