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13th of November 1002 EVENT English king AEthelred II orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St. Brice's Day massacre.
13th of November 1160 EVENT Louis VII of France marries Adele of Champagne.
13th of November 1642 EVENT First English Civil War: Battle of Turnham Green : the Royalist forces withdraw in the face of the Parliamentarian army and fail to take London.
13th of November 1775 EVENT American Revolutionary War: Patriot revolutionary forces under Col. Ethan Allen attack Montreal, Quebec, defended by British General Guy Carleton.
13th of November 1841 EVENT James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnotism.
13th of November 1851 EVENT The Denny Party lands at Alki Point, the first settlers in what would become Seattle, Washington.
13th of November 1864 EVENT The new Constitution of Greece is adopted.
13th of November 1887 EVENT Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.
13th of November 1901 EVENT The 1901 Caister Lifeboat Disaster.
13th of November 1916 EVENT Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription.
13th of November 1918 EVENT Allied troops occupy Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire.
13th of November 1927 EVENT The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.
13th of November 1941 EVENT World War II: The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal is torpedoed by U 81, sinking the following day.
13th of November 1942 EVENT 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.
13th of November 1947 EVENT Russia completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles
13th of November 1950 EVENT General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas.
13th of November 1954 EVENT Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.
13th of November 1956 EVENT The United States Supreme Court declares Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
13th of November 1965 EVENT The SS Yarmouth Castle burns and sinks 60 miles off Nassau with the loss of 90 lives.
13th of November 1969 EVENT Vietnam War: Anti-war protesters in Washington, D.C. stage a symbolic March Against Death.
13th of November 1970 EVENT 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 century's worst natural disaster.
13th of November 1971 EVENT The American space probe, Mariner 9, becomes the first spacecraft to orbit another planet successfully, swinging into its planned trajectory around Mars.
13th of November 1982 EVENT Ray Mancini defeats Duk Koo Kim in a boxing match held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Kim's subsequent death (on November 17) leads to significant changes in the sport.
13th of November 1982 EVENT The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. after a march to its site by thousands of Vietnam War veterans.
13th of November 1985 EVENT Xavier Suarez is sworn in as Miami, Florida's first Cuban-born mayor.
13th of November 1985 EVENT The volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupts and melts a glacier, causing a lahar (volcanic mudslide) that buries Armero, Colombia, killing approximately 23,000 people.
13th of November 1988 EVENT Mulugeta Seraw, an Ethiopian law student in Portland, Oregon is beaten to death by members of the Neo-Nazi group East Side White Pride.
13th of November 1990 EVENT In Aramoana, New Zealand, David Gray shoots dead 13 people, in what becomes known as the Aramoana Massacre.
13th of November 1992 EVENT 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.
13th of November 1994 EVENT In a referendum voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union.
13th of November 1995 EVENT 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.
13th of November 2000 EVENT Philippine House Speaker Manuel B. Villar, Jr. passes the articles of impeachment against Philippine President Joseph Estrada.
13th of November 2001 EVENT 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.
13th of November 2002 EVENT Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq agrees to the terms of the UN Security Council Resolution 1441.
13th of November 2002 EVENT The oil tanker Prestige sinks off the Galician coast and causes a huge oil spill.
13th of November 2007 EVENT An explosion hits the south wing of the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Quezon City, killing four people, including Congressman Wahab Akbar, and wounding six.
13th of November 2010 EVENT Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao defeats American Antonio Margarito to become the first boxer ever to win championships in eight different weight classes.
13th of November 0354 BIRTHDAY Saint Augustine of Hippo, North African theologian (d. 430)
13th of November 0532 BIRTHDAY Augustine of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 604)
13th of November 1312 BIRTHDAY King Edward III of England (d. 1377)
13th of November 1486 BIRTHDAY Johann Eck, German theologian (d. 1543)
13th of November 1504 BIRTHDAY Philipp I of Hesse (d. 1567)
13th of November 1572 BIRTHDAY Cyril Lucaris, Greek theologian (d. 1638)
13th of November 1699 BIRTHDAY Jan Zach, Czech composer and musician (d. 1773)
13th of November 1710 BIRTHDAY Charles Simon Favart, French dramatist (d. 1792)
13th of November 1714 BIRTHDAY William Shenstone, English poet (d. 1763)
13th of November 1715 BIRTHDAY Dorothea Erxleben, German, first female medical doctor (d. 1762)
13th of November 1732 BIRTHDAY John Dickinson, American lawyer and Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania (d. 1808)
13th of November 1760 BIRTHDAY Jiaqing, Emperor of China (d. 1820)
13th of November 1761 BIRTHDAY John Moore, British general (d. 1809)
13th of November 1768 BIRTHDAY Bertel Thorvaldsen, Danish sculptor (d. 1844)
13th of November 1782 BIRTHDAY Esaias Tegner, Swedish writer, professor of Greek language, and bishop (d. 1846)
13th of November 1801 BIRTHDAY Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria, queen of Prussia (d. 1873)
13th of November 1801 BIRTHDAY Amalie Auguste of Bavaria, queen of Saxony (d. 1877)
13th of November 1809 BIRTHDAY John A. Dahlgren, American Navy admiral (d. 1870)
13th of November 1814 BIRTHDAY Joseph Hooker, American General (d. 1879)
13th of November 1826 BIRTHDAY Charles Frederick Worth, English-born couturier (d. 1895)
13th of November 1833 BIRTHDAY Edwin Booth, American actor (d. 1893)
13th of November 1837 BIRTHDAY James T. Rapier, American politician (d. 1883)
13th of November 1838 BIRTHDAY Joseph Fielding Smith, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (d. 1918)
13th of November 1841 BIRTHDAY Edward Burd Grubb, Jr., American Civil War Brevet Brigadier General (d. 1913)
13th of November 1848 BIRTHDAY Albert I, Prince of Monaco (d. 1922)
13th of November 1850 BIRTHDAY Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish writer (d. 1894)
13th of November 1853 BIRTHDAY John Drew Jr., American actor (d. 1927)
13th of November 1856 BIRTHDAY Louis Brandeis, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1941)
13th of November 1866 BIRTHDAY Abraham Flexner, American educator (d. 1959)
13th of November 1869 BIRTHDAY Helene Stocker, German feminist, pacifist and publicist (d. 1943)
13th of November 1869 BIRTHDAY Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian feminist (d. 1962)
13th of November 1872 BIRTHDAY Leon Leonwood Bean, American inventor, author, outdoor enthusiast, founder of L.L.Bean (d. 1967)
13th of November 1878 BIRTHDAY Max Dehn, German mathematician (d. 1952)
13th of November 1886 BIRTHDAY Mary Wigman, German dancer and choreographer (d. 1973)
13th of November 1894 BIRTHDAY Artur Nebe, German SS officer (d. 1945)
13th of November 1897 BIRTHDAY Gertrude Olmstead, American actress (d. 1975)
13th of November 1899 BIRTHDAY Iskander Mirza, First President of Pakistan (d. 1969)
13th of November 1899 BIRTHDAY Huang Xianfan, Chinese historian (d. 1982)
13th of November 1900 BIRTHDAY Edward Buzzell, American film director (d. 1985)
13th of November 1904 BIRTHDAY H. C. Potter, American film and theater director (d. 1977)
13th of November 1906 BIRTHDAY Eva Zeisel, American industrial designer
13th of November 1906 BIRTHDAY Hermione Baddeley, English actress (d. 1986)
13th of November 1907 BIRTHDAY Giovanna of Italy, tsaritsa of Bulgaria (d. 2000)
13th of November 1908 BIRTHDAY C. Vann Woodward, American historian (d. 1999)
13th of November 1910 BIRTHDAY Pat Reid, British Army officer and Colditz escapee (d. 1990)
13th of November 1910 BIRTHDAY William Bradford Huie, American writer and publisher (d. 1986)
13th of November 1911 BIRTHDAY Buck O'Neil, American baseball player (d. 2006)
13th of November 1913 BIRTHDAY Jack Dyer, Australian rules footballer (d. 2003)
13th of November 1913 BIRTHDAY Lon Nol, Cambodian politician (d. 1985)
13th of November 1913 BIRTHDAY Helen Mack, American actress (d. 1986)
13th of November 1913 BIRTHDAY Alexander Scourby, American actor (d. 1985)
13th of November 1914 BIRTHDAY Alberto Lattuada, Italian film director (d. 2005)
13th of November 1917 BIRTHDAY Vasantdada Patil, Indian politician (d. 1989)
13th of November 1917 BIRTHDAY Robert Sterling, American actor (d. 2006)
13th of November 1922 BIRTHDAY Jack Narz, American game show host (d. 2008)
13th of November 1922 BIRTHDAY Oskar Werner, Austrian actor (d. 1984)
13th of November 1924 BIRTHDAY Linda Christian, Mexican-born actress
13th of November 1924 BIRTHDAY Motoo Kimura, Japanese geneticist (d. 1994)
13th of November 1926 BIRTHDAY Harry Hughes, 57th Governor of Maryland
13th of November 1927 BIRTHDAY Billy Kluver, American scientist (d. 2004)
13th of November 1928 BIRTHDAY Steve Bilko, American baseball player (d. 1978)
13th of November 1929 BIRTHDAY Fred Phelps, American pastor
13th of November 1929 BIRTHDAY Asashio Taro III, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 46th Yokozuna (d. 1988)
13th of November 1931 BIRTHDAY Andree Lachapelle, French Canadian actress
13th of November 1932 BIRTHDAY Richard Mulligan, American actor (d. 2000)
13th of November 1934 BIRTHDAY Jimmy Fontana, Italian actor, composer and singer
13th of November 1934 BIRTHDAY Peter Arnett, New Zealand-born American journalist
13th of November 1934 BIRTHDAY Garry Marshall, American producer, director, writer, and actor
13th of November 1935 BIRTHDAY Tom Atkins, American actor
13th of November 1935 BIRTHDAY P. Susheela, Indian singer
13th of November 1935 BIRTHDAY George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury
13th of November 1938 BIRTHDAY Gerald Godin, French Canadian poet and politician (d. 1994)
13th of November 1938 BIRTHDAY Jean Seberg, American actress (d. 1979)
13th of November 1939 BIRTHDAY Karel Bruckner, Czech football manager
13th of November 1939 BIRTHDAY Idris Muhammad, American jazz drummer
13th of November 1940 BIRTHDAY Saul Kripke, American philosopher and logician
13th of November 1940 BIRTHDAY Daniel Pilon, Canadian actor
13th of November 1941 BIRTHDAY Eberhard Diepgen, German politician
13th of November 1941 BIRTHDAY Dack Rambo, American actor (d. 1994)
13th of November 1941 BIRTHDAY David Green, entrepreneur
13th of November 1941 BIRTHDAY Mel Stottlemyre, American baseball player and coach
13th of November 1942 BIRTHDAY John Hammond, American musician
13th of November 1943 BIRTHDAY Andre-Gilles Fortin, Canadian politician (d. 1977)
13th of November 1943 BIRTHDAY Roberto Boninsegna, Italian footballer
13th of November 1943 BIRTHDAY Jay Sigel, American golfer
13th of November 1944 BIRTHDAY Timmy Thomas, American musician
13th of November 1945 BIRTHDAY John B. Craig, American diplomat
13th of November 1945 BIRTHDAY Masahiro Hasemi, Japanese racing driver
13th of November 1947 BIRTHDAY Toy Caldwell, American guitarist (The Marshall Tucker Band) (d. 1993)
13th of November 1947 BIRTHDAY Gene Garber, American baseball player
13th of November 1947 BIRTHDAY Amory Lovins, American environmentalist and author
13th of November 1947 BIRTHDAY Joe Mantegna, American actor
13th of November 1948 BIRTHDAY Humayun Ahmed, Bangladeshi novelist and film-maker
13th of November 1949 BIRTHDAY Yoshimi Ishibashi, Japanese racing driver
13th of November 1949 BIRTHDAY Terry Reid, English singer
13th of November 1950 BIRTHDAY Mary Lou Metzger, American singer (The Lawrence Welk Show)
13th of November 1950 BIRTHDAY Gilbert Perreault, Canadian ice hockey player
13th of November 1951 BIRTHDAY Pini Gershon, Israeli basketball coach
13th of November 1952 BIRTHDAY Art Malik, Pakistani-born English actor
13th of November 1953 BIRTHDAY Frances Conroy, American actress
13th of November 1953 BIRTHDAY Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Mexican politician
13th of November 1953 BIRTHDAY Andrew Ranken, English musician (The Pogues)
13th of November 1953 BIRTHDAY Tracy Scoggins, American actress
13th of November 1954 BIRTHDAY Scott McNealy, American businessman
13th of November 1954 BIRTHDAY Chris Noth, American actor
13th of November 1955 BIRTHDAY Whoopi Goldberg, American actress, comedienne, and singer
13th of November 1956 BIRTHDAY Ginger Alden, American actress
13th of November 1957 BIRTHDAY Roger Ingram, American trumpeter, educator, and author
13th of November 1957 BIRTHDAY Stephen Baxter, English author
13th of November 1959 BIRTHDAY Caroline Goodall, English actress
13th of November 1960 BIRTHDAY Neil Flynn, American actor
13th of November 1960 BIRTHDAY Teodora Ungureanu, Romanian gymnast and Olympic medalist
13th of November 1963 BIRTHDAY Vinny Testaverde, American football player
13th of November 1964 BIRTHDAY Steve Wong Ka-Keung, Hong Kong musician (Beyond)
13th of November 1967 BIRTHDAY Juhi Chawla, Indian actress
13th of November 1967 BIRTHDAY Jimmy Kimmel, American comedian and talk-show host
13th of November 1967 BIRTHDAY Steve Zahn, American actor
13th of November 1968 BIRTHDAY Pat Hentgen, American baseball player
13th of November 1969 BIRTHDAY Lori Berenson, American criminal
13th of November 1969 BIRTHDAY Gerard Butler, Scottish actor
13th of November 1969 BIRTHDAY Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Dutch author
13th of November 1971 BIRTHDAY Buddy Zabala, Filipino bassist (Eraserheads)
13th of November 1971 BIRTHDAY Noah Hathaway, American actor
13th of November 1972 BIRTHDAY Takuya Kimura, Japanese singer and actor
13th of November 1973 BIRTHDAY Ari Hoenig, American jazz drummer
13th of November 1974 BIRTHDAY Joe Principe, American bassist, Rise Against
13th of November 1975 BIRTHDAY Tom Compernolle, Belgian athlete (d. 2008)
13th of November 1975 BIRTHDAY Alain Digbeu, French basketball player
13th of November 1975 BIRTHDAY Ivica Dragutinovic, Serbian footballer
13th of November 1975 BIRTHDAY Quim, Portuguese footballer
13th of November 1976 BIRTHDAY Hiroshi Tanahashi, Japanese professional wrestler
13th of November 1976 BIRTHDAY Kelly Sotherton, English heptathlete
13th of November 1977 BIRTHDAY Chanel Cole, Australian singer
13th of November 1977 BIRTHDAY Huang Xiaoming, Chinese actor and singer
13th of November 1978 BIRTHDAY Nikolai Fraiture, American bassist (The Strokes)
13th of November 1979 BIRTHDAY Ron Artest, American basketball player
13th of November 1979 BIRTHDAY Subliminal, Israeli rapper and producer
13th of November 1980 BIRTHDAY Francois-Louis Tremblay, Canadian speed skater
13th of November 1980 BIRTHDAY Monique Coleman, American actress
13th of November 1981 BIRTHDAY Mark Cardona, Filipino basketball player
13th of November 1981 BIRTHDAY Rivkah, American cartoonist
13th of November 1981 BIRTHDAY Shawn Yue, Hong Kong actor and singer
13th of November 1981 BIRTHDAY Ryan Bertin, American amateur wrestler
13th of November 1982 BIRTHDAY Kumi Koda, Japanese singer
13th of November 1982 BIRTHDAY Michael Copon, American actor and singer
13th of November 1982 BIRTHDAY Samkon Gado, Nigerian/American football player
13th of November 1984 BIRTHDAY Lucas Barrios, Paraguayan footballer
13th of November 1985 BIRTHDAY Asdrubal Cabrera, Venezuelan baseball player
13th of November 1987 BIRTHDAY Dana Vollmer, American swimmer
13th of November 1991 BIRTHDAY Devon Bostick, Canadian actor
13th of November 0867 DEATH Pope Nicholas I
13th of November 1004 DEATH Abbon of Fleury
13th of November 1093 DEATH King Malcolm III of Scotland (Born 1041)
13th of November 1143 DEATH King Fulk of Jerusalem
13th of November 1170 DEATH Albert I of Brandenburg
13th of November 1314 DEATH Albert II, Margrave of Meissen (Born 1240)
13th of November 1345 DEATH Constance of Penafiel, wife of Pedro I of Portugal (Born 1323)
13th of November 1359 DEATH Ivan II of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (Born 1326)
13th of November 1460 DEATH Prince Henry the Navigator, Portuguese patron of exploration (Born 1394)
13th of November 1606 DEATH Geronimo Mercuriali, Italian philologist and physician (Born 1530)
13th of November 1619 DEATH Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (Born 1555)
13th of November 1650 DEATH Thomas May, English poet and historian (Born 1595)
13th of November 1770 DEATH George Grenville, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Born 1712)
13th of November 1771 DEATH Konrad Ernst Ackermann, German actor (Born 1712)
13th of November 1777 DEATH William Bowyer (printer), English printer (Born 1699)
13th of November 1862 DEATH Ludwig Uhland, German poet (Born 1787)
13th of November 1867 DEATH Adolphe Napoleon Didron, French archaeologist (Born 1806)
13th of November 1868 DEATH Gioachino Rossini, Italian composer (Born 1792)
13th of November 1883 DEATH James Marion Sims, American physician (Born 1813)
13th of November 1903 DEATH Camille Pissarro, French painter (Born 1830)
13th of November 1929 DEATH Princess Viktoria of Prussia (Born 1866)
13th of November 1952 DEATH Margaret Wise Brown, American children's author (Born 1910)
13th of November 1954 DEATH Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German field marshal (Born 1881)
13th of November 1961 DEATH Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr., American diplomat (Born 1897)
13th of November 1963 DEATH Margaret Murray, English anthropologist and Egyptologist (Born 1863)
13th of November 1967 DEATH Harriet Cohen, English pianist (Born 1895)
13th of November 1973 DEATH Lila Lee, American actress (Born 1901)
13th of November 1973 DEATH Bruno Maderna, Italian/German conductor and composer (Born 1920)
13th of November 1974 DEATH Karen Silkwood, American activist (Born 1946)
13th of November 1974 DEATH Vittorio De Sica, Italian film director (Born 1901)
13th of November 1975 DEATH Olga Berggolts, Russian poet (Born 1910)
13th of November 1977 DEATH Ingrid Schubert, German terrorist (Born 1944)
13th of November 1979 DEATH Dimitris Psathas, Greek playwright (Born 1907)
13th of November 1982 DEATH Hugues Lapointe, Canadian politician (Born 1911)
13th of November 1983 DEATH Junior Samples, American comedian (Hee Haw) (Born 1926)
13th of November 1985 DEATH George Robert Vincent, American sound recording pioneer (Born 1898)
13th of November 1986 DEATH Thierry Le Luron, French humourist (Born 1952)
13th of November 1988 DEATH Antal Dorati, Hungarian conductor (Born 1906)
13th of November 1988 DEATH Jaromir Vejvoda, Czech composer (Born 1902)
13th of November 1989 DEATH Victor Davis, Canadian swimmer (Born 1964)
13th of November 1990 DEATH Stewart Graeme Guthrie, New Zealand Police officer (Born1948)
13th of November 1991 DEATH Paul-Emile Leger, cardinal archbishop of Montreal (Born 1904)
13th of November 1993 DEATH Carey Lloyd, American professional wrestler (Born 1933)
13th of November 1994 DEATH Motoo Kimura, Japanese geneticist (Born 1924)
13th of November 1996 DEATH Bill Doggett, American pianist and organist (Born 1916)
13th of November 1996 DEATH Swami Rama, Himalayan yoga master (Born 1925)
13th of November 1997 DEATH Andre Boucourechliev, French composer (Born 1925)
13th of November 1997 DEATH Dawud M. Mu'Min, American murderer (Born 1953)
13th of November 1998 DEATH Valerie Hobson, British actress (Born 1917)
13th of November 1998 DEATH Edwige Feuillere, French actress (Born 1907)
13th of November 1998 DEATH Michel Trudeau, Canadian outdoorsman, son of Pierre Trudeau (Born 1975)
13th of November 1998 DEATH Red Holzman, American basketball coach (Born 1920)
13th of November 1999 DEATH Donald Mills, American singer (Mills Brothers) (Born 1915)
13th of November 2001 DEATH Peggy Mount, English actress (Born 1915)
13th of November 2002 DEATH Juan Alberto Schiaffino, Uruguayan footballer (Born 1925)
13th of November 2002 DEATH Rishikesh Shaha, Nepalese politician and writer (Born 1925)
13th of November 2003 DEATH Kellie Waymire, American actress (Born 1967)
13th of November 2004 DEATH Ol' Dirty Bastard, American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan) (Born 1968)
13th of November 2004 DEATH John Balance, English musician and artist (Born 1962)
13th of November 2004 DEATH Thomas Foglietta, American politician (Born 1928)
13th of November 2005 DEATH Vine Deloria, Jr., Native American author, theologian, historian, and activist (Born 1933)
13th of November 2005 DEATH Eddie Guerrero, American/Mexican professional wrestler (Born 1967)
13th of November 2007 DEATH John Doherty, English footballer (Born 1935)
13th of November 2007 DEATH Wahab Akbar, Filipino politician and Congressman (Born 1960)
13th of November 2007 DEATH Kazuhisa Inao, Japanese baseball player (Born 1937)
13th of November 2007 DEATH Monty Westmore, American make-up artist (Born 1923)
13th of November 2008 DEATH Jules Archer, American historian (Born 1915)
13th of November 2010 DEATH Luis Garcia Berlanga, Spanish filmmaker (Born 1921)
13th of November 2010 DEATH Ken Iman, American football player (Born 1939)
13th of November 2010 DEATH Allan Sandage, American astronomer (Born 1926)