November 13
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November 13 is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 48 days remaining until the end of the year.
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Events [change]
- 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.
- 1960 - In the city of Amude in Syrian Kurdistan, a cinema fire kills 152 people.
- 1965 - The ship SS Yarmouth Castle burns and sinks 60 miles off Nassau, Bahamas, killing 90 people.
- 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.
- 1985 - Xavier Suarez is sworn in as the first Cuban-born Mayor of Miami, Florida.
- 1990 – The first-ever website is released, after Tim Berners-Lee proposed the creation of the World Wide Web.
- 1994 - Michael Schumacher wins the first of his Formula One world titles.
- 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.
- 2002 - Iraq agrees to let in UN Weapons Inspectors as part of the terms of UN Security Council Resolution 1441.
- 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.
Births [change]
- 354 – Augustine of Hippo, Algerian philosopher (d. 430)
- 532 - Augustine of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 604)
- 1312 – Edward III, King of England (d. 1377)
- 1486 - Johann Eck, German theologian (d. 1543)
- 1504 - Philipp I of Hesse (d. 1567)
- 1567 - Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (d. 1625)
- 1663 – Arni Magnusson, Icelandic scholar (d. 1730)
- 1699 - Jan Zach, Czech composer and musician (d. 1773)
- 1715 – Dorothea Christiane Erxleben, German doctor (d. 1762)
- 1732 - John Dickerson, American lawyer and Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania (d. 1808)
- 1760 – Jiaqing Emperor of China (d. 1820)
- 1782 – Esaias Tegner, Swedish writer (d. 1846)
- 1792 - Edward Trelawny, English author (d. 1881)
- 1801 – Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria, Queen of Prussia (d. 1873)
- 1801 - Amalie Auguste of Bavaria, Queen of Saxony (d. 1877)
- 1806 – Emilia Plater, Polish-Lithuanian princess (d. 1831)
- 1809 - John A. Dahlgren, American navy admiral (d. 1870)
- 1814 – Joseph Hooker, American general (d. 1879)
- 1826 - Charles Worth, English fashion designer (d. 1895)
- 1838 - Joseph Fielding Smith, American Mormon leader (d. 1918)
- 1841 - Lucius F. C. Garvin, Governor of Rhode Island (d. 1922)
- 1848 – Albert I, Prince of Monaco (d. 1922)
- 1850 – Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish writer (d. 1894)
- 1856 - Louis Brandeis, American jurist (d. 1941)
- 1869 - Helene Stoecker, German feminist, pacifist and publicist (d. 1943)
- 1878 – Max Dehn, German mathematician (d. 1952)
- 1886 - Mary Wigman, German dancer and choreographer (d. 1973)
- 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)
- 1904 - H. C. Potter, American film and theatre director (d. 1977)
- 1907 – Giovanna of Italy, Tsaritsa of Bulgaria (d. 2000)
- 1913 – Lon Nol, Cambodian politician (d. 1985)
- 1914 – Alberto Lattuada, Italian film director (d. 2005)
- 1915 - Maurice M. Shapiro, American physicist (d. 2008)
- 1917 - Robert Sterling, American actor (d. 2006)
- 1922 – Oskar Werner, Austrian actor (d. 1984)
- 1924 – Linda Christian, American actress (d. 2011)
- 1924 – Motoo Kimura, Japanese geneticist and biologist (d. 1994)
- 1926 - Harry Hughes, 57th Governor of Maryland
- 1929 – Fred Phelps, American pastor
- 1932 – Richard Mulligan, American actor (d. 2000)
- 1934 - Peter Arnett, American journalist
- 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
- 1941 - Dack Rambo, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1943 – Roberto Boninsegna, Italian footballer
- 1947 – Joe Mantegna, American actor and director
- 1948 - Humayun Ahmed, Bangladeshi novelist and filmmaker
- 1950 - Gilbert Perreault, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1952 - Art Malik, Pakistani-born British actor
- 1953 - Frances Conroy, American actress
- 1953 - Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Mexican politician
- 1953 - Andrew Ranken, British musician
- 1953 - Tracy Scoggins, American actress
- 1954 – Chris Noth, American actor
- 1955 – Whoopi Goldberg, American actress and comedienne
- 1956 – Rex Linn, American actor
- 1957 – Stephen Baxter, English science fiction author
- 1957 - Scott Thompson, American businessman
- 1957 - Roger Ingram, American trumpeter, educator and author
- 1960 – Neil Flynn, American actor
- 1963 - Venny Testaverde, American football player
- 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
- 1977 - Huang Xiaoming, Chinese actor and singer
- 1978 – Nikolai Fraiture, American musician (The Strokes)
- 1980 - Monique Coleman, American actress and singer
- 1982 – Kumi Koda, Japanese singer
- 1984 - Kurt Morath, Tongan rugby player
- 1984 – Lucas Barrios, Argentine-Paraguayan footballer
- 1986 - Moon Chae-won, South Korean actress
- 1987 - Dana Vollmer, American swimmer
- 1990 – Jeffrey Bruma, Dutch footballer
- 1991 - Devon Bostick, Canadian actor
Deaths [change]
- 565 – Justinian I, Eastern Roman Emperor (b. 482 or 483)
- 867 - Pope Nicholas I
- 1093 – Malcolm III of Scotland (b. 1041)
- 1143 - King Fulk of Jerusalem
- 1170 - Albert I of Brandenburg
- 1314 - Albert II, Margrave of Meissen (b. 1240)
- 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)
- 1726 - Princess Sophia Dorothea of Celle (b. 1666)
- 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)
- 1963 - Margaret Murray, English anthropologist and Egyptologist (b. 1863)
- 1967 - Harriet Cohen, English pianist (b. 1895)
- 1973 - Elsa Schiaparelli, Italian fashion designer (b. 1890)
- 1973 – Bruno Maderna, Italian-German conductor and composer (b. 1920)
- 1983 - Henry Jamison Handy, American swimmer, water polo player and filmmaker (b. 1896)
- 1988 - Antal Dorati, Hungarian conductor (b. 1906)
- 1988 - Jaromir Vejvoda, Czech composer (b. 1902)
- 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)
- 1996 - Bill Doggett, American pianist and organist (b. 1916)
- 1998 - Michel Trudeau, Canadian outdoorsman and son of Pierre Trudeau (b. 1975)
- 1999 - Donald Mills, American singer (b. 1915)
- 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)
- 2007 - Wahab Akbar, Filipino politician (b. 1960)
- 2010 – Luis Garcia Berlanga, Spanish film director (b. 1921)
Observances [change]
- World Kindness Day
