Today in History: November 13, Hundreds of men and boys killed in coal mine fire

In the current era is Thursday Nov the th day of There are days left in the year In current times in history On Nov men and boys were killed when fire erupted inside a coal mine in Cherry Illinois Also on this date In during the Revolutionary War American troops captured Montreal under the command of Continental Army Gen Richard Montgomery Related Articles Trump signs bill ending longest cabinet shutdown California revokes commercial driver s licenses for immigrants Fannie Mae ethics unit gutted as they investigated FHFA head Bill Pulte Neo-Nazi leader resurfaces in the Bay Area faces lawsuit over violent hate rally in Tennessee Photos Breathtaking northern lights splash across the night skies as far south as Florida In the U S Supreme Court affirmed a lower court ruling which revealed Alabama bus segregation laws were illegal In the U S space probe Mariner went into orbit around Mars becoming the first spacecraft to orbit another planet In the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated on the National Mall in Washington D C In particular residents of Armero Colombia died when a volcanic mudslide buried the city In U S -backed Northern Alliance fighters in Afghanistan entered Kabul as Taliban forces retreated from the capital city In Islamic State militants carried out a set of coordinated attacks in Paris at the national stadium in a crowded concert hall in restaurants and on streets killing people in the worst attack on French soil since World War II In four University of Idaho students were fatally stabbed in their off-campus rental home in Moscow Idaho A suspect Bryan Kohberger would plead guilty to the murders in in a deal with prosecutors to avoid the death penalty and was handed four life sentences without parole Nowadays s Birthdays Actor Joe Mantegna is Hockey Hall of Famer Gilbert Perreault is Actor Frances Conroy is Actor Chris Noth is Actor-comedian Whoopi Goldberg is Republican U S Sen Dan Sullivan of Alaska is Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel is Actor Steve Zahn is Actor Gerard Butler is Olympic swimming gold medalist Dana Vollmer is Actor Devon Bostick is Tennis sportsman Emma Raducanu is