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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.
Events
1002 - English king Ethelred orders the killing of all Danes in England , known today as the St. Brice's Day massacre .1160 - Marriage of Louis VII of France with Adele of Champagne .1642 - At the Battle of Turnham Green of the First English Civil War the Royalist forces withdraw in face of the Parliamentarian army and fail to take London .1775 - American Revolutionary War : Patriot revolutionary forces under Col. Ethan Allen attack Montreal, Quebec defended by British General Guy Carleton .1841 - James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism , which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnosis 1851 - The Denny Party lands at Alki Point , the first settlers of 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 .1909 - Collier's magazine Secretary of the Interior Richard Ballinger of questionable dealings in Alaskan coal fields.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 vehicular 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 next 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 .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 - United States Supreme Court declares Alabama and Montgomery, Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal; thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott .1961 - Vladimir Yefimovich Semichastny succeeds Aleksandr Nikolayevich Shelepin as head of the KGB .1965 - The SS Yarmouth Castle burns and sinks 60 miles off Nassau with the loss of 90 lives.1969 - Vietnam War : Anti-war protesters in Washington, DC 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 century 's worst natural disaster.1971 - The American space probe, Mariner 9 , becomes the first spacecraft to orbit another planet successfully, swinging into its planned trajectory around Mars .1982 - A boxing match held in Las Vegas, Nevada ends when Ray Mancini defeats Duk Koo Kim . Kim's death on November 17 led 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, Florida 's first Cuban-born mayor.
1990 - The World Wide Web first began.1990 - In Aramoana , New Zealand , Resident David Gray shot dead 13 people, in what became known as the Aramoana Massacre .
1994 - Voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union in a referendum .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.2001 - Doha Round : The World Trade Organization ends a four-day ministerial conference in Doha, Qatar .2000 - Philippine House Speaker Manuel B. Villar, Jr. 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 Galician coast and causes a huge oil spill .
2007 - 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.
Births
354 - Saint Augustine of Hippo , North African theologian (d. 430 )1312 - King Edward III of England (d. 1377 )1486 - Johann Eck , German theologian (d. 1543 )1504 - Philipp I of Hesse (d. 1567 )1572 - Cyril Lucaris , Greek theologian (d. 1638 )1699 - Jan Zach , Czech composer and musician (d. 1773 )1710 - Charles Simon Favart , French dramatist (d. 1792 )1714 - William Shenstone , English poet (d. 1763 )1715 - Dorothea Erxleben , German, first female medical doctor (d.1762 )1732 - John Dickinson , American lawyer and Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania (d. 1808 )1760 - Jiaqing , Emperor of China (d. 1820 )1761 - John Moore , British general (d. 1809 )1768 - Bertel Thorvaldsen , Danish sculptor (d. 1844 )1782 - Esaias Tegnér , Swedish writer (d. 1846 )1801 - Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria , queen of Prussia (d. 1873 )1801 - Amalie Auguste of Bavaria , queen of Saxony (d. 1877 )1814 - Joseph Hooker , American General (d. 1879 )1826 - Charles Frederick Worth , English-born couturier (d. 1895 )1833 - Edwin Booth , American actor (d. 1893 )1837 - James T. Rapier , American politician (d. 1883 )1838 - Joseph Fielding Smith , president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , (d. 1918 )1841 - Edward Burd Grubb , American Civil War Brevet Brigadier General (d. 1913 )1848 - Albert I, Prince of Monaco (d. 1922 )1850 - Robert Louis Stevenson , Scottish writer (d. 1894 )1853 - John Drew Jr. , American actor (d. 1927 )1856 - Louis Brandeis , U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1941 )1866 - Abraham Flexner , American educator (d. 1959 )1869 - Helene Stöcker , German feminist, pacifist and publicist (d. 1943 )1869 - Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams , Russian feminist (d. 1962 )
1878 - Max Dehn , German mathematician (d. 1952 )1886 - Mary Wigman , German dancer and choreographer (d. 1973 )1894 - Artur Nebe , German SS officer {d. 1945 )1897 - Gertrude Olmstead , American actress (d. 1975 )1899 - Iskander Mirza , First President of Pakistan (d. 1969 )1900 - Edward Buzzell , American film director (d. 1985 )1904 - H. C. Potter , American film and theater director (d. 1977 )1906 - Hermione Baddeley , English actress (d. 1986 )1906 - Eva Zeisel , American industrial designer
1907 - Giovanna of Italy , tsaritsa of Bulgaria (d. 2000 )1908 - C. Vann Woodward , American historian (d. 1999 )1910 - William Bradford Huie , American writer and publisher (d. 1986 )1911 - Buck O'Neil , American baseball player (d. 2006 )1913 - Jack Dyer , Australian rules footballer (d. 2003 )1913 - Lon Nol , Cambodian politician (d. 1985 )
1913 - Helen Mack , American actress (d. 1986 )
1913 - Alexander Scourby , American actor (d. 1985 )
1914 - Alberto Lattuada , Italian film director (d. 2005 )1917 - Robert Sterling , American actor (d. 2006 )1918 - Jack Elam , American actor (d. 2003 )1922 - Jack Narz , American game show host1922 - Oskar Werner , Austrian actor (d. 1984 )
1924 - Linda Christian , Mexican-born actress1924 - Motoo Kimura , Japanese geneticist (d. 1994 )
1926 - Harry Hughes , 57th Governor of Maryland 1927 - Billy Klüver , American scientist (d. 2004 )1928 - Steve Bilko , American baseball player (d. 1978 )1929 - Fred Phelps , American pastor1931 - Andrée Lachapelle , French Canadian actress1932 - Richard Mulligan , American actor (d. 2000 )1933 - Adrienne Corri , Scottish actress1934 - Peter Arnett , New Zealand-born American journalist1934 - Jimmy Fontana , Italian actor, composer and singer
1934 - Alberto Lattuada , Italian film director (d. 2005 )
1934 - Garry Marshall , American producer, director, writer, and actor
1935 - Tom Atkins , American actor1935 - George Carey , Archbishop of Canterbury
1938 - Gérald Godin , French Canadian poet and politician (d. 1994 )1938 - Jean Seberg , American actress (d. 1979 )
1939 - Karel Brückner , Czech football manager1939 - Idris Muhammad , American jazz drummer
1940 - Daniel Pilon , Canadian actor1941 - Eberhard Diepgen , German politician1941 - Dack Rambo , American actor (d. 1994 )
1941 - Mel Stottlemyre , American baseball player and coach
1942 - John Hammond , American musician1943 - André-Gilles Fortin , Canadian politician (d. 1977 )1943 - Roberto Boninsegna , Italian footballer
1943 - Jay Sigel , American golfer
1944 - Timmy Thomas , American musician1945 - John B. Craig , American diplomat1945 - Masahiro Hasemi , Japanese racing driver
1947 - Toy Caldwell , American guitarist (The Marshall Tucker Band ) (d. 1993 )1947 - Gene Garber , American baseball player
1947 - Joe Mantegna , American actor
1948 - Humayun Ahmed , Bangladeshi novelist and film-maker
1949 - Yoshimi Ishibashi , Japanese racing driver1949 - Terry Reid , English singer
1950 - Mary Lou Metzger , American singer (The Lawrence Welk Show 1950 - Gilbert Perreault , Canadian ice hockey player
1952 - Art Malik , Pakistani-born English actor1953 - Frances Conroy , American actress1953 - Andrés Manuel López Obrador , Mexican politician
1953 - Andrew Ranken , English musician (The Pogues )
1953 - Tracy Scoggins , American actress
1953 - Waswo_X._Waswo , American Photographer
1954 - Scott McNealy , American CEO of Sun Microsystems 1954 - Chris Noth , American actor
1955 - Whoopi Goldberg , American actress, comedian, and singer1956 - Ginger Alden , American actress1957 - Stephen Baxter , English author1960 - Neil Flynn , American actor1963 - Vinny Testaverde , American football player1964 - Steve Wong Ka-Keung , Hong Kong musician Beyond 1967 - Juhi Chawla , Indian actress1967 - Jimmy Kimmel , American comedian and talk-show host
1967 - Steve Zahn , American actor
1968 - Pat Hentgen , American baseball player1969 - Lori Berenson , American criminal1969 - Gerard Butler , Scottish actor
1969 - Ayaan Hirsi Ali , Dutch author
1971 - Noah Hathaway , American actor1972 - Takuya Kimura , Japanese singer and actor1973 - Ari Hoenig , American jazz drummer1975 - Tom Compernolle , Belgian athlete (d. 2008 )1975 - Alain Digbeu , French basketball player
1975 - Ivica Dragutinović , Serbian footballer
1975 - Quim , Portuguese footballer
1976 - Hiroshi Tanahashi , Japanese professional wrestler1976 - Kelly Sotherton , English heptathlete
1977 - Chanel Cole , Australian singer1977 - Huang Xiaoming , Chinese actor and singer
1978 - Nikolai Fraiture , American bassist (The Strokes )1979 - Ron Artest , American basketball player1979 - Subliminal , Israeli rapper and producer
1980 - Monique Coleman , American actress1980 - François-Louis Tremblay , Canadian short track speed skater
1981 - Mark Cardona , Filipino basketball player1981 - Rivkah , American comic book writer and artist
1981 - Shawn Yue , Hong Kong actor and singer
1982 - Samkon Gado , American football player1982 - Koda Kumi , Japanese singer
1982 - Michael Copon , American actor and singer
1985 - Asdrúbal Cabrera , Venezuelan baseball player1990 - Jibbs , American rapper1995 - Stella Hudgens , American actress1997 - Brent Kinsman , American actor1997 - Shane Kinsman , American actor
Deaths
867 - Pope Nicholas I 1004 - Abbon of Fleury 1093 - King Malcolm III of Scotland (b. 1031 )1143 - King Fulk of Jerusalem 1170 - Albert I of Brandenburg 1314 - Albert II, Margrave of Meissen 1345 - Constance of Penafiel , wife of Pedro I of Portugal (b. 1323 )1359 - Ivan II of Russia , Grand Prince of Moscow (b. 1326 )1460 - Prince Henry the Navigator , Portuguese patron of exploration (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 )1770 - George Grenville , Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1712 )1771 - Konrad Ernst Ackermann , German actor (b. 1712 )1862 - Ludwig Uhland , German poet (b. 1787 )1867 - Adolphe Napoleon Didron , French archaeologist (b. 1806 )1868 - Gioacchino Rossini , Italian composer (b. 1792 )1903 - Camille Pissarro , French painter (b. 1830 )1952 - Margaret Wise Brown , American children's author (b. 1910 )1954 - Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist , German field marshal (b. 1881 )1961 - Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr. , American diplomat (b. 1897 )1963 - Margaret Murray , English anthropologist and Egyptologist (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 film director (b. 1901 )1974 - Karen Silkwood , American activist (b. 1946 )
1975 - Olga Berggolts , Russian poet (b. 1910 )1977 - Ingrid Schubert , German terrorist (b. 1944 )1979 - Dimitris Psathas , Greek playwright (b. 1907 )1982 - Hugues Lapointe , Canadian politician, lieutenant governor of Quebec (b. 1911 )1983 - Junior Samples , American comedian (Hee Haw 1926 )1985 - George Robert Vincent , American sound recording pioneer (b. 1898 )1986 - Thierry Le Luron , French humourist (b. 1952 )1988 - Antal Dorati , Hungarian conductor (b. 1906 )1988 - Jaromír Vejvoda , Czech composer (b. 1902 )
1989 - Victor Davis , Canadian swimmer (b. 1964 )1991 - Paul-Émile Cardinal Léger , archbishop of Montreal (b. 1904 )1993 - Carey Lloyd (Rufus R. Jones) , American professional wrestler (b. 1933 )1994 - Motoo Kimura , Japanese geneticist (b. 1924 )1996 - Bill Doggett , American pianist and organist (b. 1916 )1996 - Swami Rama , Himalayan yoga master (b. 1925 )
1997 - André Boucourechliev , French composer (b. 1925 )1997 - Dawud M. Mu'Min , American murderer (b. 1953 )
1998 - Edwige Feuillère , French actress (b. 1907 )1998 - Valerie Hobson , British actress (b. 1917 )
1998 - Red Holzman , American basketball coach (b. 1920 )
1998 - Michel Trudeau , Canadian outdoorsman, son of Pierre Trudeau (b. 1975 )
1999 - Donald Mills , American singer (Mills Brothers ) (b. 1915 )2001 - Peggy Mount , English actress (b. 1915 )2002 - Rishikesh Shaha , Nepalese politician and writer (b. 1925 )2003 - Kellie Waymire , American actress (b. 1967 )2004 - John Balance , English musician and artist (b. 1962 )2004 - Thomas Foglietta , American politician (b. 1928 )
2004 - Ol' Dirty Bastard , American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan ) (b. 1968 )
2005 - Eddie Guerrero , American/Mexican professional wrestler (b. 1967 )2005 - Vine Deloria, Jr. , Native American author, theologian, historian, and activist (b. 1933 )
2007 - Wahab Akbar , Filipino politician and Congressman (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 )
Holidays and observances
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