Today is Thursday, November 13, 2025

Today in
Crime History

1994 - In San Francisco, CA, a heavily armed gunman traded fire with police, hitting two police officers, a paramedic and another person before being killed.

1995 - Seven people, including five Americans are killed in a car bomb attack at a U.S. military headquarters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

1998 - U.S. President Clinton agreed to pay Paula Jones $850,000, without an apology or admission of guilt, to throw out her sexual harassment lawsuit.

2001 - U.S. President George W. Bush signed an executive order that would allow for military tribunals to try any foreigners captured with connections to the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001. It was the first time since World War II that a president had taken such action.

2015 - In Paris, France, multiple cordinated terrorist attacks killed 130 people. More than 360 were injured.

Today in
Disaster History

1909 - In Cherry, IL, a coal mine explosion killed 259 people.

1960 - In Syria, 152 people were killed in a moviehouse fire.

1970 - In East Pakistan, more than 200,000 people were killed by a cyclone-driven tidal wave from the Bay of Bengal. More that 100,000 people were missing.

Today in
Death History

1460 - Henry the Navigator died.





Tomorrow in Crime History.

Tomorrow in Disaster History.