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, 1,720,828,800 seconds 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.
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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 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
- 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.
- 1793 –Journalist and French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat is assassinated in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday, a member of the opposing political faction.
- 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.
- 1941 –World War II: Montenegrins begin a popular uprising against the Axis Powers (Trinaestojulski ustanak), the first in Axis-controlled countries.
- 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.
- 1973 –Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of the “Nixon tapes” to the special Senate committee investigating the Watergate break in.
- 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.
- 2011 –Mumbai is rocked by three bomb blasts during the evening rush hour, killing 26 and injuring 130.
Who were born on July 13?
- 1903 –Kenneth Clark, English art historian (d. 1983)
- 1934 –Gordon Lee, English footballer and manager
- 1953 –Mila Mulroney, Yugoslavian-born former First Lady of Canada
- 1954 –David Thompson, American basketball player
- 1956 –Claude Giroux, Canadian midget wrestler
- 1969 –Barney Greenway, British vocalist (Napalm Death)
- 1982 –Shin-Soo Choo, South Korean baseball player
- 1982 –Yadier Molina, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1985 –Guillermo Ochoa, Mexican footballer
- 1994 –Hayley Erin, American actress
Who died on July 13?
- 678 –Aisha, wife of the Prophet Muhammad (birth year unknown)
- 1399 –Peter Parler, German architect (b. 1330)
- 1629 –Caspar Bartholin the Elder, Swedish physician and theologian (b. 1585)
- 1896 –Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz, German chemist (b. 1829)
- 1946 –Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer (b. 1864)
- 1967 –Tom Simpson, British cyclist (b. 1937)
- 1980 –Seretse Khama, Botswana statesman, the first President of Botswana (b. 1921)
- 1997 –Miguel Ángel Blanco, Spanish politician (b. 1968)
- 2010 –George Steinbrenner, American businessman and owner of the New York Yankees (b. 1930)
- 2011 –Allan Jeans, Australian football player and coach (b. 1933)
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