HISTORY QUIZ OF THE DAY (Nov-13)

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Nov 13, 2002 :: Iraq DISARMAMENT :: On this day, Iraq agreed to the terms of the UN Resolution 1441.

Nov 13, 2002 :: On this day, an oil tanker 'Prestige' sank off the Galician coast and caused a huge .

Nov 13, 1996 :: SWAMI RAMA :: Died this day, he was an Indian Himalayan .

Nov 13, 1995 :: On this day, a exploded outside of a US-operated Saudi Arabian National Guard training centre in Riyadh, killing 5 Americans and 2 Indians.

Nov 13, 1990 :: WEB :: It was first started on this day.

Nov 13, 1985 :: NEVADO DEL RUIZ :: It is the name of a that, on this day, erupted and melted a glacier, causing a that buried Armero, Colombia, killing approximately 23,000 people.

Nov 13, 1971 :: MARINER 9 :: On this day, this American space probe became the first spacecraft to orbit , Mars.

Nov 13, 1970 :: On this day, a 150-mph tropical cyclone, named , hit the densely populated Ganges Delta region of , killing an estimated 500,000 people in one night; the worst of the 20th century.

Nov 13, 1967 :: JUHI CHAWLA :: Born this day, she is an Indian .

Nov 13, 1908 :: ANDREW FISHER :: On this day, he became the 5th Prime Minister of .

Nov 13, 1789 :: Benjamin FRANKLIN :: On this day, he wrote a letter to one of his friends saying "Nothing can be said to be certain in this world, except ."

Nov 13, 1780 :: Maharaja RANJIT SINGH :: Born this day, he was the founder and the Maharaja of the of Punjab, India.