On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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The push to reshape financial oversight hinges on negotiations in the coming weeks over the so-called Volcker Rule, a regulation that strikes at the heart of Wall Street risk-taking.
After opening 0-6, the Giants continued their improbable run to respectability with a fourth consecutive win to move within sight of first place in the N.F.C. East.
In some areas, an unregulated clinic scene has sprung up for buprenorphine, a drug used to treat addiction, and it can pose a turbulent setting for patient care.
DNA sequencing and DNA synthesis are becoming faster and cheaper, and J. Craig Venter wants to use the technology to bring Martian life to Earth.
Older voters rebelled when Medicare benefits were expanded at the cost of higher premiums, and some lawmakers who were involved see parallels today.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 13, 2013, covering November 18, 2013.
Arcade Fire
Katy Perry
Kelly Clarkson
The Robertsons
Drake
2013Thomas Howard, American football player (born 1983)[†]
Thomas Arquis Howard was an American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Oakland Raiders in the second round of the 2006 NFL draft. He also played for the Cincinnati Bengals and Atlanta Falcons. He played college football for the University of Texas at El Paso.
2013S. R. D. Vaidyanathan, Indian nadaswaram player and composer (born 1929)[†]
SRD Vaidyanathan was an Indian musician who played the Nadaswaram.
2013Ljubomir Vračarević, Serbian martial artist, founded Real Aikido (born 1947)[†]
Ljubomir Vračarević, was a Serbian martial artist and founder of Real Aikido.
2013Peter Wintonick, Canadian director and producer (born 1953)[†]
Peter Kenneth Wintonick was a Canadian independent documentary filmmaker based in Montreal. A winner of the 2006 Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts, former Thinker in Residence for the Premier of South Australia, prolific award-winning filmmaker, he was one of Canada's best known international documentarians.
2013NASA launches the MAVEN probe to Mars.[†]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the United States's civil space program, aeronautics research and space research. Established in 1958, it succeeded the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) to give the American space development effort a distinct civilian orientation, emphasizing peaceful applications in space science. It has since led most of America's space exploration programs, including Project Mercury, Project Gemini, the 1968–1972 Apollo program missions, the Skylab space station, and the Space Shuttle. Currently, NASA supports the International Space Station (ISS) along with the Commercial Crew Program and oversees the development of the Orion spacecraft and the Space Launch System for the lunar Artemis program.
In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[†]