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This day in history: 13 November

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Key facts

358 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 13 November.
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2022: A mass stabbing occurs in Moscow, Idaho in which four University of Idaho students are killed in off-campus housing.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Agostina Livia Pietrantoni

Christian feast day: Brice of Tours

Christian feast day: Charles Simeon (Church of England)

Christian feast day: Didacus (Diego) of Alcalá

Christian feast day: Eugenius II of Toledo

Christian feast day: Frances Xavier Cabrini

Christian feast day: Homobonus

Christian feast day: John Chrysostom (Eastern Orthodox, Repose)

Christian feast day: Quintian of Rodez

Christian feast day: Saints of the Benedictine family

Christian feast day: Saints of the Premonstratensian Order

Christian feast day: Stanislaus Kostka

Events

2022A mass stabbing occurs in Moscow, Idaho in which four University of Idaho students are killed in off-campus housing.

2015Islamic State operatives carry out a series of coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris, including suicide bombings, mass shootings and a hostage crisis. The terrorists kill 130 people, making it the deadliest attack in France since the Secon

2012A total solar eclipse occurs in parts of Australia and the South Pacific.

2002Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq agrees to the terms of the UN Security Council Resolution 1441.

2001War on terror: 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.

2000Philippine House Speaker Manny Villar passes the articles of impeachment against Philippine President Joseph Estrada.

1996As part of the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) project, Joel Armengaud discovers the project's first Mersenne prime number,

1995Mozambique becomes the first state to join the Commonwealth of Nations without having been part of the former British Empire.

1995Nigeria Airways Flight 357 crashes at Kaduna International Airport in Kaduna, Nigeria, killing 11 people and injuring 66.

1994In a referendum, voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union.

1993China Northern Airlines Flight 6901 crashes on approach to Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport in Ürümqi, China, killing 12 people.

1992The High Court of Australia rules in Dietrich v The Queen that although there is no absolute right to have publicly funded counsel, in most circumstances a judge should grant any request for an adjournment or stay when an accused is unrepre

1991The Republic of Karelia, an autonomous republic of Russia, is formed from the former Karelian ASSR.

1990In Aramoana, New Zealand, David Gray shoots dead 13 people in a massacre before being tracked down and killed by police the next day.

1989Hans-Adam II, the present Prince of Liechtenstein, begins his reign on the death of his father.

1985The volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupts and melts a glacier, causing a lahar (volcanic mudslide) that buries Armero, Colombia, killing approximately 23,000 people.

1985Xavier Suárez is sworn in as Miami's first Cuban-born mayor.

1982Ray Mancini defeats Duk Koo Kim in a boxing match held in Las Vegas. Kim's subsequent death (on November 18) leads to significant changes in the sport.

1982The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. after a march to its site by thousands of Vietnam War veterans.

1970Bhola cyclone: A 240 km/h (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.

1969Vietnam War: Anti-war protesters in Washington, D.C. stage a symbolic March Against Death.

1967The first of its many UFO sightings is made at Pudasjärvi, Finland.

1966All Nippon Airways Flight 533 crashes into the Seto Inland Sea near Matsuyama Airport in Japan, killing 50 people.

1966In response to Fatah raids against Israelis near the West Bank border, Israel launches an attack on the village of As-Samu.

1965The SS Yarmouth Castle catches fire and sinks, killing 87.

1956The Supreme Court of the United States affirmed a lower court ruling that invalidated Alabama laws requiring segregated buses, thus ending the Montgomery bus boycott.

1954Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.

1950General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas.

1947The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.

1945FC Dynamo Moscow open their exhibition tour of the United Kingdom with a 3–3 draw against Chelsea, breaking the record attendance for a British club football match.

1942World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal: U.S. and Japanese ships engage in an intense, close-quarters surface naval engagement during the Guadalcanal campaign.

1940Walt Disney's animated musical film Fantasia is first released at New York's Broadway Theatre, on the first night of a roadshow.

1927The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.

1922The United States Supreme Court upholds mandatory vaccinations for public school students in Zucht v. King.

1918World War I: Allied troops occupy Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire.

1917World War I: beginning of the First Battle of Monte Grappa (in Italy known as the "First Battle of the Piave"). The Austro-Hungarian Armed Forces, despite help from the German Alpenkorps and numerical superiority, will fail their offensive

1916World War I: Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription.

1914Zaian War: Berber tribesmen inflict the heaviest defeat of French forces in Morocco at the Battle of El Herri.

1901The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster occurs, killing 9 of the 12 crew members.

189313 November stabbing is committed by Léon Léauthier during the Ère des attentats. This is an influential event in the birth of modern terrorism.

Born on this day

2002Emma Raducanu, British tennis player

2002Giovanni Reyna, American soccer player

2000Sydney Agudong, American actress and singer

1999Brett Baty, American baseball player

1999Lando Norris, British-Belgian race car driver

1995Lucy Fallon, English actress

1995Oliver Stummvoll, Austrian model

1993Julia Michaels, American singer and songwriter

1992Grégory Hofmann, Swiss ice hockey player

1992Shabazz Muhammad, American basketball player

1991Matt Bennett, American actor

1990Brenden Dillon, Canadian ice hockey player

1987Dana Vollmer, American swimmer

1987Hatsune Matsushima, Japanese model and actress

1986Kevin Bridges, Scottish comedian and actor

1986Wade Miley, American baseball player

1985Asdrúbal Cabrera, Venezuelan baseball player

1984Kurt Morath, Tongan rugby player

1984Lucas Barrios, Paraguayan footballer

1983Kalle Kriit, Estonian cyclist

1983Maleli Kunavore, Fijian rugby player (died 2012)

1982Kumi Koda, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress

1982Michael Copon, American actor, singer, and producer

1982Samkon Gado, Nigerian-American football player

1981Rivkah, American author and illustrator

1981Ryan Bertin, American wrestler and coach

1980François-Louis Tremblay, Canadian speed skater

1980Juraj Kolník, Slovak ice hockey player

1980Monique Coleman, American actress, singer, and dancer

1980Sara Del Rey, American wrestler and trainer

1979Kick, Japanese comedian and screenwriter

1979Subliminal, Israeli rapper and producer

1978Nikolai Fraiture, American bass player

1977Huang Xiaoming, Chinese actor and singer

1977Zulfiqer Russell, Bangladeshi journalist and lyricist

1976Hiroshi Tanahashi, Japanese wrestler

1976Janine Leal, Venezuelan nutritionist, television presenter and model.

1976Kelly Sotherton, English sprinter and long jumper

1975Aisha Hinds, American actress

1975Alain Digbeu, French basketball player

Died on this day

2025Juan Ponce Enrile, Filipino politician and lawyer (born 1924)

2024Daim Zainuddin, Malaysian politician (born 1938)

2024Shel Talmy, American record producer, songwriter and arranger (born 1937)

2024Shuntarō Tanikawa, Japanese poet and translator (born 1931)

2024Theodore Olson, American lawyer (born 1940)

2020Peter Sutcliffe, English serial killer (born 1946)

2017Bobby Doerr, American baseball player and manager (born 1918)

2016Leon Russell, American singer-songwriter (born 1942)

2014Alexander Grothendieck, German-French mathematician and theorist (born 1928)

2014Alvin Dark, American baseball player and manager (born 1922)

2014Kakha Bendukidze, Georgian economist and politician, Georgian Minister of Economy (born 1956)

2014María José Alvarado, Honduran model, Señorita Honduras 2014 (born 1995)

2013Chieko Aioi, Japanese actress and voice actress (born 1934)

2013Hans-Jürgen Heise, German author and poet (born 1930)

2012Erazm Ciołek, Polish photographer and author (born 1937)

2012John Sheridan, English rugby player and coach (born 1933)

2012Manuel Peña Escontrela, Spanish footballer (born 1965)

2010Allan Sandage, American astronomer and cosmologist (born 1926)

2010Luis García Berlanga, Spanish director and screenwriter (born 1921)

2007John Doherty, English footballer and manager (born 1935)

2007Kazuhisa Inao, Japanese baseball player and manager (born 1937)

2007Wahab Akbar, Filipino lawyer and politician (born 1960)

2005Eddie Guerrero, American wrestler (born 1967)

2005Vine Deloria, Jr., American historian, theologian, and author (born 1933)

2004John Balance, English singer-songwriter (born 1962)

2004Ol' Dirty Bastard, American rapper and producer (born 1968)

2004Thomas M. Foglietta, American lawyer and politician, United States Ambassador to Italy (born 1928)

2002Juan Alberto Schiaffino, Uruguayan footballer and manager (born 1925)

2002Rishikesh Shaha, Nepalese academic and politician (born 1925)

2001Cornelius Warmerdam, American pole vaulter (born 1915)

Quote of the day

“Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now take what is left and live it properly.”

Marcus Aurelius

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