2001Afghanistan’s  ruling Taliban regime abandons the capital Cabul without a fight. That allows fighters with the American-backed Northern Alliance to take over the city. It happens a month after the US and Britain launch air strikes against the Taliban, following the 9.11 attacks1998President Bill Clinton agrees to pay $ 850,000 to Paula Jones, who had sued him for sexual harassment during his time as Arkansas Governor. Clinton does not admit any wrongdoing in the case, which also played a part in the Monica Lewinsky scandal that led to his impeachment.

2003In Alabama, a judicial ethics panel throws the State's Chief Justice Roy Moore off the bench for placing himself above the law. Moore had defied a federal court order to remove his granite Ten Commandments monument from the State Court House.

“I must acknowledge God. It says so in the Constitution of Alabama. It says so in the First Amendment to the US Constitution. It says so in everything I've read.”

And 1997In New York, the Lion King, the musical adaptation of the hit Disney film opens on Broadway.

Today in History, November 13th, Camille Bohannon, the Associate Press.