On This Day: November 13th

A mass stabbing occurs in Moscow, Idaho in which four University of Idaho students are killed in off-campus housing.

Islamic State operatives carry out a series of coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris, including suicide bombings, mass shootings and a hostage crisis. The terrorists kill 130 people, making it the deadliest attack in France since the Second World War.

A total solar eclipse occurs in parts of Australia and the South Pacific.

Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq agrees to the terms of the UN Security Council Resolution 1441.

War on terror: 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.

Philippine House Speaker Manny Villar passes the articles of impeachment against Philippine President Joseph Estrada.

As part of the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) project, Joel Armengaud discovers the project's first Mersenne prime number,

Mozambique becomes the first state to join the Commonwealth of Nations without having been part of the former British Empire.

Nigeria Airways Flight 357 crashes at Kaduna International Airport in Kaduna, Nigeria, killing 11 people and injuring 66.

In a referendum, voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union.