On this day: November 13
POSTED: 08:11 PM PST Nov 12, 2012
UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Nov 12, 2012
The "frankfurter" is born, the Holland Tunnel opens to traffic, the Supreme Court integrates Alabama's public buses, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated, and water is found on the moon, all on this day.
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1977: The comic strip "Li'l Abner" by Al Capp (pictured) appears in newspapers for the last time. Capp retired with an apology to his fans for the recently declining quality of the strip, which he said had been the best he could manage due to advancing illness. A lifelong chain smoker, Capp would die from emphysema two years later at age 70.
