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. Events: 1002 – English king Æthelred II orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St. Brices Day massacre. 1160 – Louis VII of France marries Adele of Champagne. 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. 1775 – American Revolutionary War: Patriot revolutionary forces under Gen. Richard Montgomery occupy Montreal, Quebec. 1841 – James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism, 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, Washington. 1864 – The new Constitution of Greece is adopted. 1887 – Bloody Sunday clashes in central London. 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 – Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription. 1918 – Allied troops occupy Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire. 1927 – The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City. 1941 – World War II: The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal is torpedoed by U-81, 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 Battle of Guadalcanal. 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. 1965 – The SS Yarmouth Castle burns and sinks 60 miles off Nassau with the loss of 90 lives. 1966 – In response to Fatah raids against Israelis near the West Bank border, Israel launches an attack on the village of As-Samu. 1969 – Vietnam War: Anti-war protesters in Washington, D.C. stage a symbolic March Against Death. 1970 – Bhola cyclone: A 150-mph tropical cyclone hits the densely populated Ganges Delta region of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), killing an estimated 500,000 people in one night. This is regarded as the 20th centurys worst natural disaster. 1974 – Ronald DeFeo, Jr. murders his entire family in Amityville, Long Island in the house that would become known as The Amityville Horror. 1982 – Ray Mancini defeats Duk Koo Kim in a boxing match held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Kims 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 Suarez is sworn in as Miami, Floridas first Cuban-born mayor. 1986 – The Compact of Free Association becomes law, granting the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands independence from the United States. 1988 – Mulugeta Seraw, an Ethiopian law student in Portland, Oregon is beaten to death by members of the Neo-Nazi group East Side White Pride. 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 what becomes known as the Aramoana Massacre. 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. 1994 – In a referendum voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union. 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. 2000 – Philippine House Speaker Manny Villar passes the articles of impeachment against Philippine President Joseph Estrada. 2001 – War on Terrorism: 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 – The oil tanker Prestige sinks off the Galician coast and causes a huge oil spill. 2007 – Russia officially withdraws from the Soviet-era Batumi military base, Georgia. Births: 354 – Augustine of Hippo, Algerian bishop and theologian (d. 430) 1312 – Edward III of England (d. 1377) 1486 – Johann Eck, German theologian (d. 1543) 1504 – Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (d. 1567) 1572 – Cyril Lucaris, Greek patriarch and theologian (d. 1638) 1699 – Jan Zach, Czech composer, violinist, and organist (d. 1773) 1710 – Charles Simon Favart, French playwright (d. 1792) 1714 – William Shenstone, English poet (d. 1763) 1715 – Dorothea Erxleben, German 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, English general (d. 1809) 1782 – Esaias Tegnér, Swedish bishop and educator (d. 1846) 1780 – Ranjit Singh, Indian founder of the Sikh Empire (d. 1839) 1801 – Amalie Auguste of Bavaria (d. 1877) 1801 – Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria (d. 1873) 1809 – John A. Dahlgren, American admiral (d. 1870) 1813 – Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, Montenegrin statesman, religious leader and poet (d. 1851) 1814 – Joseph Hooker, American general (d. 1879) 1833 – Edwin Booth, American actor (d. 1893) 1837 – James T. Rapier, American 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 (d. 1913) 1848 – Albert I, Prince of Monaco (d. 1922) 1850 – Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish author and poet (d. 1894) 1853 – John Drew Jr., American actor (d. 1927) 1854 – George Whitefield Chadwick, American composer (d. 1931) 1856 – Louis Brandeis, American jurist (d. 1941) 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 activist, journalist, and politician (d. 1962) 1872 – Leon Leonwood Bean, American businessman and author founded L.L.Bean (d. 1967) 1878 – Max Dehn, German-American mathematician (d. 1952) 1879 – John Grieb, American gymnast (d. 1939) 1881 – Carl Schenstrøm, Danish actor (d. 1942) 1883 – Oscar Brockmeyer, American soccer player (d. 1954) 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, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986) 1894 – Arthur Nebe, German SS officer (d. 1945) 1897 – Gertrude Olmstead, American actress (d. 1975) 1899 – Iskander Mirza, Pakistani politician, 1st President of Pakistan (d. 1969) 1900 – Edward Buzzell, American director (d. 1985) 1904 – H. C. Potter, American director and producer (d. 1977) 1906 – Hermione Baddeley, English actress (d. 1986) 1906 – A. W. Mailvaganam, Sri Lankan Tamil physicist and academic (d. 1987) 1906 – Eva Zeisel, Hungarian-American designer (d. 2011) 1907 – Giovanna of Italy (d. 2000) 1908 – C. Vann Woodward, American historian (d. 1999) 1910 – William Bradford Huie, American journalist and author (d. 1986) 1910 – Pat Reid, Indian-English army officer (d. 1990) 1911 – Buck ONeil, American baseball player (d. 2006) 1913 – V. Appapillai, Sri Lankan Tamil physicist and academic (d. 2001) 1913 – Jack Dyer, Australian footballer (d. 2003) 1913 – Helen Mack, American actress (d. 1986) 1913 – Lon Nol, Cambodian general and politician, Prime Minister of Cambodia (d. 1985) 1913 – Alexander Scourby, American actor (d. 1985) 1914 – Alberto Lattuada, Italian director (d. 2005) 1917 – Vasantdada Patil, Indian politician, 5th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 1989) 1917 – Robert Sterling, American actor (d. 2006) 1918 – George Grant, Canadian philosopher (d. 1988) 1920 – Edward Hughes, American bishop (d. 2012) 1921 – Chabua Amirejibi, Georgian author 1922 – Jack Narz, American game show host (d. 2008) 1922 – Oskar Werner, Austrian actor (d. 1984) 1924 – Linda Christian, Mexican-American actress (d. 2011) 1924 – Motoo Kimura, Japanese biologist (d. 1994) 1926 – Harry Hughes, American politician, 57th Governor of Maryland 1927 – Billy Klüver, Swedish-American engineer, co-founded Experiments in Art and Technology (d. 2004) 1928 – Steve Bilko, American baseball player (d. 1978) 1928 – Helena Carroll, Scottish-American actress (d. 2013) 1929 – Robert Bonnaud, French historian (d. 2013) 1929 – Fred Phelps, American pastor 1929 – Asashio Tarō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 46th Yokozuna (d. 1988) 1931 – Andrée Lachapelle, Canadian actress 1932 – Willie Edwards, American murder victim (d. 1957) 1932 – Richard Mulligan, American actor (d. 2000) 1934 – Peter Arnett, New Zealand-American journalist 1934 – Jimmy Fontana, Italian singer-songwriter and actor 1934 – Garry Marshall, American actor, director, and producer 1935 - Maria P. Buzincu, Leons mother and Georges mother 1935 – Tom Atkins, American actor 1935 – George Carey, English archbishop 1935 – P. Susheela, Indian singer 1938 – Gérald Godin, Canadian poet and politician (d. 1994) 1938 – Jean Seberg, American actress (d. 1979) 1939 – Karel Brückner, Czech football coach 1939 – Idris Muhammad, American drummer and composer 1940 – Saul Kripke, American philosopher 1940 – Daniel Pilon, Canadian actor 1940 – William Taubman, American poliotical scientist and biographer 1941 – Eberhard Diepgen, German politician 1941 – David Green, American businessman, founded Hobby Lobby 1941 – Dack Rambo, American actor (d. 1994) 1941 – Mel Stottlemyre, American baseball player and coach 1942 – John P. Hammond, American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1943 – Roberto Boninsegna, Italian footballer 1943 – André-Gilles Fortin, Canadian politician (d. 1977) 1943 – Jay Sigel, American golfer 1944 – Timmy Thomas, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer 1945 – Masahiro Hasemi, Japanese race car driver 1945 – Bobby Manuel, American guitarist 1947 – Toy Caldwell, American guitarist and songwriter (The Marshall Tucker Band) (d. 1993) 1947 – Gene Garber, American baseball player 1947 – Amory Lovins, American physicist 1947 – Joe Mantegna, American actor 1948 – Humayun Ahmed, Bangladeshi author, screenwriter, and director 1949 – Yoshimi Ishibashi, Japanese race car driver 1949 – Terry Reid, English singer-songwriter and guitarist 1950 – Mary Lou Metzger, American singer and dancer 1950 – Gilbert Perreault, Canadian ice hockey player 1951 – Pini Gershon, Israeli basketball player and coach 1952 – Art Malik, Pakistani-English actor 1953 – Frances Conroy, American actress 1953 – Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Mexican politician 1953 – Stephen Paul, American physicist (d. 2012) 1953 – Andrew Ranken, English drummer (The Pogues) 1953 – Tracy Scoggins, American actress 1954 – Scott McNealy, American businessman, co-founded Sun Microsystems 1954 – Chris Noth, American actor 1955 – Whoopi Goldberg, American actress, singer, and talk show host 1956 – Ginger Alden, American actress 1956 – Rex Linn, American actor 1956 – Anna Verouli, Greek javelin thrower 1957 – Stephen Baxter, English author 1957 – Roger Ingram, American trumpet player and author 1959 – Caroline Goodall, English actress 1959 – Emil Urbel, Estonian architect 1960 – Neil Flynn, American actor 1960 – Teodora Ungureanu, Romanian gymnast 1963 – Vinny Testaverde, American football player 1964 – Timo Rautiainen, Finnish rally co-driver 1967 – Juhi Chawla, Indian actress 1967 – Jimmy Kimmel, American comedian, actor, and talk show host 1967 – Steve Zahn, American actor 1968 – Pat Hentgen, American baseball player 1969 – Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Dutch politician and author 1969 – Lori Berenson, American political activist 1969 – Gerard Butler, Scottish actor 1969 – Nico Motchebon, German runner 1971 – Noah Hathaway, American actor 1971 – Buddy Zabala, Filipino bass player (Eraserheads, The Dawn, and Cambio) 1972 – Takuya Kimura, Japanese singer and actor (SMAP) 1973 – Ari Hoenig, American drummer and composer 1974 – Indrek Zelinski, Estonian football player and manager 1975 – Quim, Portuguese footballer 1975 – Tom Compernolle, Belgian runner (d. 2008) 1975 – Alain Digbeu, French basketball player 1975 – Ivica Dragutinović, Serbian footballer 1975 – Toivo Suursoo, Estonian ice hockey player 1976 – Kelly Sotherton, English sprinter 1976 – Hiroshi Tanahashi, Japanese wrestler 1977 – Chanel Cole, Australian singer 1977 – Huang Xiaoming, Chinese actor and singer 1978 – Nikolai Fraiture, American bass player (The Strokes and Nickel Eye) 1979 – Subliminal, Israeli rapper and producer 1979 – Metta World Peace, American basketball player 1980 – Monique Coleman, American actress 1980 – Sara Del Rey, professional wrestler 1980 – François-Louis Tremblay, Canadian speed skater 1981 – Rivkah, American illustrator 1981 – Ryan Bertin, American amateur wrestler 1981 – Mark Cardona, Filipino basketball player 1981 – Shawn Yue, Hong Kong actor and singer 1982 – Michael Copon, American actor and singer 1982 – Samkon Gado, Nigerian-American football player 1982 – Koda Kumi, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress 1983 – Claudia Balderrama, Bolivian race walker 1983 – Kalle Kriit, Estonian cyclist 1983 – Maleli Kunavore, Fijian rugby player (d. 2012) 1984 – Lucas Barrios, Paraguayan footballer 1984 – Kurt Morath, Tongan rugby player 1985 – Asdrúbal Cabrera, Venezuelan baseball player 1986 – Kevin Bridges, Scottish stand-up comedian 1987 – Dana Vollmer, American swimmer 1990 – Kathleen Herles, American voice actress 1991 – Devon Bostick, Canadian actor 1991 – Matt Bennett, American actor and singer 1996 – Austin Williams, American actor Deaths: 867 – Pope Nicholas I (b. 800) 1004 – Abbo of Fleury, French monk (b. 945) 1093 – Malcolm III of Scotland (b. 1041) 1143 – Fulk, King of Jerusalem (b. 1089) 1170 – Albert the Bear, German son of Otto, Count of Ballenstedt (b. 1100) 1345 – Constance of Peñafiel (b. 1323) 1359 – Ivan II of Russia (b. 1326) 1460 – Henry the Navigator, Portuguese son of John I of Portugal (b. 1394) 1606 – Geronimo Mercuriali, Italian philologist and physician (b. 1530) 1619 – Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (b. 1555) 1650 – Thomas May, English poet and historian (b. 1595) 1726 – Sophia Dorothea of Celle (b. 1666) 1770 – George Grenville, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1712) 1771 – Konrad Ernst Ackermann, German actor (b. 1712) 1777 – William Bowyer, English printer (b. 1699) 1862 – Ludwig Uhland, German poet (b. 1787) 1867 – Adolphe Napoleon Didron, French archaeologist (b. 1806) 1868 – Gioachino Rossini, Italian composer (b. 1792) 1883 – James Marion Sims, American physician (b. 1813) 1903 – Camille Pissarro, French painter (b. 1830) 1916 – Saki, Burmese author and playwright (b. 1870) 1929 – Princess Viktoria of Prussia (b. 1866) 1942 – Daniel J. Callaghan, American navy officer (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) 1961 – Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr., American general and diplomat (b. 1897) 1963 – Margaret Murray, English anthropologist (b. 1863) 1967 – Harriet Cohen, English pianist (b. 1895) 1973 – Lila Lee, American actress (b. 1901) 1973 – Bruno Maderna, Italian-German conductor and composer (b. 1920) 1974 – Vittorio De Sica, Italian director (b. 1901) 1974 – Karen Silkwood, American activist (b. 1946) 1975 – Olga Berggolts, Russian poet (b. 1910) 1979 – Dimitris Psathas, Greek playwright (b. 1907) 1982 – Hugues Lapointe, Canadian politician, 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1911) 1983 – Henry Jamison Handy, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1886) 1983 – Junior Samples, American comedian and actor (b. 1926) 1985 – George Robert Vincent, American engineer (b. 1898) 1986 – Thierry Le Luron, French comedian (b. 1952) 1988 – Antal Doráti, Hungarian-American conductor and composer (b. 1906) 1988 – Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech composer (b. 1902) 1989 – Victor Davis, Canadian swimmer (b. 1964) 1989 – Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (b. 1906) 1990 – Stewart Guthrie, New Zealand police officer (b. 1948) 1991 – Paul-Émile Léger, Canadian archbishop (b. 1904) 1993 – Rufus R. Jones, American wrestler (b. 1933) 1994 – Motoo Kimura, Japanese biologist (b. 1924) 1996 – Bill Doggett, American pianist (b. 1916) 1996 – Swami Rama, Indian yogi (b. 1925) 1997 – André Boucourechliev, French composer (b. 1925) 1997 – Dawud M. MuMin, American murderer (b. 1953) 1998 – Edwige Feuillère, French actress (b. 1907) 1998 – Valerie Hobson, Irish-English actress (b. 1917) 1998 – Red Holzman, American basketball coach (b. 1920) 1998 – Michel Trudeau, Canadian son of Pierre Trudeau (b. 1975) 1999 – Donald Mills, American singer (Mills Brothers) (b. 1915) 2001 – Peggy Mount, English actress (b. 1915) 2002 – Juan Alberto Schiaffino, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1925) 2002 – Rishikesh Shaha, Nepalese politician (b. 1925) 2003 – Kellie Waymire, American actress (b. 1967) 2004 – John Balance, English singer-songwriter (Coil) (b. 1962) 2004 – Ol Dirty Bastard, American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan) (b. 1968) 2004 – Thomas M. Foglietta, American politician (b. 1928) 2005 – Eddie Guerrero, American wrestler (b. 1967) 2005 – Vine Deloria, Jr., American author, theologian, historian, and activist (b. 1933) 2007 – Wahab Akbar, Filipino politician (b. 1960) 2007 – John Doherty, English footballer (b. 1935) 2007 – Kazuhisa Inao, Japanese baseball player (b. 1937) 2007 – Monty Westmore, American make-up artist (b. 1923) 2008 – Jules Archer, American author (b. 1915) 2010 – Luis García Berlanga, Spanish director and screenwriter (b. 1921) 2010 – Ken Iman, American football player (b. 1939) 2010 – Allan Sandage, American astronomer (b. 1926) 2012 – Murray Arnold, American basketball coach (b. 1938) 2012 – Will Barnet, American painter (b. 1911) 2012 – Erazm Ciołek, Polish photographer (b. 1937) 2012 – Kenneth Cragg, English priest and scholar (b. 1913) 2012 – Yao Defen, Chinese giant (b. 1972) 2012 – Robert Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers, English politician (b. 1929) 2012 – Manuel Peña Escontrela, Spanish footballer (b. 1965) 2012 – John Sheridan, English rugby player (b. 1933) 2012 – Ray Zone, American historian, author, and illustrator (b. 1947) Holidays and observances: Christian Feast Day: Brice of Tours, Frances Xavier Cabrini, Homobonus John Chrysostom (Eastern Orthodox, Repose) Quintian of Rodez Saints of the Premonstratensian Order Stanislaus Kostka Charles Simeon(Church of England) The Hundred Thousand Martyrs of Tbilisi (Georgian Orthodox Church) Earliest day on which National Day of Mourning or Volkstrauertag can fall, observed two Sundays before the first of Advent. (Germany) Feast of Feronia, celebrated on the Ides of November (Roman Empire) World Kindness Day External links: Wikimedia Commons has media related to November 13. BBC: On This Day The New York Times: On This Day On This Day in Canada
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