13 November 1689

Coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris perpetrated by the Islamic State killed 130 people and injured 413 others.

The High Court of Australia ruled in Dietrich v The Queen that, although there is no absolute right to have publicly funded counsel, a judge should grant any request for an adjournment or stay in most circumstances in which an accused is unrepresented.

The volcano Nevado del Ruiz (pictured) erupted, causing a volcanic mudslide that buried the town of Armero, Colombia, killing approximately 23,000 people.

South Korean boxer Kim Duk-koo suffered fatal brain injuries during a match with American Ray Mancini in Las Vegas, leading to significant rule changes in the sport.

Ronald DeFeo Jr. killed six members of his family in Amityville, New York, events that later inspired the book The Amityville Horror and a subsequent media franchise.

Arab–Israeli conflict: In response to a Fatah landmine incident, the Israeli military conducted a large cross-border assault on the Jordanian-controlled West Bank village of Samu.

A man wielding a dagger was subdued as he was about to attack Sanzō Nosaka, the chairman of the Japanese Communist Party.

Walt Disney's Fantasia, the first commercial film shown with stereophonic sound, premiered at the Broadway Theatre in New York City.

The Holland Tunnel opened, connecting Manhattan with Jersey City under the Hudson River.

Zaian War: Zaian Berber tribesmen routed French forces at the Battle of El Herri in Morocco.

A British flotilla arrived at Ras Al Khaimah and launched an amphibious assault on the town, as a part of the Persian Gulf campaign of 1809.

American Revolutionary War: American forces captured Montreal without significant opposition as part of the Invasion of Quebec.

First English Civil War: Royalist forces engaged the much larger Parliamentarian army at the Battle of Turnham Green near Turnham Green, Middlesex.

King Æthelred II (pictured) ordered the massacre of all Danes in England.

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.