What are the important events that happened on November 13? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
November 13: Facts & Myths About This Day
November 13 is the 318th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 48 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 31, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 480,960 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 ‘trihectadecaoctagon’ day.
Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 77 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 4,345 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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November 13 Historical Events
- 1841 –James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnotism.
- 1864 –The new Constitution of Greece is adopted.
- 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.
- 1954 –Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.
- 1956 –The United States Supreme Court declares Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
- 1985 –Xavier Suarez is sworn in as Miami, Florida’s first Cuban-born mayor.
- 1990 –In Aramoana, New Zealand, David Gray shoots dead 13 people, in what becomes known as the Aramoana Massacre.
- 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.
- 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.
Who were born on November 13?
- 1853 –John Drew Jr., American actor (d. 1927)
- 1872 –Leon Leonwood Bean, American inventor, author, outdoor enthusiast, founder of L.L.Bean (d. 1967)
- 1878 –Max Dehn, German mathematician (d. 1952)
- 1935 –Tom Atkins, American actor
- 1938 –Gérald Godin, French Canadian poet and politician (d. 1994)
- 1940 –Saul Kripke, American philosopher and logician
- 1941 –Dack Rambo, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1941 –Eberhard Diepgen, German politician
- 1949 –Terry Reid, English singer
- 1951 –Pini Gershon, Israeli basketball coach
Who died on November 13?
- 1093 –King Malcolm III of Scotland (b. 1041)
- 1170 –Albert I of Brandenburg
- 1903 –Camille Pissarro, French painter (b. 1830)
- 1983 –Junior Samples, American comedian (Hee Haw) (b. 1926)
- 1994 –Motoo Kimura, Japanese geneticist (b. 1924)
- 1997 –Dawud M. Mu'Min, American murderer (b. 1953)
- 1998 –Valerie Hobson, British actress (b. 1917)
- 2007 –John Doherty, English footballer (b. 1935)
- 2007 –Monty Westmore, American make-up artist (b. 1923)
- 2010 –Luis García Berlanga, Spanish filmmaker (b. 1921)
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