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What happened in history on this day: November 13?
On November 13 in ...
- 354 - Birth of Saint Augustine of Hippo Numidia, Algeria, convert/Christian philosopher.
- 867 - Saint Nicholas I (the Great) dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope (858-67).
- 1002 - English king Ethelred II launches massacre of Danish settlers.
- 1312 - Birth of Edward to King Edward II of England and Queen Isabella of France, at Windsor Csstle; king of England (1327-1377).
- 1460 - Henry the Navigator, prince of Portugal, dies at age 66.
- 1486 - Birth of Johann Eck (birth name Johann Maier) in Egg, Germany; Catholic priest, Doctor of Theology, professor of theology.
- 1504 - Birth of Philip, Landgraf of Hesse, in Marburg, Germany; leader of the Protestant princes against the Emperor, Karl V.
- 1553 - At Guildhall in London, England, the trial of Lady Jane Grey, Queen of England, is held; she is condemned for treason.
- 1775 - American Revolutionary forces capture Montreal.
- 1789 - George Washington, inaugurated as the first president of the United States in April, returns to Washington at the end of his first presidential tour.
- 1792 - Birth of Edward John Trelawney in England; traveler/author (Adventures of Younger Son).
- 1829 - Sam Patch loses his life in a 125-foot dive into Genesse Falls.
- 1831 - Birth of James Maxwell in Edinburgh, Scotland; physicist (Treatise on Electricity).
- 1833 - Birth of Edwin Thomas Booth; US Hall of Fame/actor (Hamlet).
- 1835 - In Belley, Dept. de l'Ain, France, a fireball from space sets fire to a barn.
- 1838 - Birth of Joseph F Smith; 6th President of Mormon church.
- 1839 - First US anti-slavery party, Liberty Party, convenes in New York.
- 1843 - Mount Rainier in Washington State erupts.
- 1848 - Birth of Albert I, Prince of Monaco (dies 1922).
- 1849 - Peter Burnett elected first governor of California.
- 1850 - Birth of Robert Louis Stevenson in Scotland; author (Treasure Island).
- 1854 - New Era ship sinks off New Jersey coast with loss of 300.
- 1854 - Birth of George Whitefield Chadwick in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA; composer (Judi Van Winke).
- 1856 - Birth of Louis D Brandeis in Massachusetts, USA; US Supreme Court Justice (1916-39).
- 1865 - PT Barnum's New American museum opens in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
- 1865 - US issues first gold certificates.
- 1868 - American Philological Association organizes in New York.
- 1868 - Gioacchino (Antonio) Rossini, composer (Barber of Seville), dies at age 76.
- 1875 - Harvard-Yale game is first college football contest with uniforms.
- 1875 - National Bowling Association organizes in New York City.
- 1882 - Birth of John Lowry in Mount Vernon, New York, USA; New York City builder (Radio City Music Hall).
- 1898 - Birth of Earl Sande; jockey (Hall of Famer).
- 1900 - Baltimore Orioles enter baseball's American League.
- 1906 - Birth of Conrad Thibault in Northbridge, Massachusetts, USA; singer (Jacques Fray Music Room).
- 1906 - Birth of Hermione Baddeley in England; actress (Camp Runamuck, Maude, Good Life).
- 1907 - French cyclist Paul Cornu flies a twin rotor helicopter.
- 1909 - 259 miners die in a fire at Saint Paul Mine at Cherry, Illinois, USA.
- 1915 - Birth of Howard Cooke in Jamaica; (1991 Mico Gold Medal Award).
- 1916 - Birth of Jack Elam in Miami, Arizona, USA; actor (The Dakotas, East Street, Rio Lobo).
- 1917 - Birth of Robert Sterling in Newcastle, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (George Kirby - Adventures of Topper).
- 1918 - Count Michael Károlyi of Hungary signs armistice.
- 1920 - Hungarian parliament ratifies peace treaty.
- 1921 - The Sheik movie starring Rudolph Valentino, is released to theaters.
- 1921 - US, France, Japan and British Empire sign a Pacific Treaty.
- 1922 - Birth of Jack Narz in Louisville, Kentucky, USA; TV gameshow host (Dotto, Video Village).
- 1922 - Birth of Madeleine Sherwood in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; actress (Mother Superior - The Flying Nun).
- 1922 - Birth of Oskar Werner; film actor/director (Shoes of the Fisherman, Das Ekel).
- 1923 - Birth of Linda Christian Tampico in Mexico; actress (Athena, VIPs, Battle Zone).
- 1927 - The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicular tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City, in the USA.
- 1930 - Birth of Fred Harris; American politician (Senator-Democrat-Oklahoma).
- 1932 - Birth of Olga Fikotova in Czechoslovakia; discus thrower (Olympic-gold-1956).
- 1932 - Birth of Richard Mulligan in Bronx, New York, USA; actor (Soap, Empty's Nest, Big Bus).
- 1933 - First modern sit-down strike, Hormel meat packers, Austin, Minnesota.
- 1933 - Birth of Adrienne Corri in Glasgow, Scotland; actress (River, Dr Zhivago).
- 1937 - NBC forms first full-sized symphony orchestra exclusively for radio.
- 1938 - Birth of Jean Seberg in Marshaltown, Iowa, USA; actress (Breathless, Paint Your Wagon).
- 1939 - Finnish delegates return to Helsinki from Moscow after negotiations failed to satisfy Soviet demands for moving the border 30-40 miles and the lease of the Hanko Peninsula for a naval base to protect the Gulf of Finland.
- 1940 - RKO Radio Pictures world premieres Disney's third animated feature film, Fantasia, at New York's Broadway Theater. The film introduces stereophonic sound to motion pictures via a special sound system called Fantasound. This is Mickey Mouse' feature film debut, in the segment The Sorcerer's Apprentice.
- 1941 - Birth of Dack Rambo in Delano, California, USA; actor (Guns of Will Sonnett, Dallas).
- 1941 - Birth of Mel Stottlemyre in Washington, USA; pitcher (New York Yankees)/pitching coach (New York Mets).
- 1941 - (1538 hours) In the Mediterranean, German submarine U-81 fires three torpedoes at British aircraft carrier Ark Royal. One hits the ship below the superstructure, cutting off all communication from the bridge. One crewman dies in the blast.
- 1942 - Birth of Beth Brickell in Camden, Arkansas, USA; actress (Gentle Ben).
- 1942 - Minimum draft age in the USA lowered from 21 to 18.
- 1942 - In North Africa, the British 8th Army takes Tobruk.
- 1943 - Birth of John Paul Hammond in New York City, New York, USA; blues singer ("So Many Roads").
- 1946 - First artificial snow produced from a natural cloud, Mount Greylock, Massachusetts.
- 1947 - Birth of Joe Mantegna in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (House of Games, Weeds).
- 1948 - Birth of Sheila Frazier in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Gloria - Lazarus Syndrome).
- 1949 - Birth of Terry Reid; guitarist (River, Bang Bang You're Terry Reid).
- 1949 - Birth of Whoopi Goldberg [Caryn Johnson] in New York City, New York, USA; actress (The Color Purple, Burglar).
- 1953 - Birth of Tracy Scoggins in Galveston, Texas, USA; actress (The Colbys, Gumshoe Kid).
- 1954 - Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.
- 1955 - First live US telecast from non-contiguous foreign country-Havana, Cuba.
- 1956 - US Supreme Court strikes down segregation of races on public buses.
- 1960 - Fire in movie theater kills 152 children (Amude, Spain).
- 1961 - Wally Brown, actor (Jed Fame - Cimarron City), dies at age 57.
- 1964 - Bob Petit (Saint Louis Hawks) becomes first NBA player to score 20,000 points.
- 1965 - Cruise ship Yarmouth Castle, on an overnight cruise from Miami, Florida, to the Bahamas, burns and sinks off Bahamas, killing 87 of 545 passengers and crew. A fire broke out in an unoccupied cabin used for storage, quickly destroying the bridge, radio room, and some lifeboats.
- 1965 - Brazil introduces new monetary unit, the cruzeiro novo.
- 1969 - US Vice President Spiro T Agnew accuses network TV news depths of bias and distortion.
- 1970 - Cyclone kills estimated 300,000 in Chittagong, Bangladesh.
- 1970 - Lieutenant General Hafez al-Assad becomes Prime Minister of Syria following military coup.
- 1970 - US Vice President Spiro Agnew calls TV executives "impudent snobs".
- 1971 - Birth of John Francis Zingg in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; rocker (4 Fun - "Unbelievable Fun Boys").
- 1971 - The American space probe Mariner 9 becomes the first spacecraft to orbit another planet, swinging into its planned trajectory around Mars without a hitch.
- 1972 - Birth of Shom-Rock; rocker (Young Nation).
- 1972 - Birth of T-Haxx; rocker (DYC).
- 1973 - Oakland Athletics' Reggie Jackson wins American League Most Valuable Player unanimously.
- 1974 - Karen Silkwood killed in a car crash under suspicious circumstances.
- 1977 - 25th New York Islanders' shut-out Resch 6-0 Gilles scores on 5th penalty shot.
- 1978 - NASA launches HEAO.
- 1979 - For the first time in major league history two players are named co-winners of National League MVP award as Saint Louis Cardinals' first baseman Keith Hernandez shares the honor with outfielder Pittsburgh Pirates' Willie Stargell.
- 1979 - Ronald Reagan in New York announces his candidacy for President.
- 1982 - Korean boxer Duk Koo Kim fatally injured when knocked out by Ray Mancini.
- 1982 - The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., after a march to its site by thousands of Vietnam War veterans.
- 1983 - The first United States cruise missiles arrive at Greenham Common Airbase in England amid protests from peace campaigners.
- 1983 - Death of "Alvin" Junior Samples at age 57 from a heart attack; country singer, comedian (Hee Haw TV show).
- 1985 - Dwight Gooden, youngest 20-game winner in Major League Baseball, wins Cy Young award.
- 1985 - Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupts, killing an estimated 23,000 people in Colombia.
- 1985 - Death of William Pereira, American architect (born 1909).
- 1985 - Death of George Robert Vincent, American sound recording pioneer (born 1898).
- 1986 - NASA launches space vehicle S-199.
- 1986 - US violates Iran arms boycott.
- 1989 - Hans Modrow becomes East German President.
- 1989 - Death of the Prince of Liechtenstein, Franz Josef, near Grabs, Switzerland. He ruled Liechtenstein from 1938-1989.
- 1989 - Death of Canadian champion swimmer Victor Davis. He held three world records, four Olympic medals, 29 national titles, and 16 medals from international competitions; member of the Order of Canada.
- 1990 - The World Wide Web begins, as the first known Web page is written.
- 1992 - Columbia releases the film Bram Stoker's Dracula to theaters.
- 1992 - Buena Vista releases the film Aladdin to theaters.
- 1994 - The first passengers travel through the Channel Tunnel between England and France.
- 1994 - A country-wide referendum is held to decide if Sweden should join the European Union. 52.2 percent vote yes, 46.9 percent vote no.
- 1996 - Death of Bill Doggett at age 80; pianist and organist ("Honky Tonk" (1956)).
- 1997 - Disney's The Lion King musical play opens at the New Amsterdam theater in New York.
- 1998 - In Southern Iran, a magnitude 5.4 earthquake occurs. Five people killed, 105 injured and at least 850 houses damaged by the earthquake and landslides.
- 1998 - The ball hit by Babe Ruth for his first home run hit in Yankee Stadium is sold at an auction for US126,500.
- 1998 - (to November 14) U.S. President Bill Clinton orders airstrikes on Iraq, then calls them off at the last minute when Iraq promises once again to "unconditionally" cooperate with UNSCOM.
- 1999 - Death of Donald Mills at age 84 of complications from pneumonia; singer (The Mills Brothers, 2,000 recordings, 50 million copies).
- 2001 - The World Trade Organization ends a four-day ministerial conference in Doha, Qatar.
- 2001 - In the first such act since World War II, U.S. President George W. Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against any foreigners suspected of having connections to terrorist acts or planned acts against the United States.
- 2001 - Konami releases the Metal Gear Solid 2 video game for the PlayStation 2 in the USA. 1.8 million copies are sold in the first two weeks.
- 2001 - NBC airs the 200th episode of the TV show Frasier.
- 2002 - Iraq agrees to the terms of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441.
- 2002 - The Greek-owned Prestige oil tanker breaks in two and sinks off the northwestern coast of Spain, dumping most of its cargo of 89 million litres of oil.
- 2004 - After six days of intense battles, the Iraqi town of Fallujah is fully occupied by U.S. forces.
- 2005 - Andrew Stimpson, a 25-year old British man, is reported as the first person proven to have been 'cured' of HIV.
- 2005 - Death of Eddie Guerrero, Mexican-American professional wrestler (born 1967).
- 2006 - Delmon Young is suspended for 50 games by the International League for throwing a bat which hit a replacement umpire in the chest.
- 2006 - The New York Mets stage a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction of the US$800 million 45,000-seat CitiField ballpark.
- 2006 - The BBWAA votes Jason Verlander of the Detroit Tigers as American League Rookie of the Year Award.
- 2007 - An explosion hits the south wing of the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Quezon City, north of Manila, killing four people, including Basilan Congressman Wahab Akbar, and wounding six others.
- 2007 - Parliamentary elections in Denmark. Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen's Center-right coalition wins a third term.
- 2009 - NASA scientists announce that last month's experiment to find water on the Moon was a major success, revealing ice and water vapor in the debris field of smashing a rocket into a crater.
- 2009 - Sony releases the film 2012 to theaters.
- 2010 - Myanmar opposition politician Aung San Suu Kyi is released from her house arrest in Yangon. She had been locked up since 1989.
- 2015 - Multiple terrorist attacks claimed by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Paris, France, result in 130 fatalities.
- 2017 - Death of David Poisson, French alpine skier (born 1982).
- 2017 - Death of Bobby Doerr, American baseball player and coach (born 1918).
- 2019 - In London, England, would-be thieves attempt to steal two Rembrandt paintings from the Dulwich Picture Gallery, but are stopped by police.
- 2019 - Death of Raymond Poulidor at age 83; French cyclist (189 victories over 18 years).
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