November 13

Events

Pre-1600

* 1002 – English king Æthelred II orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St. Brice's Day massacre.
*1093 – Battle of Alnwick: in an English victory over the Scots, Malcolm III of Scotland, and his son Edward, are killed.
*1160 – Louis VII of France marries Adela of Champagne.

1601–1900

*1642 – First English Civil War: Battle of Turnham Green: The Royalist forces withdraw in the face of the Parliamentarian army and fail to take London.
* 1715 – Jacobite rising in Scotland: Battle of Sheriffmuir: The forces of the Kingdom of Great Britain halt the Jacobite advance, although the action is inconclusive.
*1775 – American Revolutionary War: Patriot revolutionary forces under Gen. Richard Montgomery occupy Montreal.
*1833 – Great Meteor Storm of 1833
* 1841 – James Braid first sees a demonstration of ''animal magnetism'' by Charles Lafontaine, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls ''hypnotism''.
*1851 – The Denny Party lands at Alki Point, before moving to the other side of Elliott Bay to what would become Seattle.
*1864 – American Civil War: The three-day Battle of Bull's Gap ends in a Union rout as Confederates under Major General John C. Breckinridge pursue them to Strawberry Plains, Tennessee.
* 1887 – Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.

1901–present

*1901 – The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster.
*1914 – Zaian War: Berber tribesmen inflict the heaviest defeat of French forces in Morocco at the Battle of El Herri.
*1916 – World War I: Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription.
* 1917 – World War I: beginning of the First Battle of Monte Grappa (in Italy known as the "First Battle of the Piave"). The Austro-Hungarian Armed Forces, despite help from the German Alpenkorps and numerical superiority, will fail their offensive against the Italian Army now led by its new chief of staff Armando Diaz.
*1918 – World War I: Allied troops occupy Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire.
*1922 – The United States Supreme Court upholds mandatory vaccinations for public school students in '' Zucht v. King''.
*1927 – The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.
* 1940 – Walt Disney's animated musical film ''Fantasia'' is first released at New York's Broadway Theatre, on the first night of a roadshow.
*1941 – World War II: The aircraft carrier is torpedoed by , sinking the following day.
*1942 – World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal: U.S. and Japanese ships engage in an intense, close-quarters surface naval engagement during the Guadalcanal Campaign.
*1947 – The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.
* 1950 – General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas.
*1954 – Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.
*1956 – The Supreme Court of the United States declares Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, thus ending the Montgomery bus boycott.
*1966 – In response to Fatah raids against Israelis near the West Bank border, Israel launches an attack on the village of As-Samu.
*1966 – All Nippon Airways Flight 533 crashes into the Seto Inland Sea near Matsuyama Airport – Vietnam War: Anti-war protesters in Washington, D.C. stage a symbolic ''March Against Death''.
* 1970 – Bhola cyclone: A tropical cyclone hits the densely populated Ganges Delta region of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), killing an estimated 500,000 people in one night.
*1982 – Ray Mancini defeats Duk Koo Kim in a boxing match held in Las Vegas. Kim's subsequent death (on November 17) leads to significant changes in the sport.
* 1982 – The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. after a march to its site by thousands of Vietnam War veterans.
*1985 – The volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupts and melts a glacier, causing a lahar (volcanic mudslide) that buries Armero, Colombia, killing approximately 23,000 people.
* 1985 – Xavier Suárez is sworn in as Miami's first Cuban-born mayor.
*1989 – Hans-Adam II, the present Prince of Liechtenstein, begins his reign on the death of his father.
*1990 – In Aramoana, New Zealand, David Gray shoots dead 13 people in a massacre before being tracked down and killed by police the next day.
*1991 – The Republic of Karelia, an autonomous republic of Russia, is formed from the former Karelian ASSR.
*1992 – The High Court of Australia rules in '' Dietrich v The Queen'' that although there is no absolute right to have publicly funded counsel, in most circumstances a judge should grant any request for an adjournment or stay when an accused is unrepresented.
* 1993 – China Northern Airlines Flight 6901 crashes on approach to Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport in Ürümqi, China, killing 12 people.
*1994 – In a referendum, voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union.
*1995 – Mozambique becomes the first state to join the Commonwealth of Nations without having been part of the former British Empire.
* 1995 – A truck-bomb explodes outside of a US-operated Saudi Arabian National Guard training center in Riyadh, killing five Americans and two Indians. A group called the Islamic Movement for Change claims responsibility.
* 1995 – Nigeria Airways Flight 357 crashes at Kaduna International Airport in Kaduna, Nigeria, killing 11 people and injuring 66.
*2000 – Philippine House Speaker Manny Villar passes the articles of impeachment against Philippine President Joseph Estrada.
*2001 – War on Terror: In the first such act since World War II, US President George W. Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against foreigners suspected of connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States.
*2002 – Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq agrees to the terms of the UN Security Council Resolution 1441.
* 2002 – During the ''Prestige'' oil spill, a storm bursts a tank of the oil tanker MV ''Prestige'', which was not allowed to dock and sank on November 19, 2002, off the coast of Galicia, spilling 63,000 metric tons of heavy fuel oil, more than the ''Exxon Valdez'' oil spill.
*2012 – A total solar eclipse occurs in parts of Australia and the South Pacific.
*2013 – Hawaii legalizes same-sex marriage.
* 2013 – 4 World Trade Center officially opens.
*2015 – Islamic State operatives carry out a series of coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris, including suicide bombings, mass shootings and a hostage crisis. The terrorists kill 130 people, making it the deadliest attack in France since the Second World War.

Births

Pre-1600

* 354 – Augustine of Hippo, Roman bishop and theologian (d. 430)
* 1312 – Edward III of England (d. 1377)
*1453 – Christoph I, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1475–1515) (d. 1527)
* 1486 – Johann Eck, German theologian and academic (d. 1543)
*1493 – William IV, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1550)
* 1504 – Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (d. 1567)
* 1572 – Cyril Lucaris, Greek patriarch and theologian (d. 1638)
*1559 – Albert VII, Archduke of Austria, Governor of the Low Countries (d. 1621)

1601–1900

*1699 – Jan Zach, Czech violinist, organist, and composer (d. 1773)
*1710 – Charles Simon Favart, French director and playwright (d. 1792)
* 1715 – Dorothea Erxleben, German first female medical doctor (d. 1762)
* 1732 – John Dickinson, American lawyer and politician, 5th Governor of Pennsylvania (d. 1808)
*1760 – Jiaqing Emperor of China (d. 1820)
* 1761 – John Moore, Scottish general and politician (d. 1809)
*1780 – Ranjit Singh, Sikh emperor (d. 1839)
* 1782 – Esaias Tegnér, Swedish bishop and educator (d. 1846)
*1804 – Theophilus H. Holmes, American general (d. 1880)
*1809 – John A. Dahlgren, American admiral (d. 1870)
* 1813 – Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, Montenegrin metropolitan, philosopher, and poet (d. 1851)
* 1814 – Joseph Hooker, American general (d. 1879)
*1833 – Edwin Booth, American actor and manager (d. 1893)
* 1837 – James T. Rapier, American lawyer and politician (d. 1883)
*1838 – Joseph F. Smith, American religious leader, 6th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1918)
* 1841 – Edward Burd Grubb, Jr., American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Spain (d. 1913)
* 1847 – Mir Mosharraf Hossain, famous novelist of Bengali literature (d. 1912)
*1848 – Albert I, Prince of Monaco (d. 1922)
*1850 – Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist (d. 1894)
*1853 – John Drew, Jr., American actor (d. 1927)
*1854 – George Whitefield Chadwick, American composer and educator (d. 1931)
*1856 – Louis Brandeis, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1941)
*1864 – James Cannon Jr., American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (d. 1944)
*1866 – Abraham Flexner, American educator, founded the Institute for Advanced Study (d. 1959)
*1869 – Helene Stöcker, German author and activist (d. 1943)
* 1869 – Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian-American activist, journalist, and politician (d. 1962)
* 1872 – John M. Lyle, Irish-Canadian architect and educator, designed the Royal Alexandra Theatre (d. 1945)
*1878 – Max Dehn, German-American mathematician and academic (d. 1952)
*1879 – John Grieb, American gymnast and triathlete (d. 1939)
* 1881 – Jesús García, Mexican railroad brakeman (d. 1907)
*1883 – Leo Goodwin, American swimmer, diver, and water polo player (d. 1957)
*1886 – Mary Wigman, German dancer and choreographer (d. 1973)
* 1893 – Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)
*1894 – Bennie Moten, American pianist and bandleader (d. 1935)
* 1894 – Arthur Nebe, German SS officer (d. 1945)
* 1897 – Gertrude Olmstead, American actress (d. 1975)
* 1899 – Iskander Mirza, Pakistani general and politician, 1st President of Pakistan – David Marshall Williams, American convicted murderer and firearms designer (d. 1975)
* 1900 – Edward Buzzell, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1985)

1901–present

*1904 – H. C. Potter, American director and producer (d. 1977)
* 1906 – Hermione Baddeley, English actress (d. 1986)
* 1906 – A. W. Mailvaganam, Sri Lankan physicist and academic (d. 1987)
* 1906 – Eva Zeisel, Hungarian-American potter and designer (d. 2011)
* 1908 – C. Vann Woodward, American historian, author, and academic (d. 1999)
*1909 – Vincent Apap, Maltese sculptor (d. 2003)
*1910 – William Bradford Huie, American journalist and author (d. 1986)
* 1910 – Pat Reid, Indian-English soldier and author (d. 1990)
*1911 – Buck O'Neil, American baseball player and manager (d. 2006)
*1913 – V. Appapillai, Sri Lankan physicist and academic (d. 2001)
* 1913 – Lon Nol, Cambodian general and politician, 37th Prime Minister of Cambodia (d. 1985)
* 1913 – Dimitrios Hatzis, Greek novelist and journalist (d. 1981)
*1914 – Amelia Bence, Argentinian actress (d. 2016)
* 1914 – Alberto Lattuada, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2005)
* 1917 – Vasantdada Patil, Indian farmer and politician, 9th Governor of Rajasthan (d. 1989)
* 1917 – Robert Sterling, American actor (d. 2006)
*1918 – George Grant, Canadian philosopher and academic (d. 1988)
*1920 – Guillermina Bravo, Mexican dancer, choreographer, and director (d. 2013)
* 1920 – Jack Elam, American actor (d. 2003)
*1921 – Joonas Kokkonen, Finnish pianist and composer (d. 1996)
*1922 – Jack Narz, American game show host and announcer (d. 2008)
* 1922 – Oskar Werner, Austrian-German actor (d. 1984)
* 1923 – Leonard Boyle, Irish and Canadian medievalist and palaeographer (d. 1999)
* 1923 – Linda Christian, Mexican-American actress (d. 2011)
*1924 – Motoo Kimura, Japanese biologist and geneticist (d. 1994)
* 1926 – Harry Hughes, American lawyer and politician, 57th Governor of Maryland (d. 2019)
*1927 – Albert Turner Bharucha-Reid, American mathematician and theorist (d. 1985)
*1928 – Helena Carroll, Scottish-American actress (d. 2013)
* 1928 – Hampton Hawes, American pianist and author (d. 1977)
*1929 – Robert Bonnaud, French historian and academic (d. 2013)
* 1929 – Fred Phelps, American lawyer, pastor, and activist, founded the Westboro Baptist Church (d. 2014)
* 1929 – Asashio Tarō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 46th Yokozuna (d. 1988)
*1930 – Benny Andrews, American painter and academic (d. 2006)
*1931 – Adrienne Corri, Scottish actress (d. 2016)
*1932 – Buddy Killen, American record producer and music publisher (d. 2006)
* 1932 – Richard Mulligan, American actor (d. 2000)
*1933 – Don Lane, American-Australian actor, singer, and television host (d. 2009)
* 1933 – Ojārs Vācietis, Latvian author and poet (d. 1983)
*1934 – Peter Arnett, New Zealand-American journalist and academic
* 1934 – Jimmy Fontana, Italian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2013)
* 1934 – Kamahl, Malaysian-Australian singer
* 1934 – Garry Marshall, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2016)
*1935 – George Carey, English archbishop and theologian
*1936 – Salim Kallas, Syrian actor and politician (d. 2013)
*1938 – Gérald Godin, Canadian journalist, poet, and politician (d. 1994)
* 1938 – Jack Rule, Jr., American golfer
* 1938 – Jean Seberg, American-French actress and singer (d. 1979)
*1939 – Karel Brückner, Czech footballer and manager
* 1939 – Idris Muhammad, American drummer and composer (d. 2014)
* 1940 – Saul Kripke, American philosopher and academic (d. 2022)
* 1940 – Janet Lawson, American jazz singer and educator
* 1940 – Baby Washington, American soul singer
*1941 – Eberhard Diepgen, German lawyer and politician, 10th Mayor of Berlin
* 1941 – David Green, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Hobby Lobby
* 1941 – Dack Rambo, American actor (d. 1994)
* 1941 – Mel Stottlemyre, American baseball player and coach (d. 2019)
* 1941 – William Taubman, American political scientist and author
*1942 – John P. Hammond, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*1943 – Roberto Boninsegna, Italian footballer and manager
* 1943 – Jay Sigel, American golfer
* 1943 – Howard Wilkinson, English footballer and manager
*1944 – Timmy Thomas, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
*1945 – Masahiro Hasemi, Japanese race car driver
* 1945 – Bobby Manuel, American guitarist and producer
* 1945 – Knut Riisnæs, Norwegian saxophonist and composer
*1946 – Stanisław Barańczak, Polish-American poet, critic, and scholar (d. 2014)
* 1946 – Ray Wylie Hubbard, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist
*1947 – Toy Caldwell, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 1993)
* 1947 – Amory Lovins, American physicist and environmentalist
* 1947 – Joe Mantegna, American actor and voice artist
*1948 – Humayun Ahmed, Bengali popular writer, dramatist, novelist, screenwriter, lyricist and filmmaker (d. 2012)
*1949 – Terry Reid, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1950 – Mary Lou Metzger, American singer and dancer
* 1950 – Gilbert Perreault, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*1951 – Pini Gershon, Israeli basketball player and coach
* 1951 – Harry Hurt III, American author and journalist
*1952 – Merrick Garland, American jurist, 86th United States Attorney General
* 1952 – Mark Lye, American golfer
* 1952 – Art Malik, Pakistani-English actor and producer
*1953 – Frances Conroy, American actress
* 1953 – Andrés Manuel López Obrador, President of Mexico (since 2018)
*1954 – Scott McNealy, American businessman, co-founded Sun Microsystems
* 1954 – Chris Noth, American actor and producer
*1955 – Robert Aaron, Canadian jazz musicianMisc. Facebook Birthday Salutes to Robert Aaron
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* 1955 – Bill Britton, American golfer
* 1955 – Whoopi Goldberg, American actress, comedian, and talk show host
*1956 – Aldo Nova, Canadian singer-songwriter and musician
*1957 – Nick Baines (bishop), Nick Baines, English bishop
* 1957 – Stephen Baxter (author), Stephen Baxter, English author
* 1957 – Roger Ingram, American trumpet player, educator, and author
*1959 – Caroline Goodall, English actress and screenwriter
*1960 – Neil Flynn, American actor
* 1960 – Teodora Ungureanu, Romanian gymnast and coach
*1961 – Kim Polese, American entrepreneur and technology executive
*1963 – Jaime Covilhã, Angolan basketball player and coach
* 1963 – Vinny Testaverde, American football player
*1964 – Timo Rautiainen (co-driver), Timo Rautiainen, Finnish race car driver
* 1964 – Dan Sullivan (U.S. Senator), Dan Sullivan, American politician
*1966 – Susanna Haapoja, Finnish politician (d. 2009)
*1967 – Juhi Chawla, Indian actress, singer, and producer, Femina Miss India, Miss India 1984
* 1967 – Jimmy Kimmel, American comedian, actor, and talk show host
* 1967 – Steve Zahn, American actor and singer
*1968 – Pat Hentgen, American baseball player and coach
*1969 – Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Somalian-American activist and author
* 1969 – Lori Berenson, American activist
* 1969 – Gerard Butler, Scottish actor
* 1969 – Nico Motchebon, German runner
* 1969 – Josh Mancell, American drummer and composer
*1972 – Takuya Kimura, Japanese singer
* 1972 – Samantha Riley, Australian swimmer
*1973 – David Auradou, French rugby player
* 1973 – Ari Hoenig, American drummer and composer
*1974 – Carl Hoeft, New Zealand rugby player
* 1974 – Indrek Zelinski, Estonian footballer and manager
*1975 – Tom Compernolle, Belgian runner (d. 2008)
* 1975 – Alain Digbeu, French basketball player
* 1975 – Ivica Dragutinović, Serbian footballer
* 1975 – Quim (footballer, born 1975), Quim, Portuguese footballer
* 1975 – Toivo Suursoo, Estonian ice hockey player and coach
*1976 – Kelly Sotherton, English sprinter and long jumper
* 1976 – Hiroshi Tanahashi, Japanese wrestler
*1977 – Huang Xiaoming, Chinese actor and singer
*1977 – Zulfiqer Russell, Bangladeshi journalist and lyricist
*1978 – Nikolai Fraiture, American bass player
*1979 – Kick (comedian), Kick, Japanese comedian and screenwriter
* 1979 – Subliminal (rapper), Subliminal, Israeli rapper and producer
* 1979 – Metta World Peace, American basketball player and rapper
*1980 – Monique Coleman, American actress, singer, and dancer
* 1980 – Sara Del Rey, American wrestler and trainer
* 1980 – François-Louis Tremblay, Canadian speed skater
*1981 – Rivkah (artist), Rivkah, American author and illustrator
* 1981 – Ryan Bertin, American wrestler and coach
*1982 – Michael Copon, American actor, singer, and producer
* 1982 – Samkon Gado, Nigerian-American football player
* 1982 – Kumi Koda, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
* 1982 – Adam Shantry, English cricketer
*1983 – Kalle Kriit, Estonian cyclist
* 1983 – Maleli Kunavore, Fijian rugby player (d. 2012)
*1984 – Lucas Barrios, Paraguayan footballer
* 1984 – Kurt Morath, Tongan rugby player
* 1984 – Jamie Soward, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
*1985 – Asdrúbal Cabrera, Venezuelan baseball player
*1986 – Kevin Bridges, Scottish comedian and actor
*1987 – Hatsune Matsushima, Japanese model and actress
* 1987 – Dana Vollmer, American swimmer
*1992 – Dylan Napa, Australian-Cook Islands rugby league player
* 1992 – Maksim Podholjuzin, Estonian footballer
* 1993 – Julia Michaels, American singer and songwriter
*1994 – Andrew Tang (racing driver), Andrew Tang, Singaporean race car driver
* 1994 – Laurien Leurink, Dutch field hockey midfielder
*1995 – Oliver Stummvoll, Austrian model
*1999 – Lando Norris, British racing driver
*2002 – Emma Raducanu, British tennis player

Deaths

Pre-1600

* 867 – Pope Nicholas I (b. 800)
* 1002 – Pallig, Danish chieftain, Jarl of Devonshire
* 1002 – Gunhilde, wife of Pallig, Danish chieftain
*1004 – Abbo of Fleury, French monk and saint (b. 945)
*1072 – Adalbero III of Luxembourg (b. c. 1010)
*1093 – Malcolm III of Scotland (b. 1031)
*1143 – Fulk, King of Jerusalem (b. 1089)
*1154 – Iziaslav II of Kiev, Prince of Vladimir, Russia, Vladimir and Volhynia, Volyn, (b. c. 1097)
*1175 – Henry of France, Archbishop of Reims (b. c.1121)
*1299 – Oliver Sutton (bishop), Oliver Sutton, Bishop of Lincoln
*1319 – Eric VI of Denmark (b. 1274)
*1345 – Constance of Peñafiel, queen of Pedro I of Portugal (b. 1323)
*1359 – Ivan II of Moscow (b. 1326)
*1369 – Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick
*1432 – Anne of Burgundy, duchess of Bedford (b. 1404)
*1440 – Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmoreland
*1460 – Prince Henry the Navigator, Portuguese patron of exploration (b. 1394)
*1502 – Annio da Viterbo, Italian friar, historian, and scholar (b. 1432)

1601–1900

*1606 – Girolamo Mercuriale, Italian physician and philologist (b. 1530)
*1619 – Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter and illustrator (b. 1555)
*1650 – Thomas May, English poet and historian (b. 1595)
*1726 – Sophia Dorothea of Celle (b. 1666)
*1770 – George Grenville, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1712)
*1771 – Konrad Ernst Ackermann, German actor (b. 1712)
*1777 – William Bowyer (printer), William Bowyer, English printer and author (b. 1699)
*1862 – Ludwig Uhland, German poet, philologist, and historian (b. 1787)
*1863 – Ignacio Comonfort, Mexican soldier and politician. President 1855-1858 (b. 1812)
*1867 – Adolphe Napoléon Didron, French archaeologist and historian (b. 1806)
*1868 – Gioachino Rossini, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1792)
* 1872 – Margaret Sarah Carpenter, English painter (b. 1793)
*1883 – J. Marion Sims, American physician and gynecologist (b. 1813)

1901–present

*1903 – Camille Pissarro, Virgin Islander-French painter (b. 1830)
*1921 – Ignác Goldziher, Hungarian scholar of Islam (b. 1850)
*1929 – Princess Viktoria of Prussia (b. 1866)
*1932 – Francisco Lagos Cházaro, acting president of Mexico (1915) (b. 1878)
*1937 – Mrs. Leslie Carter, American actress (b. 1857)
*1942 – Daniel J. Callaghan, American admiral (b. 1890)
*1952 – Margaret Wise Brown, American author (b. 1910)
*1954 – Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German field marshal (b. 1881)
*1955 – Bernard DeVoto, American historian and author (b. 1897)
* 1955 – Moshe Pesach, Greek rabbi (b. 1869)
*1961 – Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr., American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia (b. 1897)
*1963 – Margaret Murray, Indian-English anthropologist and author (b. 1863)
*1969 – Iskander Mirza, Indian-Pakistani general and politician, 1st President of Pakistan

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