1. On November 13, 1789, the New York State Legislature elected George Clinton as the first governor of the state of New York.
2. On November 13, 1833, a deadly fire broke out at the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue Office in New York City, killing six firefighters and causing extensive damage to nearby buildings.
3. On November 13, 1956, the Unisphere, a 140-foot-tall steel globe representing global unity, was unveiled at the site of the 1964-65 World's Fair in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens.
4. On November 13, 1974, Karen Silkwood, a nuclear plant worker and union activist, was killed in a car crash while on her way to meet with a reporter to discuss safety concerns at the plant. The cause of the crash remains unclear, and Silkwood's death became a rallying cry for activists fighting for nuclear safety.
5. On November 13, 2003, several large power outages occurred in the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada, affecting millions of people. The outages were caused by a combination of equipment failures, human error, and computer bugs, and led to widespread chaos and frustration.