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AP US History This Day in American History November 13

A glimpse into significant events on November 13 in American history - from Washington's return to his tour to protests and iconic basketball moments. Explore the diverse tapestry of historical occurrences on this day.

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AP US History This Day in American History November 13

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  1. AP US HistoryThis Day in American HistoryNovember 13 1789 – George Washington, inaugurated as the first president of the United States in April, returns to Washington at the end of his first presidential tour.

  2. AP US HistoryThis Day in American HistoryNovember 13 1953 – In an example of the absurd lengths to which the "Red Scare" in America is going, Mrs. Thomas J. White of the Indiana Textbook Commission, calls for the removal of references to the book Robin Hood from textbooks used by the state's schools. Mrs. Young claimed that there was "a Communist directive in education now to stress the story of Robin Hood because he robbed the rich and gave it to the poor. That's the Communist line. It's just a smearing of law and order and anything that disrupts law and order is their meat."

  3. AP US HistoryThis Day in American HistoryNovember 13 1969 - In Washington, as a prelude to the second moratorium against the war scheduled for the following weekend, protesters stage a symbolic "March Against Death." The march began at 6 p.m. and drew over 45,000 participants, each with a placard bearing the name of a soldier who had died in Vietnam.

  4. AP US HistoryThis Day in American HistoryNovember 13 1979 – In the middle of a game at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Philadelphia 76ers center Darryl Dawkins leaps over Kansas City Kings forward Bill Robinzine and slam-dunks the basketball, shattering the fiberglass backboard. The result, according to people who were at the game, was a sound like a bomb going off in the middle of the court. Shards of glass were everywhere: They nicked Robinzine all over his legs and arms and gotten stuck in Dr. J’s Afro. "It wasn’t really a safe thing to do," Dawkins chuckled later, "but it was a Darryl Dawkins thing to do."

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