Daily Archives: November 13, 2014

Nuclear safety activist Karen Silkwood dies 40 years ago this hour (Nov 13 1974)


Video: 'Karen Silkwood Biography'

(Wednesday, November 13, 1974, at about 7:00-7:30 p.m. CST)Karen Silkwood, a 28-year-old technician and union activist at the Kerr-McGee Cimarron plutonium plant near Crescent, Oklahoma, died tonight in a car crash while on her way to meet a reporter.

PLO leader Yasser Arafat calls for Palestinian state at UN 40 years ago this hour (Nov 13 1974)


Video: 'Yasser Arafat's Speech at the UN General Assembly Olive Branch Speech'

(Wednesday, November 13, 1974, 11:40 a.m. EST) — Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Chairman Yasser Arafat addressed the U.N. General Assembly, the first representative of a non-governmental entity to do so, calling for creation of a Palestinian state in which Muslims, Jews and Christians could live in peace. Continue reading PLO leader Yasser Arafat calls for Palestinian state at UN 40 years ago this hour (Nov 13 1974)