The AP reports, on November 13th:
- In 1940, the Walt Disney movie "Fantasia" had its world premiere at New York.
- In 1974, an impostor posing as Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore borrowed a Porsche and crashed it in Iowa City. He eventually was charged with misrepresentation.
- In 1983, country comedian Junior Samples died. He was 57.
- In 1992, drummer Ronnie Bond of The Troggs died. He was 49.
- Also in 1992, Elton John performed in Mexico for the first time. An estimated 90,000 people attended the concert at a stadium in Mexico City.
- In 1993, actress Michelle Pfeiffer married TV writer-producer David E. Kelley.
- In 1997, two players with the New England Patriots took a stage dive during an Everclear concert in Boston. A woman in the crowd later sued, claiming she suffered neck injuries when the players landed on her.
Today's Birthdays:
- Actress Madeleine Sherwood ("The Flying Nun") is 90.
- Producer-director-actor Garry Marshall is 78.
- Country singer-songwriter Ray Wylie Hubbard is 66.
- Actor Joe Mantegna is 65.
- Actress Sheila Frazier ("Superfly") is 64.
- Actress Frances Conroy ("Six Feet Under") is 59.
- Actor Chris Noth ("Law and Order: Criminal Intent," ''Sex and the City") is 58.
- Actress Whoopi Goldberg is 57.
- Actor Rex Linn ("CSI: Miami") is 56.
- Actor Neil Flynn ("Scrubs") is 52.
- Trumpeter Walter Kibby of Fishbone is 48.
- Comedian Jimmy Kimmel is 45.
- Actor Steve Zahn ("Happy, Texas," ''That Thing You Do!") is 45.
- Actor Gerard Butler ("Machine Gun Preacher," ''The Phantom of the Opera") is 43.
- Actress Aisha Hinds ("True Blood") is 37.
- Bassist Nikolai Fraiture of The Strokes is 34.
- Actress Monique Coleman ("High School Musical") is 32.
