What are the important events that happened on July 13? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
July 13: Facts & Myths About This Day
July 13 is the 195th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 171 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 30, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 478,008 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaenneacontapentagon’ day.
Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 200 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,222 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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July 13 Historical Events
- 1558 –Battle of Gravelines: in France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul de Thermes at Gravelines.
- 1643 –English Civil War: Battle of Roundway Down – In England, Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester, commanding the Royalist forces, heavily defeats the Parliamentarian forces led by Sir William Waller.
- 1787 –The Continental Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory. It also establishes procedures for the admission of new states and limits the expansion of slavery.
- 1814 –The Carabinieri, the national gendarmerie of Italy, is established.
- 1854 –In the Battle of Guaymas, Mexico, General Jose Maria Yanez stops the French invasion led by Count Gaston de Raousset-Boulbon.
- 1878 –Treaty of Berlin: the European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman empire.
- 1923 –The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles. It originally reads “Hollywoodland ” but the four last letters are dropped after renovation in 1949.
- 1941 –World War II: Montenegrins begin a popular uprising against the Axis Powers (Trinaestojulski ustanak), the first in Axis-controlled countries.
- 1990 –An earthquake with its epicentre in Afghanistan results in the greatest number of fatalities in a mountaineering accident in High Asian mountains when an avalanche kills 43 climbers in Camp I on Pik Lenina (Lenin Peak).
- 2008 –War in Afghanistan: Taliban guerrillas attack NATO troops near the village of Wanat in the Waygal district in Afghanistan’s far eastern province of Nuristan.
Who were born on July 13?
- 1590 –Pope Clement X (d. 1676)
- 1934 –Gordon Lee, English footballer and manager
- 1957 –Thierry Boutsen, Belgian racing driver
- 1960 –Ian Hislop, British writer and editor
- 1965 –Lesli Kay, American actress
- 1968 –Christian Taylor, British screenwriter
- 1982 –Christopher Bauman, American professional wrestler (d. 2005)
- 1982 –Nick Kenny, Australian Rugby League player
- 1983 –Liu Xiang, Chinese hurdler
- 1992 –Elise Matthysen, Belgian swimmer
Who died on July 13?
- 678 –Aisha, wife of the Prophet Muhammad (birth year unknown)
- 1189 –Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony, English-born daughter of Henry II of England and wife of Henry the Lion Duke of Saxony and Bavaria (b. 1156)
- 1205 –Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury and Justicier of England (b. c. 1160)
- 1755 –Edward Braddock, British general (b. 1695)
- 1762 –James Bradley, English Astronomer Royal (b. 1693)
- 1896 –Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz, German chemist (b. 1829)
- 1954 –Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter (b. 1907)
- 1955 –Ruth Ellis, British murderer, last woman to be executed in the United Kingdom (b. 1926)
- 1965 –Photios Kontoglou, Greek writer, painter and iconographer (b. 1895)
- 1996 –Pandro S. Berman, American film producer (b. 1905)
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