November 13
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November 13 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 47 days remaining after November 13 until the end of the year.
[change] Events
- 1002 – Ethelred the Unready orders the killing of Danes of England.
- 1160 – Louis VII of France marries Adele of Champagne.
- 1792 – Trenton, New Jersey becomes an incorporated city
- 1851 – The first settlers arrive in what will become Seattle, Washington.
- 1864 – The Constitution of Greece is adopted.
- 1908 – Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia.
- 1916 – Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party of Australia.
- 1918 – British and French troops occupy Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire.
- 1945 – Sukarno becomes President of Indonesia.
- 1947 – The Soviet Union completes the development of the AK-47.
- 1950 – In Venezuela, General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud is assassinated in Caracas.
- 1956 – The United States Supreme Court declares Alabama's bus segregation laws illegal, ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
- 1957 – Flooding in the Po River valley of Italy leads to the flooding in Venice.
- 1969 – Up to 500,000 anti-war protesters march and protest in Washington, DC.
- 1970 – The Bhola Cyclone strikes East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh), killing approximately 500,000 people.
- 1971 – The Mariner 9 spacecraft enters into orbit around Mars.
- 1977 – Shirley Jones and Marty Ingels marry.
- 1979 – The Times publishes for the first time in almost a year, following a strike.
- 1982 – Vietnam Veterans Memorial dedicated.
- 1985 – The Nevado del Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts, causing a mudslide that buries the town of Armero, killing around 23,000.
- 1990 – The first-ever website is released, after Tim Berners-Lee proposed the creation of the World Wide Web.
- 1994 – Voters in Sweden approve entry to the EU.
- 2000 – Philippines: Articles of impeachment are passed against President Joseph Estrada.
- 2001 – War on Terrorism: For the first time since World War II, US President George W. Bush signs an executive order that allows military tribunals against any foreigners believed of having connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States.
- 2001 – War in Afghanistan: Northern Alliance forces take Kabul.
- 2002 – The oil tanker Prestige sinks off Galicia, causing a large oil spill.
- 2005 – A chemical disaster occurs in Jilin, China, leading to the nearby river to be contaminated.
- 2010 – Following years of House Arrest, Aung San Suu Kyi is released in Burma.
- 2011 – Mario Monti is chosen to lead the Italian government following the resignation of Silvio Berlusconi.
[change] Births
- 354 – Augustine of Hippo, Algerian philosopher (d. 430)
- 1486 – Johann Eck, German theologian (d. 1543)
- 1312 – Edward III, King of England (d. 1377)
- 1663 – Arni Magnusson, Icelandic scholar (d. 1730)
- 1715 – Dorothea Christiane Erxleben, German doctor (d. 1762)
- 1760 – Jiaqing Emperor of China (d. 1820)
- 1782 – Esaias Tegner, Swedish writer (d. 1846)
- 1801 – Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria, Queen of Prussia (d. 1873)
- 1806 – Emilia Plater, Polish-Lithuanian princess (d. 1831)
- 1814 – Joseph Hooker, American general (d. 1879)
- 1848 – Albert I, Prince of Monaco (d. 1922)
- 1850 – Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish writer (d. 1894)
- 1878 – Max Dehn, German mathematician (d. 1952)
- 1893 – Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist, won the 1843 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1986)
- 1897 – Gertrude Olmstead, American actress (d. 1975)
- 1899 – Iskander Mirza, President of Pakistan (d. 1969)
- 1899 – Huang Xianfan, Chinese historian and educator (d. 1982)
- 1907 – Giovanna of Italy, Tsaritsa of Bulgaria (d. 2000)
- 1913 – Lon Nol, Cambodian politician (d. 1985)
- 1914 – Alberto Lattuada, Italian film director (d. 2005)
- 1922 – Oskar Werner, Austrian actor (d. 1984)
- 1924 – Linda Christian, American actress (d. 2011)
- 1924 – Motoo Kimura, Japanese geneticist and biologist (d. 1994)
- 1929 – Fred Phelps, American pastor
- 1932 – Richard Mulligan, American actor (d. 2000)
- 1934 – Garry Marshall, American screenwriter, producer, and actor
- 1935 – George Carey, former Archbishop of Canterbury
- 1938 – Jean Seberg, American actress (d. 1979)
- 1939 – Karel Brueckner, Czech football manager
- 1939 – Will Ryan, American actor
- 1940 – Saul Kripke, American philosopher and logician
- 1941 – Eberhard Diepgen, German politician
- 1943 – Roberto Boninsegna, Italian footballer
- 1947 – Joe Mantegna, American actor and director
- 1954 – Chris Noth, American actor
- 1955 – Whoopi Goldberg, American actress and comedienne
- 1956 – Rex Linn, American actor
- 1957 – Stephen Baxter, English science fiction author
- 1960 – Neil Flynn, American actor
- 1967 – Jimmy Kimmel, American comedian and talk show host
- 1969 – Gerard Butler, Scottish actor
- 1969 – Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Somali-born Dutch author and activist
- 1975 – Ivica Dragutinovic, Serbian footballer
- 1975 – Quim, Portuguese footballer
- 1976 – Kelly Sotherton, English athlete
- 1978 – Nikolai Fraiture, American musician (The Strokes)
- 1982 – Kumi Koda, Japanese singer
- 1984 – Lucas Barrios, Argentine-Paraguayan footballer
- 1990 – Jeffrey Bruma, Dutch footballer
[change] Deaths
- 565 – Justinian I, Eastern Roman Emperor (b. 482 or 483)
- 1093 – Malcolm III of Scotland (b. 1041)
- 1319 – Eric VI of Denmark (b. 1274)
- 1359 – Ivan III of Russia (b. 1326)
- 1460 – Henry the Navigator, Portuguese prince and patron of African exploration (b. 1394)
- 1619 – Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (b. 1565)
- 1770 – George Grenville, Prime Minister of Great Britain (b. 1712)
- 1862 – Ludwig Uhland, German poet (b. 1787)
- 1868 – Gioachino Rossini, Italian composer (b. 1792)
- 1929 – Princess Viktoria of Prussia (b. 1866)
- 1950 – Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela (b. 1909)
- 1973 – Bruno Maderna, Italian-German conductor and composer (b. 1920)
- 1989 – Victor Davis, Canadian swimmer (b. 1964)
- 1989 – Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (b. 1906)
- 1994 – Motoo Kimura, Japanese geneticist and biologist (b. 1924)
- 2002 – Juan Alberto Schiaffino, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1925)
- 2004 – Ol' Dirty Bastard, American rapper (b. 1968)
- 2005 – Eddie Guerrero, Mexican-American professional wrestler (b. 1967)
- 2010 – Luis Garcia Berlanga, Spanish film director (b. 1921)
