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
- 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.
- 1814 –The Carabinieri, the national gendarmerie of Italy, is established.
- 1863 –New York Draft Riots: in New York City, opponents of conscription begin three days of rioting which will be later regarded as the worst in United States history.
- 1919 –The British airship R34 lands in Norfolk, England, completing the first airship return journey across the Atlantic in 182 hours of flight.
- 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.
- 1985 –Vice President George H.W. Bush becomes the Acting President for the day when President Ronald Reagan undergoes surgery to remove polyps from his colon.
- 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).
Who were born on July 13?
- 1745 –Robert Calder, Royal Navy admiral (d. 1818)
- 1858 –Stewart Culin, American ethnographer (d. 1929)
- 1928 –Leroy Vinnegar, American jazz bassist (d. 1999)
- 1942 –Roger McGuinn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Byrds)
- 1944 –Ernő Rubik, Hungarian inventor
- 1953 –Mila Mulroney, Yugoslavian-born former First Lady of Canada
- 1976 –Sheldon Souray, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1982 –Dominic Isaacs, South African footballer
- 1990 –Matt Weinberg, American actor
- 1992 –Dylan Patton, American actor
Who died on July 13?
- 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)
- 1621 –Archduke Albert of Austria, Governor of the Low Countries (b. 1559)
- 1693 –Hendrik Trajectinus, Count of Solms, Dutch lieutenant-general (b. 1636)
- 1921 –Gabriel Lippmann, Luxembourg scientist (b. 1845)
- 1960 –Joy Gresham, American writer (b. 1915)
- 1967 –Tom Simpson, British cyclist (b. 1937)
- 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)
- 2011 –Allan Jeans, Australian football player and coach (b. 1933)
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