November 13th

Events

• 1775 - American Revolutionary War: Patriot revolutionary forces under Col. Ethan Allen capture Montreal from British General Guy Carleton.
• 1887 - Bloody Sunday clashes in central London
• 1909 - Ballinger-Pinchot scandal begins: Collier's magazine accuses US Secretary of the Interior Richard Ballinger of questionable dealings in Alaskan coal fields.
• 1940 - The animated feature-length film Fantasia is released.
• 1941 - World War II: The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal torpedoed by U 81, resulting in its sinking on November 14.
• 1942 - World War II: Battle of Guadalcanal - Aviators from the USS Enterprise sink the Japanese heavy cruiser BB- Hiei.
• 1961 - Vladimir Yefimovich Semichastniy succeeds Aleksandr Nikolayevich Shelepin as head of the KGB.
• 1969 - Vietnam War: Anti-war protesters in Washington, DC stage a symbolic "March Against Death."
• 1970 - A 100-mph tropical cyclone hits the densely populated Ganges Delta region of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh)s, killing an estimated 500,000 people (this is regarded as the 20th century's worst cyclone disaster).
• 1982 - A boxing match held at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada ends when Ray Mancini defeats Kim Duk Koo (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, causing a lahar (volcanic mudslide) that buries Armero, Colombia, killing approximately 23,000 people.
• 1990 - The first known web page is written. [1]
• 1994 - Voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union in a referendum.
• 2001 - Doha Round: The World Trade Organization ends a four-day ministerial conference in Doha, Qatar.
• 2001 - Symbionese Liberation Army member Kathleen Soliah (Sara Jane Olsen) withdraws her previous guilty plea.
• 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 any foreigners suspected of having 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.

Births

• 354 - Saint Augustine of Hippo, theologian (d. 430)
• 1312 - King Edward III of England (d. 1377)
• 1486 - Johann Eck, German theologian (d. 1543)
• 1715 - Dorothea Christiane Erxleben, Germany's first female physician (d. 1762)
• 1768 - Bertel Thorvaldsen, sculptor (d. 1844)
• 1792 - Edward Trelawny, English writer (d. 1881)
• 1826 - Charles Frederick Worth, couturier (d. 1895)
• 1833 - Edwin Booth, actor (d. 1893)
• 1848 - Albert I of Monaco (d. 1922)
• 1850 - Robert Louis Stevenson, writer (d. 1894)
• 1856 - Louis Brandeis, Justice of the United States Supreme Court (d. 1941)
• 1869 - Helene Stöcker, pacifist (d. 1943)
• 1886 - Mary Wigman, dancer, choreographer (d. 1973)
• 1922 - Oskar Werner, actor (d. 1984)
• 1916 - Jack Elam, American actor (d. 2003)
• 1922 - Jack Narz, game show host
• 1933 - Peter Härtling, writer and publisher
• 1934 - Garry Marshall, producer, director, writer, actor
• 1938 - Jean Seberg, actress (d. 1979)
• 1947 - Joe Mantegna, actor
• 1955 - Whoopi Goldberg, actress, comedienne, singer

Deaths

• 867 - St. Nicholas I, Pope
• 1093 - King Malcolm III of Scotland
• 1170 - Albert I of Brandenburg, "the Bear", margrave
• 1460 - Henry the Navigator, Portuguese prince and patron of African exploration
• 1868 - Gioacchino Rossini, composer
• 1939 - Lois Weber, director, actress, and screenwriter
• 1967 - Harriet Cohen, pianist
• 1974 - Vittorio De Sica, Italin film director
• 1974 - Karen Silkwood, union activist

Holidays and Observances

See also

November 12 - November 14 - October 13 - December 13 -- listing of all days

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