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 194th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 171 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 30, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 29,206,080 minutes 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 ‘hectaenneacontatetragon’ day.
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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 219 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 4,587 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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July 13 Historical Events
- 1174 –William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173–1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Henry II of England.
- 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.
- 1878 –Treaty of Berlin: the European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman empire.
- 1962 –In an unprecedented action, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan dismisses seven members of his Cabinet, marking the effective end of the National Liberals as a distinct force within British politics.
- 1985 –The Live Aid benefit concert takes place in London and Philadelphia, as well as other venues such as Sydney and Moscow.
- 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).
- 2003 –French DGSE personnel abort an operation to rescue Ingrid Betancourt from FARC rebels in Colombia, causing a political scandal when details are leaked to the press.
- 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.
- 2011 –Mumbai is rocked by three bomb blasts during the evening rush hour, killing 26 and injuring 130.
Who were born on July 13?
- 1859 –Sidney Webb, British socialist (d. 1947)
- 1894 –Isaac Babel, Soviet writer (d. 1940)
- 1895 –Sidney Blackmer, American actor (d. 1973)
- 1921 –Ernest Gold, Austrian composer (d. 1999)
- 1940 –Patrick Stewart, English actor
- 1951 –Didi Conn, American actress
- 1956 –Frank Dux, American martial artist and fight choreographer
- 1969 –Kakhi Kakhiashvili, Georgian-born Greek weightlifter
- 1979 –Lucinda Ruh, Swiss figure skater
- 1982 –Joost van den Broek, Dutch keyboard player (After Forever)
Who died on July 13?
- 1024 –Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 973)
- 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)
- 1946 –Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer (b. 1864)
- 1954 –Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter (b. 1907)
- 1955 –Ruth Ellis, British murderer, last woman to be executed in the United Kingdom (b. 1926)
- 1967 –Tommy Lucchese, Sicilian-American mobster (b. 1899)
- 1974 –Patrick Blackett, Baron Blackett, English physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1897)
- 1976 –Joachim Peiper, German military leader (SS) (b. 1915)
- 2010 –George Steinbrenner, American businessman and owner of the New York Yankees (b. 1930)
- 2010 –Manohari Singh, Indian saxophonist and part of R.D. Burman’s band (b. 1931)
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