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This is the 318th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 48 days remaining in 2024.

It was on this date in 1833, The Great Meteor Storm of 1833 took place.
It was also this date in 1841 that James Braid first saw a demonstration of animal magnetism by Charles Lafontaine, which led to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnotism.
97 years ago today, The Holland Tunnel opened to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.
It was on this date in 1940, that Walt Disney’s animated musical film Fantasia was first released at New York’s Broadway Theatre, on the first night of a roadshow.
That same date in 1947, The Soviet Union completed development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.
It was also this date in 1982 that The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C. after a march to its site by thousands of Vietnam War veterans.
Also today in 1996, as part of the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) project, Joel Armengaud discovered the project’s first Mersenne prime number,
2^1398269 − 1 a number with 420,921 digits.
Also on November 13, 2012, A total solar eclipse occurred in parts of Australia and the South Pacific.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

German first female medical doctor, Dorothea Erxleben, born on this date in 1715.
Born November 13, 1866, American educator, founded the Institute for Advanced Study Abraham Flexner.
Max Dehn, the German-American mathematician and academic was born 146 years ago today.
American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Edward Adelbert Doisy was born 131 years ago today.
Albert Turner Bharucha-Reid, American mathematician and theorist was born on that same date in 1927.
Born November 13, 1932, American record producer and music publisher Buddy Killen.
American actor, director, and producer, Garry Marshall, born on this date in 1934.
American businessman and philanthropist, founded Hobby Lobby, David Green is 83 today.
American physicist and environmentalist, Amory Lovins, born on this date in 1947.
Also born on that same date in 1954, American businessman, co-founded Sun Microsystems, Scott McNealy.
American actress, comedian, and talk show host, Whoopi Goldberg is 69 today.
American comedian, actor, and talk show host, Jimmy Kimmel, born on this date in 1967.

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