November 13

November 13 is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 48 days remaining.

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Holidays and Observances
5 See also

Events

1775 - American Revolutionary War: Patriot revolutionary forces under Col. Ethan Allen capture Montreal from British General Guy Carleton.
1909 - Ballinger-Pinchot scandal begins: Colliers 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 St�cker, 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 H�rtling, 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