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November 13th


- Christian Feast Day:
- Earliest day on which National Day of Mourning or Volkstrauertag can fall, observed two Sundays before the first of Advent. (Germany)
- Feast of Feronia, celebrated on the Ides of November (Roman Empire)
- World Kindness Day

November 13th


- 2007 - 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.
- 2005 - Andrew Stimpson, a 25-year old British man, is reported as the first person proven to have been "cured" of HIV
- 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.
- 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 foreigners suspected of connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States.
- 2000 - Philippine House Speaker Manuel B. Villar, Jr. passes the articles of impeachment against Philippine President Joseph Estrada.
- 1995 - A truck-bomb explodes outside of a US-operated Saudi Arabian National Guard training center in Riyadh, killing five Americans and two Indians. A group called the Islamic Movement for Change claims responsibility.
- 1994 - In a referendum voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union.
- 1992 - The 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 unrepresented.
- 1990 - In Aramoana, New Zealand, David Gray shoots dead 13 people, in what becomes known as the Aramoana Massacre.
- 1988 - Mulugeta Seraw, an Ethiopian law student in Portland, Oregon is beaten to death by members of the Neo-Nazi group East Side White Pride.
- 1985 - The volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupts and melts a glacier, causing a lahar (volcanic mudslide) that buries Armero, Colombia, killing approximately 23,000 people.
- 1985 - Xavier Suarez is sworn in as Miami, Florida's first Cuban-born mayor.
- 1982 - Ray Mancini defeats Duk Koo Kim in a boxing match held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Kim's subsequent death (on November 17) leads 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.
- 1971 - The American space probe, Mariner 9, becomes the first spacecraft to orbit another planet successfully, swinging into its planned trajectory around Mars.
- 1970 - Bhola cyclone: A 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. This is regarded as the 20th century's worst natural disaster.
- 1969 - Vietnam War: Anti-war protesters in Washington, D.C. stage a symbolic March Against Death.
- 1965 - The SS Yarmouth Castle burns and sinks 60 miles off Nassau with the loss of 90 lives.
- 1956 - The United States Supreme Court declares Alabama and Montgomery, Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
- 1954 - Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.
- 1950 - General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas.
- 1947 - Russia completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles
- 1942 - World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal – U.S. and Japanese ships engage in an intense, close-quarters surface naval engagement during the Battle of Guadalcanal.
- 1941 - World War II: The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal is torpedoed by U 81, sinking the following day.
- 1927 - The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.
- 1918 - Allied troops occupy Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire.
- 1916 - Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription.
- 1909 - Collier's magazine accuses United States Secretary of the Interior Richard Ballinger of questionable dealings in Alaskan coal fields.
- 1901 - The 1901 Caister Lifeboat Disaster.
- 1887 - Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.
- 1864 - The new Constitution of Greece is adopted.
- 1851 - The Denny Party lands at Alki Point, the first settlers in what would become Seattle, Washington.
- 1841 - James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnotism.
- 1775 - American Revolutionary War: Patriot revolutionary forces under Col. Ethan Allen attack Montreal, Quebec, defended by British General Guy Carleton.
- 1642 - First English Civil War: Battle of Turnham Green – the Royalist forces withdraw in the face of the Parliamentarian army and fail to take London.
- 1160 - Louis VII of France marries Adele of Champagne.
- 1002 - English king Æthelred II orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St. Brice's Day massacre.

November 13th


- 1987 - Dana Vollmer, American swimmer
- 1985 - Asdrúbal Cabrera, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1984 - Lucas Barrios, Paraguayan footballer
- 1982 - Samkon Gado, Nigerian/American football player
- 1982 - Kumi Koda, Japanese singer
- 1982 - Michael Copon, American actor and singer
- 1981 - Mark Cardona, Filipino basketball player
- 1981 - Rivkah, American cartoonist
- 1981 - Shawn Yue, Hong Kong actor and singer
- 1981 - Ryan Bertin, American amateur wrestler
- 1980 - Monique Coleman, American actress
- 1980 - François-Louis Tremblay, Canadian speed skater
- 1979 - Ron Artest, American basketball player
- 1979 - Subliminal, Israeli rapper and producer
- 1978 - Nikolai Fraiture, American bassist (The Strokes)
- 1977 - Chanel Cole, Australian singer
- 1977 - Huang Xiaoming, Chinese actor and singer
- 1976 - Hiroshi Tanahashi, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1976 - Kelly Sotherton, English heptathlete
- 1975 - Quim, Portuguese footballer
- 1975 - Tom Compernolle, Belgian athlete (d. 2008)
- 1975 - Alain Digbeu, French basketball player
- 1975 - Ivica Dragutinovi?, Serbian footballer
- 1973 - Ari Hoenig, American jazz drummer
- 1972 - Takuya Kimura, Japanese singer and actor
- 1971 - Noah Hathaway, American actor
- 1969 - Lori Berenson, American criminal
- 1969 - Gerard Butler, Scottish actor
- 1969 - Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Dutch author
- 1968 - Pat Hentgen, American baseball player
- 1967 - Juhi Chawla, Indian actress
- 1967 - Jimmy Kimmel, American comedian and talk-show host
- 1967 - Steve Zahn, American actor
- 1964 - Steve Wong Ka-Keung, Hong Kong musician Beyond
- 1963 - Vinny Testaverde, American football player
- 1960 - Neil Flynn, American actor
- 1960 - Teodora Ungureanu, Romanian gymnast and Olympic medalist
- 1959 - Caroline Goodall, English actress
- 1957 - Stephen Baxter, English author
- 1957 - Roger Ingram, American trumpeter, educator, and author
- 1956 - Ginger Alden, American actress
- 1955 - Whoopi Goldberg, American actress, comedienne, and singer
- 1954 - Scott McNealy, American CEO of Sun Microsystems
- 1954 - Chris Noth, American actor
- 1953 - Frances Conroy, American actress
- 1953 - Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Mexican politician
- 1953 - Andrew Ranken, English musician (The Pogues)
- 1953 - Tracy Scoggins, American actress
- 1952 - Art Malik, Pakistani-born English actor
- 1951 - Pini Gershon, Israeli basketball coach
- 1950 - Mary Lou Metzger, American singer (The Lawrence Welk Show)
- 1950 - Gilbert Perreault, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1949 - Yoshimi Ishibashi, Japanese racing driver
- 1949 - Terry Reid, English singer
- 1948 - Humayun Ahmed, Bangladeshi novelist and film-maker
- 1947 - Toy Caldwell, American guitarist (The Marshall Tucker Band) (d. 1993)
- 1947 - Gene Garber, American baseball player
- 1947 - Amory Lovins, American environmentalist and author
- 1947 - Joe Mantegna, American actor
- 1945 - John B. Craig, American diplomat
- 1945 - Masahiro Hasemi, Japanese racing driver
- 1944 - Timmy Thomas, American musician
- 1943 - André-Gilles Fortin, Canadian politician (d. 1977)
- 1943 - Roberto Boninsegna, Italian footballer
- 1943 - Jay Sigel, American golfer
- 1942 - John Hammond, American musician
- 1941 - Eberhard Diepgen, German politician
- 1941 - David Green, entrepreneur
- 1941 - Dack Rambo, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1941 - Mel Stottlemyre, American baseball player and coach
- 1940 - Saul Kripke, American philosopher and logician
- 1940 - Daniel Pilon, Canadian actor
- 1939 - Karel Brückner, Czech football manager
- 1939 - Idris Muhammad, American jazz drummer
- 1938 - Gérald Godin, French Canadian poet and politician (d. 1994)
- 1938 - Jean Seberg, American actress (d. 1979)
- 1935 - Tom Atkins, American actor
- 1935 - P. Susheela, A great singer in many languages
- 1935 - George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury
- 1934 - Peter Arnett, New Zealand-born American journalist
- 1934 - Jimmy Fontana, Italian actor, composer and singer
- 1934 - Garry Marshall, American producer, director, writer, and actor
- 1933 - Adrienne Corri, Scottish actress
- 1932 - Richard Mulligan, American actor (d. 2000)
- 1931 - Andrée Lachapelle, French Canadian actress
- 1929 - Fred Phelps, American pastor
- 1929 - Asashio Tar? III, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 46th Yokozuna (d. 1988)
- 1928 - Steve Bilko, American baseball player (d. 1978)
- 1927 - Billy Klüver, American scientist (d. 2004)
- 1926 - Harry Hughes, 57th Governor of Maryland
- 1924 - Linda Christian, Mexican-born actress
- 1924 - Motoo Kimura, Japanese geneticist (d. 1994)
- 1922 - Jack Narz, American game show host (d. 2008)
- 1922 - Oskar Werner, Austrian actor (d. 1984)
- 1917 - Robert Sterling, American actor (d. 2006)
- 1917 - Vasantdada Patil, Indian politician (d. 1989)
- 1914 - Alberto Lattuada, Italian film director (d. 2005)
- 1913 - Jack Dyer, Australian rules footballer (d. 2003)
- 1913 - Lon Nol, Cambodian politician (d. 1985)
- 1913 - Helen Mack, American actress (d. 1986)
- 1913 - Alexander Scourby, American actor (d. 1985)
- 1911 - Buck O'Neil, American baseball player (d. 2006)
- 1910 - William Bradford Huie, American writer and publisher (d. 1986)
- 1910 - Pat Reid, British Army officer and Colditz escapee (d. 1990)
- 1908 - C. Vann Woodward, American historian (d. 1999)
- 1907 - Giovanna of Italy, tsaritsa of Bulgaria (d. 2000)
- 1906 - Hermione Baddeley, English actress (d. 1986)
- 1906 - Eva Zeisel, American industrial designer
- 1904 - H. C. Potter, American film and theater director (d. 1977)
- 1900 - Edward Buzzell, American film director (d. 1985)
- 1899 - Iskander Mirza, First President of Pakistan (d. 1969)
- 1899 - Huang Xianfan, Chinese historian (d. 1982)
- 1897 - Gertrude Olmstead, American actress (d. 1975)
- 1894 - Artur Nebe, German SS officer (d. 1945)
- 1886 - Mary Wigman, German dancer and choreographer (d. 1973)
- 1878 - Max Dehn, German mathematician (d. 1952)
- 1869 - Helene Stöcker, German feminist, pacifist and publicist (d. 1943)
- 1869 - Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian feminist (d. 1962)
- 1866 - Abraham Flexner, American educator (d. 1959)
- 1856 - Louis Brandeis, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1941)
- 1853 - John Drew Jr., American actor (d. 1927)
- 1850 - Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish writer (d. 1894)
- 1848 - Albert I, Prince of Monaco (d. 1922)
- 1841 - Edward Burd Grubb, Jr., American Civil War Brevet Brigadier General (d. 1913)
- 1838 - Joseph Fielding Smith, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (d. 1918)
- 1837 - James T. Rapier, American politician (d. 1883)
- 1833 - Edwin Booth, American actor (d. 1893)
- 1826 - Charles Frederick Worth, English-born couturier (d. 1895)
- 1814 - Joseph Hooker, American General (d. 1879)
- 1809 - John A. Dahlgren, American Navy admiral (d. 1870)
- 1801 - Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria, queen of Prussia (d. 1873)
- 1801 - Amalie Auguste of Bavaria, queen of Saxony (d. 1877)
- 1782 - Esaias Tegnér, Swedish writer, professor of Greek language, and bishop (d. 1846)
- 1768 - Bertel Thorvaldsen, Danish sculptor (d. 1844)
- 1761 - John Moore, British general (d. 1809)
- 1760 - Jiaqing, Emperor of China (d. 1820)
- 1732 - John Dickinson, American lawyer and Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania (d. 1808)
- 1715 - Dorothea Erxleben, German, first female medical doctor (d. 1762)
- 1714 - William Shenstone, English poet (d. 1763)
- 1710 - Charles Simon Favart, French dramatist (d. 1792)
- 1699 - Jan Zach, Czech composer and musician (d. 1773)
- 1572 - Cyril Lucaris, Greek theologian (d. 1638)
- 1504 - Philipp I of Hesse (d. 1567)
- 1486 - Johann Eck, German theologian (d. 1543)
- 1312 - King Edward III of England (d. 1377)
- 532 - Augustine of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 604)
- 354 - Saint Augustine of Hippo, North African theologian (d. 430)