1. Nebraska officially became the 37th state of the United States on November 13, 1867.
2. The first edition of the Omaha World-Herald, Nebraska's largest newspaper, was published on November 13, 1885.
3. On November 13, 1933, the Nebraska State Capitol building in Lincoln was completed after several years of construction.
4. Astronaut Clayton Anderson, who spent five months aboard the International Space Station, was born in Omaha on November 13, 1959.
5. University of Nebraska football coach Tom Osborne led the Cornhuskers to their 200th all-time victory on November 13, 1993, in a game against the Kansas Jayhawks.
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