On November 13, 2020, veteran front-office official Kim Ng breaks several glass ceilings simultaneously when she is named General Manager of the Miami Marlins.

Milestone Astronomy: 1,000th Pulsar Discovered with Innovative Multibeam Technology

On November 13, 1979, in the middle of a game at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Philadelphia 76ers center Darryl Dawkins leaps over Kansas City Kings forward Bill Robinzine and slam-dunks the basketball, shattering the fiberglass backboard.

Mariner-9 Makes History as First Craft to Orbit Mars and Capture Stunning Images

In an example of the lengths to which the “Red Scare” in America is going, Mrs.

Historic First: U.S. Successfully Attempts Artificial Snow with Dry Ice in 1946 Experiment

Revolutionary Rotolactor Showcased Dairy Innovation at the 1939 New York World's Fair

Holland Tunnel: The Historic Link Between New York and New Jersey Opens to Traffic in 1927

The Ballinger-Pinchot scandal erupts when Colliers magazine accuses Secretary of the Interior Richard Ballinger of shady dealings in Alaskan coal lands.

On November 13, 1861, President Abraham Lincoln pays a late night visit to General George McClellan, who Lincoln had recently named general in chief of the Union army.