Wednesday, November 13, 2024

History for November 13

History for November 13 - On-This-Day.com
Louis Brandeis 1856 - Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States from 1916 to 1939
  • 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."
  • 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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