On this day... November 13: Feast Day of Saint John Chrysostom (Christianity) Vietnam Veterans Memorial 1841 – Scottish surgeon James Braid first observed the operation of animal magnetism, which led to his study of the subject he eventually called hypnotism. 1966 – The Israeli military conducted a large cross-border assault on the Jordanian-controlled West Bank village of Samu in response to an al-Fatah land mine incident two days earlier near the West Bank border. 1982 – The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated in Constitution Gardens in Washington, D.C. 1989 – Hans-Adam II, reigning Prince of Liechtenstein, took the throne upon the death of his father. 1992 – The High Court of Australia ruled in Dietrich v The Queen that although there is no absolute right to have publicly funded counsel, in most circumstances a judge should grant any request for an adjournment or stay when an accused is unrepresented. 1994 – In a referendum voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union. 1995 – A truck-bomb explodes outside of a US-operated Saudi Arabian National Guard training center in Riyadh, killing five Americans and two Indians. A group called the Islamic Movement for Change claims responsibility. 2000 – Philippine House Speaker Manny Villar passes the articles of impeachment against Philippine President Joseph Estrada. 2001 – War on Terrorism: In the first such act since World War II, US President George W. Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against foreigners suspected of connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States. 2002 – Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq agrees to the terms of the UN Security Council Resolution 1441. 2002 – The oil tanker Prestige sinks off the Galician coast and causes a huge oil spill. 2007 – Russia officially withdraws from the Soviet-era Batumi military base, Georgia.
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