On This Day, November 13: Fantasia Premieres in 1940, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Dedicated in 1982, Nevado del Ruiz Erupts in 1985
On November 13, 1940, Walt Disney's animated feature Fantasia premiered at the Broadway Theatre in New York City. Pairing classical music with animation, it was the first commercial film shown with stereophonic sound, through a system called Fantasound, and its Sorcerer's Apprentice segment made Mickey Mouse an icon.
On November 13, 1982, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C. Its black granite walls carry the names of more than 57,000 American service members who died or went missing in the Vietnam War; it was designed by Maya Lin, then a 21-year-old Yale architecture student. The same day in Las Vegas, boxer Ray Mancini defeated South Korea's Kim Duk-koo, who died of his injuries days later, leading to major rule changes in boxing.
On November 13, 1985, Colombia's Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupted, and volcanic mudflows buried the town of Armero, killing approximately 23,000 people, one of the deadliest volcanic disasters of the 20th century. Also on this date in 1942, the United States lowered its minimum draft age from 21 to 18.
(Source: Historical records)
Source: Historical records
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