On November 13

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Historic events

• 2015-11-13Conflict
  Coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris perpetrated by the Islamic State killed 130 people and injured 413 others.
• 1992-11-13Geopolitics
  The High Court of Australia ruled in Dietrich v The Queen that, although there is no absolute right to have publicly funded counsel, a judge should grant any request for an adjournment or stay in most circumstances in which an accused is unrepresented.
• 1985-11-13Disaster
  The volcano Nevado del Ruiz (pictured) erupted, causing a volcanic mudslide that buried the town of Armero, Colombia, killing approximately 23,000 people.
• 1982-11-13Disaster
  South Korean boxer Kim Duk-koo suffered fatal brain injuries during a match with American Ray Mancini in Las Vegas, leading to significant rule changes in the sport.
• 1974-11-13Conflict
  Ronald DeFeo Jr. killed six members of his family in Amityville, New York, events that later inspired the book The Amityville Horror and a subsequent media franchise.
• 1966-11-13Conflict
  Arab–Israeli conflict: In response to a Fatah landmine incident, the Israeli military conducted a large cross-border assault on the Jordanian-controlled West Bank village of Samu.
• 1963-11-13Conflict
  A man wielding a dagger was subdued as he was about to attack Sanzō Nosaka, the chairman of the Japanese Communist Party.
• 1940-11-13Arts & Culture
  Walt Disney's Fantasia, the first commercial film shown with stereophonic sound, premiered at the Broadway Theatre in New York City.
• 1927-11-13Geopolitics
  The Holland Tunnel opened, connecting Manhattan with Jersey City under the Hudson River.
• 1914-11-13Conflict
  Zaian War: Zaian Berber tribesmen routed French forces at the Battle of El Herri in Morocco.
• 1809-11-13Conflict
  A British flotilla arrived at Ras Al Khaimah and launched an amphibious assault on the town, as a part of the Persian Gulf campaign of 1809.
• 1775-11-13Conflict
  American Revolutionary War: American forces captured Montreal without significant opposition as part of the Invasion of Quebec.
• 1642-11-13Conflict
  First English Civil War: Royalist forces engaged the much larger Parliamentarian army at the Battle of Turnham Green near Turnham Green, Middlesex.
• 1002-11-13Conflict
  King Æthelred II (pictured) ordered the massacre of all Danes in England.