A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on November 13 throughout history.
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In a letter to Jean-Baptiste Le Roy, Benjamin Franklin writes "in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes"
First modern sit-down strike by Hormel meatpackers in Austin, Minnesota
US Supreme Court rules racial segregation on buses in Alabama unconstitutional
US spacecraft Voyager 1 sends back first close-up pictures of Saturn during its fly-by
Nevado del Ruiz, also known as La Mesa de Herveo (English: Mesa of Herveo, the name of the nearby town) is a volcano on the border of the departments of Caldas and Tolima in Colombia, being the...
Trial of Mexican drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán begins in New York, he is charged with drug trafficking, money laundering, and murder
Walt Disney's animated film "Fantasia," starring Leopold Stokowski, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Mickey Mouse, and ballet-dancing hippopotamuses, premieres at the Broadway Theatre, NYC
Eminem releases the single 'Lose Yourself' from the soundtrack of "8 Mile", the first rap song to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song
Kylie Ann Minogue is an Australian singer, songwriter, and actress. Frequently referred to as the "Princess of Pop", she has achieved recognition in both the music industry and the fashion world as a...
WBA lightweight champion Ray Mancini defeats South Korean challenger Duk Koo Kim by TKO in the 14th round in Las Vegas; Kim collapses, falls into a coma, and dies four days later; as a result, WBC shortens title bouts to 12 rounds; WBA and WBO follow in 1988, and IBF in 1989
King Louis VII of France weds Adele of Champagne
American writer E. B. White (30) weds literary editor Katharine Angell (37)
American actress and dancer Ginger Rogers (23) weds "All Quiet on the Western Front" actor Lew Ayres (25); divorce in 1940
American architect Frank Lloyd Wright (55) divorces socialite Catherine Tobin after 33 years of marriage
Kevin Darnell Hart is an American comedian and actor. The accolades he has received include the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor and nominations for two Grammy Awards and four Primetime Emmy...
Pope Nicholas I answers the envoys of Boris (Ad consulta vestra)
English king Ethelred II (the 'Unready') launches 'St Brice's Day' massacre of Danish settlers
Battle of Sheriffmuir during Jacobite rebellion. Battle inconclusive but Government forces halt advance of Jacobite army lead by Scottish Earl of Mar
The American Revolution (1765–1783) was a political movement in the Thirteen Colonies of Great Britain and the United States which the colonies founded.
British troops occupy Negapatam, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
1st US anti-slavery party, Liberty Party, convenes in NY
James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnosis
Peter Hardeman Burnett (November 15, 1807 – May 17, 1895) was an American politician, the first elected governor of California from December 20, 1849, to January 9, 1851.
1st meeting of anti-revolutionary "Netherlands & Orange"
"New Era" sinks off New Jersey coast with loss of 300
A letter is written by Reverend Mark R. Watkinson petitioning the Treasury Department to "recognize Almighty God" on American coins; the department eventually decides on the motto "In God We Trust"
The Second National Assembly of the Hellenes took place in Athens (1863–1864) and dealt both with the election of a new sovereign as well as with the drafting of a new Constitution, thereby...
Gold certificates were issued by the United States Treasury as a form of representative money from 1865 to 1933.
American Philological Association organized in NY
Harvard-Yale game is 1st college football contest with uniforms
The following is a list of riots and protests involving violent disorder that have occurred in London: 1189: The Massacre of the Jews at the coronation of Richard I 1196: William with the long beard...
Baltimore Orioles (now NY Yankees) enter baseball's American League
Caister Lifeboat Disaster claims lives of nine lifeboat men off the coast of Norfolk, England
C. W. Gregory out for 383 as NSW make 763 v Queensland, in record cricket innings by an Australian
French bicycle maker Paul Cornu flies the first twin-rotor helicopter, lifting 1.5 m (5 ft) off the ground for 20 seconds
The Cherry Mine disaster was a fire which occurred at the Cherry Mine, a coal mine outside Cherry, Illinois, on November 13, 1909.
The Battle of the Ancre (13–18 November 1916), was fought by the British Fifth Army (Lieutenant-General Hubert Gough), against the German 1st Army (General Fritz von Below).
Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (Friedrich Adolf Hermann Fürst zu Waldeck und Pyrmont; 20 January 1865 – 26 May 1946) was the last reigning Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont from 12 May 1893 to...
Hudson River freezes at Albany
US, France, Japan and British Empire sign a Pacific Treaty
Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) uprising in Bantam, West Java
The Holland Tunnel is a vehicular tunnel under the Hudson River that connects Hudson Square and Lower Manhattan in New York City in the east to Jersey City, New Jersey, in the west.
WA Drake's "Grand Hotel" premieres in NYC
Hattie Caraway (D-AK) appointed first US woman senator
The 1935-36 protests were a series of student led nationalist uprisings in Egypt. These demonstrations were against the ministry of Mohamed Tawfik Naseem Pasha as well as British colonial influence...
NBC forms the first full-sized symphony orchestra exclusively for radio
Frances Xavier Cabrini (Italian: Francesca Saverio [or Saveria] Cabrini; born Maria Francesca Cabrini; 15 July 1850 – 22 December 1917), also known as Mother Cabrini, was a prominent Italian-American...
Chaotic "sea battle of Friday the 13th" at Guadalcanal
Australian Services draw 1st Victory Test against India
Scientist Vincent Schaefer produces the first artificial snow by dropping pellets of dry ice from an airplane into a supercooled cloud over Mt. Greylock, Massachusetts
Carlos Román Delgado Chalbaud (20 January 1909 – 13 November 1950) was a Venezuelan military officer who served as president of Venezuela from 1948 to 1950 as leader of a military junta.
Janet Collins is the first 1st African-American dancer to appear at the Metropolitan Opera, in a production of Aida
KLBK TV channel 13 in Lubbock, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
Dentist Fred Slack invents false fingernails after cutting his nail at work and creating an artificial nail using dental acrylic resin and aluminum foil
1st live telecast from non-contiguous foreign country-Havana Cuba
NYC Mayor Robert Wagner announces plans to begin a new baseball league called the Continental League, to fill the void created by the city's Giants and Dodgers moving to the west coast
The Academy of St Martin in the Fields' first professional concert takes place in London
Fire in movie theater kills 152 children in Amude, Spain
Vladimir Yefimovich Semichastny succeeds Aleksandr Nikolayevich Shelepin as head of the KGB
Bob Petit (St Louis Hawks) becomes 1st NBAer to score 20,000 points
"Yarmouth Castle" burns and sinks off Bahamas, killing 89
Carl Stokes sworn-in as 1st major city black mayor (Cleveland, Ohio)
As a rookie, future Basketball Hall of Fame forward Elvin Hayes scores 54 points in San Diego Rockets' 122-120 win over Detroit Pistons, a career-high
Spiro Theodore Agnew (November 9, 1918 – September 17, 1996) was the 39th vice president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1973 under President Richard Nixon.
Mariner 9 (Mariner Mars '71 / Mariner-I) was a robotic spacecraft that contributed greatly to the exploration of Mars and was part of the NASA Mariner program.
25th Islander shut-out Resch 6-0 Gilles scores on 5th penalty shot
NASA launches HEAO 2
The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register, adopting its modern name on 1 January 1788.
Vietnam Veterans Memorial opens in Washington, D.C., featuring the names of over 58,000 US soldiers killed or missing in the Vietnam War
A comet is an icy, small Solar System body or interstellar object that warms and begins to release gases when passing close to the Sun, a process called outgassing.
Space Shuttle Challenger (OV-099) was a Space Shuttle orbiter manufactured by Rockwell International and operated by NASA.
1st condom commercial on British TV
In the New Zealand seaside town of Aramoana, David Gray shoots dead 13 people in the Aramoana massacre
Bomb destroys Dutch Labour party politician Aad Kosto's house in a failed assassination attempt, he survives and in a famous image finds and cuddles his cat
7.1 seaquake east of Kamchatka
Since the introduction of parliamentarism in Sweden, six national referendums have been held.
"Three Sisters" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC
"Lion King" opens at New Amersterdam Theater NYC
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
Equity research by Deutsche Bank states that Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines should not experience a recession, despite potential harm to economic growth from falling commodity prices and possible weaker exports
Germany's growth of 0.7% in the third quarter helps lead the Eurozone out of the recession after providing overall growth of 0.4% in the same period, with the whole European Union growing 0.2%, it is reported today
Powderfinger were an Australian rock band formed in Brisbane in 1989. From 1992 until their break-up in 2010, the line-up consisted of vocalist Bernard Fanning, guitarists Darren Middleton and Ian...
A demilitarized zone (DMZ or DZ) is an area in which treaties or agreements between states, military powers or contending groups forbid military installations, activities, or personnel.
Terror attacks in Paris at bars, restaurants, the national football stadium and Bataclan music venue leave 130 dead. Isis claim responsibility.
First Barbie doll to wear a hijab, modeled on Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad unveiled in New York
Amazon announces two new corporate outposts at Queens, New York and Arlington, Virginia
The COVID-19 pandemic in India is a part of the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 is caused by SARS-CoV-2.
Bombing on Istiklal Avenue, central Istanbul, Turkey, labelled a terrorist attack, killing six people and injuring 81 [1]
Joel Hans Embiid ( joh-EL em-BEED; born 16 March 1994) is a Cameroonian and American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Breakaway region Somaliland elects as its 6th president Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, succeeding current president Muse Bihi Abdi [1]
Bergkäserei Vorderfultigen, a Swiss Gruyère crafted by cheesemaker Pius Hitz, wins Cheese of the Year at the World Cheese Awards in Bern, Switzerland [1]
John Dickinson founding father of the united states, known for founding father of the united states, was born on 1732-11-13. John Dickinson (November 13, [O.S.
Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist and poet, known for scottish novelist and poet, was born on 1850-11-13.
Merrick Garland, American lawyer and jurist, known for american lawyer and jurist, was born on 1953-11-13.
Andrés Manuel López Obrador is born
Garry Marshall, American filmmaker, known for american filmmaker, was born on 1934-11-13.
Whoopi Goldberg, American actor, comedian, and television personality, known for american actor, comedian, and television personality, was born on 1956-11-13.
Jimmy Kimmel, American tv host and comedian, known for american tv host and comedian, was born on 1968-11-13. James Christian Kimmel is an American television host and comedian.
Steve Zahn, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1968-11-13. Steven James Zahn ( ZAHN; born November 13, 1967) is an American actor.
Gerard Butler, Scottish actor and film producer, known for scottish actor and film producer, was born on 1970-11-13. Gerard James Butler is a Scottish actor and film producer.
Julia Michaels, American musician, known for american singer and songwriter, was born on 1994-11-13. Julia Carin Michaels is an American singer and songwriter.
Earl Sande is born
Buck O'Neil athlete, known for american baseball player, was born on 1911-11-13. John Jordan "Buck" O'Neil Jr.
Gilbert Perreault, Canadian athlete, known for canadian ice hockey player, was born on 1951-11-13.
Lando Norris, British athlete, known for british racing driver, was born on 2000-11-13. Lando Norris is a British racing driver who competes in Formula One for McLaren.
Pope Nicholas I answers the envoys of Boris (Ad consulta vestra)
English king Ethelred II (the 'Unready') launches 'St Brice's Day' massacre of Danish settlers
King Louis VII of France weds Adele of Champagne
Battle of Sheriffmuir during Jacobite rebellion. Battle inconclusive but Government forces halt advance of Jacobite army lead by Scottish Earl of Mar
John Dickinson founding father of the united states, known for founding father of the united states, was born on 1732-11-13. John Dickinson (November 13, [O.S.
The American Revolution (1765–1783) was a political movement in the Thirteen Colonies of Great Britain and the United States which the colonies founded.
British troops occupy Negapatam, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
In a letter to Jean-Baptiste Le Roy, Benjamin Franklin writes "in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes"
1st US anti-slavery party, Liberty Party, convenes in NY
James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnosis
Peter Hardeman Burnett (November 15, 1807 – May 17, 1895) was an American politician, the first elected governor of California from December 20, 1849, to January 9, 1851.
Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist and poet, known for scottish novelist and poet, was born on 1850-11-13.
1st meeting of anti-revolutionary "Netherlands & Orange"
"New Era" sinks off New Jersey coast with loss of 300
A letter is written by Reverend Mark R. Watkinson petitioning the Treasury Department to "recognize Almighty God" on American coins; the department eventually decides on the motto "In God We Trust"
The Second National Assembly of the Hellenes took place in Athens (1863–1864) and dealt both with the election of a new sovereign as well as with the drafting of a new Constitution, thereby...
Gold certificates were issued by the United States Treasury as a form of representative money from 1865 to 1933.
American Philological Association organized in NY
Harvard-Yale game is 1st college football contest with uniforms
The following is a list of riots and protests involving violent disorder that have occurred in London: 1189: The Massacre of the Jews at the coronation of Richard I 1196: William with the long beard...
Earl Sande is born
Baltimore Orioles (now NY Yankees) enter baseball's American League
Caister Lifeboat Disaster claims lives of nine lifeboat men off the coast of Norfolk, England
C. W. Gregory out for 383 as NSW make 763 v Queensland, in record cricket innings by an Australian
French bicycle maker Paul Cornu flies the first twin-rotor helicopter, lifting 1.5 m (5 ft) off the ground for 20 seconds
The Cherry Mine disaster was a fire which occurred at the Cherry Mine, a coal mine outside Cherry, Illinois, on November 13, 1909.
Buck O'Neil athlete, known for american baseball player, was born on 1911-11-13. John Jordan "Buck" O'Neil Jr.
The Battle of the Ancre (13–18 November 1916), was fought by the British Fifth Army (Lieutenant-General Hubert Gough), against the German 1st Army (General Fritz von Below).
Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (Friedrich Adolf Hermann Fürst zu Waldeck und Pyrmont; 20 January 1865 – 26 May 1946) was the last reigning Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont from 12 May 1893 to...
Hudson River freezes at Albany
US, France, Japan and British Empire sign a Pacific Treaty
American architect Frank Lloyd Wright (55) divorces socialite Catherine Tobin after 33 years of marriage
Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) uprising in Bantam, West Java
The Holland Tunnel is a vehicular tunnel under the Hudson River that connects Hudson Square and Lower Manhattan in New York City in the east to Jersey City, New Jersey, in the west.
American writer E. B. White (30) weds literary editor Katharine Angell (37)
WA Drake's "Grand Hotel" premieres in NYC
Hattie Caraway (D-AK) appointed first US woman senator
First modern sit-down strike by Hormel meatpackers in Austin, Minnesota
American actress and dancer Ginger Rogers (23) weds "All Quiet on the Western Front" actor Lew Ayres (25); divorce in 1940
Garry Marshall, American filmmaker, known for american filmmaker, was born on 1934-11-13.
The 1935-36 protests were a series of student led nationalist uprisings in Egypt. These demonstrations were against the ministry of Mohamed Tawfik Naseem Pasha as well as British colonial influence...
NBC forms the first full-sized symphony orchestra exclusively for radio
Frances Xavier Cabrini (Italian: Francesca Saverio [or Saveria] Cabrini; born Maria Francesca Cabrini; 15 July 1850 – 22 December 1917), also known as Mother Cabrini, was a prominent Italian-American...
Walt Disney's animated film "Fantasia," starring Leopold Stokowski, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Mickey Mouse, and ballet-dancing hippopotamuses, premieres at the Broadway Theatre, NYC
Chaotic "sea battle of Friday the 13th" at Guadalcanal
Australian Services draw 1st Victory Test against India
Scientist Vincent Schaefer produces the first artificial snow by dropping pellets of dry ice from an airplane into a supercooled cloud over Mt. Greylock, Massachusetts
Carlos Román Delgado Chalbaud (20 January 1909 – 13 November 1950) was a Venezuelan military officer who served as president of Venezuela from 1948 to 1950 as leader of a military junta.
Janet Collins is the first 1st African-American dancer to appear at the Metropolitan Opera, in a production of Aida
Gilbert Perreault, Canadian athlete, known for canadian ice hockey player, was born on 1951-11-13.
KLBK TV channel 13 in Lubbock, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
Merrick Garland, American lawyer and jurist, known for american lawyer and jurist, was born on 1953-11-13.
Dentist Fred Slack invents false fingernails after cutting his nail at work and creating an artificial nail using dental acrylic resin and aluminum foil
Andrés Manuel López Obrador is born
1st live telecast from non-contiguous foreign country-Havana Cuba
US Supreme Court rules racial segregation on buses in Alabama unconstitutional
Whoopi Goldberg, American actor, comedian, and television personality, known for american actor, comedian, and television personality, was born on 1956-11-13.
NYC Mayor Robert Wagner announces plans to begin a new baseball league called the Continental League, to fill the void created by the city's Giants and Dodgers moving to the west coast
The Academy of St Martin in the Fields' first professional concert takes place in London
Fire in movie theater kills 152 children in Amude, Spain
Vladimir Yefimovich Semichastny succeeds Aleksandr Nikolayevich Shelepin as head of the KGB
Bob Petit (St Louis Hawks) becomes 1st NBAer to score 20,000 points
"Yarmouth Castle" burns and sinks off Bahamas, killing 89
Carl Stokes sworn-in as 1st major city black mayor (Cleveland, Ohio)
As a rookie, future Basketball Hall of Fame forward Elvin Hayes scores 54 points in San Diego Rockets' 122-120 win over Detroit Pistons, a career-high
Jimmy Kimmel, American tv host and comedian, known for american tv host and comedian, was born on 1968-11-13. James Christian Kimmel is an American television host and comedian.
Steve Zahn, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1968-11-13. Steven James Zahn ( ZAHN; born November 13, 1967) is an American actor.
Spiro Theodore Agnew (November 9, 1918 – September 17, 1996) was the 39th vice president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1973 under President Richard Nixon.
Gerard Butler, Scottish actor and film producer, known for scottish actor and film producer, was born on 1970-11-13. Gerard James Butler is a Scottish actor and film producer.
Mariner 9 (Mariner Mars '71 / Mariner-I) was a robotic spacecraft that contributed greatly to the exploration of Mars and was part of the NASA Mariner program.
25th Islander shut-out Resch 6-0 Gilles scores on 5th penalty shot
NASA launches HEAO 2
The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register, adopting its modern name on 1 January 1788.
US spacecraft Voyager 1 sends back first close-up pictures of Saturn during its fly-by
WBA lightweight champion Ray Mancini defeats South Korean challenger Duk Koo Kim by TKO in the 14th round in Las Vegas; Kim collapses, falls into a coma, and dies four days later; as a result, WBC shortens title bouts to 12 rounds; WBA and WBO follow in 1988, and IBF in 1989
Vietnam Veterans Memorial opens in Washington, D.C., featuring the names of over 58,000 US soldiers killed or missing in the Vietnam War
A comet is an icy, small Solar System body or interstellar object that warms and begins to release gases when passing close to the Sun, a process called outgassing.
Nevado del Ruiz, also known as La Mesa de Herveo (English: Mesa of Herveo, the name of the nearby town) is a volcano on the border of the departments of Caldas and Tolima in Colombia, being the...
Space Shuttle Challenger (OV-099) was a Space Shuttle orbiter manufactured by Rockwell International and operated by NASA.
1st condom commercial on British TV
In the New Zealand seaside town of Aramoana, David Gray shoots dead 13 people in the Aramoana massacre
Bomb destroys Dutch Labour party politician Aad Kosto's house in a failed assassination attempt, he survives and in a famous image finds and cuddles his cat
7.1 seaquake east of Kamchatka
Since the introduction of parliamentarism in Sweden, six national referendums have been held.
Julia Michaels, American musician, known for american singer and songwriter, was born on 1994-11-13. Julia Carin Michaels is an American singer and songwriter.
"Three Sisters" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC
"Lion King" opens at New Amersterdam Theater NYC
Lando Norris, British athlete, known for british racing driver, was born on 2000-11-13. Lando Norris is a British racing driver who competes in Formula One for McLaren.
Eminem releases the single 'Lose Yourself' from the soundtrack of "8 Mile", the first rap song to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song
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
Equity research by Deutsche Bank states that Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines should not experience a recession, despite potential harm to economic growth from falling commodity prices and possible weaker exports
Germany's growth of 0.7% in the third quarter helps lead the Eurozone out of the recession after providing overall growth of 0.4% in the same period, with the whole European Union growing 0.2%, it is reported today
Powderfinger were an Australian rock band formed in Brisbane in 1989. From 1992 until their break-up in 2010, the line-up consisted of vocalist Bernard Fanning, guitarists Darren Middleton and Ian...
Kevin Darnell Hart is an American comedian and actor. The accolades he has received include the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor and nominations for two Grammy Awards and four Primetime Emmy...
A demilitarized zone (DMZ or DZ) is an area in which treaties or agreements between states, military powers or contending groups forbid military installations, activities, or personnel.
Terror attacks in Paris at bars, restaurants, the national football stadium and Bataclan music venue leave 130 dead. Isis claim responsibility.
First Barbie doll to wear a hijab, modeled on Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad unveiled in New York
Trial of Mexican drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán begins in New York, he is charged with drug trafficking, money laundering, and murder
Amazon announces two new corporate outposts at Queens, New York and Arlington, Virginia
Kylie Ann Minogue is an Australian singer, songwriter, and actress. Frequently referred to as the "Princess of Pop", she has achieved recognition in both the music industry and the fashion world as a...
The COVID-19 pandemic in India is a part of the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 is caused by SARS-CoV-2.
Bombing on Istiklal Avenue, central Istanbul, Turkey, labelled a terrorist attack, killing six people and injuring 81 [1]
Joel Hans Embiid ( joh-EL em-BEED; born 16 March 1994) is a Cameroonian and American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Breakaway region Somaliland elects as its 6th president Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, succeeding current president Muse Bihi Abdi [1]
Bergkäserei Vorderfultigen, a Swiss Gruyère crafted by cheesemaker Pius Hitz, wins Cheese of the Year at the World Cheese Awards in Bern, Switzerland [1]