This Day in History Nov. 13

Nov. 13

1775 American Revolutionary forces capture Montreal
1789 Ben Franklin writes "Nothing . . . certain but death & taxes"
1843 Mt Rainier in Washington State erupts
1854 "New Era" sinks off NJ coast
1865 US issues 1st gold certificates
1868 American Philological Association organized in NY
1895 1st shipment of canned pineapple from Hawaii
1907 French cyclist Paul Cornu flies a twin rotor helicopter
1918 Allied troops occupy Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire
1921 US, France, Japan & British Empire sign a Pacific Treaty
1927 NY-NJ Holland Tunnel, 1st twin-tube underwater auto tunnel, opens
1931 Hattie Caraway (D-AK) appointed 1st US woman senator
1933 1st modern sit-down strike, Hormel meat packers, Austin, MN
1941 British aircraft carrier "Ark Royal" sank in Mediterranean
1942 Minimum draft age lowered from 21 to 18
1946 1st artificial snow produced from a natural cloud, Mt Greylock, MA
1947 The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles
1965 "Yarmouth Castle" burns & sinks off Bahamas
1971 Mariner 9, 1st to orbit another planet (Mars)
1978 NASA launches HEAO
1982 Vietnam War Memorial dedicated in Washington DC
1985 Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupts in Colombia
1986 US violates Iran arms boycott
1986 NASA launches space vehicle S-199
1994 In a referendum, voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union

Rear Admirals Daniel Callahan, and Norman Scott are both killed in the 1st naval battle of Guadalcanal - the worst butt kicking the US Navy has ever recieved.
They are both post humously awarded the Medal of Honor.

It wasn't the worst but kicking the US Navy ever received, it was a victory in as much as they stopped the Japanese from shelling Henderson field. Callahan's force was badly mauled, but they disabled a Japanese battleship to the point it needed to be scuttled, and damaged enough other ships that the Japanese task force had to withdraw. It is considered a US victory.