Tukuk-OS📅 November 13
15 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on November 13? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2015 — Coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris perpetrated by the Islamic State killed 130 people and injured 413 others.
- 1992 — The High Court of Australia ruled in Dietrich v The Queen that, although there is no absolute right to have publicly funded counsel, a judge should grant any request for an adjournment or stay in most circumstances in which an accused is unrepresented.
- 1985 — The volcano Nevado del Ruiz (pictured) erupted, causing a volcanic mudslide that buried the town of Armero, Colombia, killing approximately 23,000 people.
- 1982 — South Korean boxer Kim Duk-koo suffered fatal brain injuries during a match with American Ray Mancini in Las Vegas, leading to significant rule changes in the sport.
- 1974 — Ronald DeFeo Jr. killed six members of his family in Amityville, New York, events that later inspired the book The Amityville Horror and a subsequent media franchise.
- 1966 — Arab–Israeli conflict: In response to a Fatah landmine incident, the Israeli military conducted a large cross-border assault on the Jordanian-controlled West Bank village of Samu.
- 1963 — A man wielding a dagger was subdued as he was about to attack Sanzō Nosaka, the chairman of the Japanese Communist Party.
- 1945 — FC Dynamo Moscow opened their exhibition tour of the United Kingdom with a 3–3 draw against Chelsea, breaking the attendance record for a British club football match.
FC Dynamo MoscowFC Dynamo Moscow's 1945 tour of the United KingdomChelsea F.C.
- 1940 — Walt Disney's Fantasia, the first commercial film shown with stereophonic sound, premiered at the Broadway Theatre in New York City.
- 1927 — The Holland Tunnel opened, connecting Manhattan with Jersey City under the Hudson River.
- 1914 — Zaian War: Zaian Berber tribesmen routed French forces at the Battle of El Herri in Morocco.
- 1809 — A British flotilla arrived at Ras Al Khaimah and launched an amphibious assault on the town, as a part of the Persian Gulf campaign of 1809.
- 1775 — American Revolutionary War: American forces captured Montreal without significant opposition as part of the Invasion of Quebec.
- 1642 — First English Civil War: Royalist forces engaged the much larger Parliamentarian army at the Battle of Turnham Green near Turnham Green, Middlesex.
- 1002 — King Æthelred II (pictured) ordered the massacre of all Danes in England.
Births
- 2002 — Emma Raducanu, British tennis player
- 2002 — Giovanni Reyna, American soccer player
- 2000 — Sydney Agudong, American actress and singer
- 1999 — Brett Baty, American baseball player
- 1999 — Lando Norris, British-Belgian race car driver
- 1995 — Oliver Stummvoll, Austrian model
- 1995 — Lucy Fallon, English actress
- 1993 — Julia Michaels, American singer and songwriter
- 1992 — Grégory Hofmann, Swiss ice hockey player
- 1992 — Shabazz Muhammad, American basketball player
- 1991 — Matt Bennett, American actor
- 1990 — Brenden Dillon, Canadian ice hockey player
Deaths
- 2025 — Juan Ponce Enrile, Filipino politician and lawyer (born 1924)
- 2024 — Theodore Olson, American lawyer (born 1940)
- 2024 — Shel Talmy, American record producer, songwriter and arranger (born 1937)
- 2024 — Shuntarō Tanikawa, Japanese poet and translator (born 1931)
- 2024 — Daim Zainuddin, Malaysian politician (born 1938)
- 2020 — Peter Sutcliffe, English serial killer (born 1946)
- 2017 — Bobby Doerr, American baseball player and manager (born 1918)
- 2016 — Leon Russell, American singer-songwriter (born 1942)
- 2014 — María José Alvarado, Honduran model, Señorita Honduras 2014 (born 1995)
- 2014 — Kakha Bendukidze, Georgian economist and politician, Georgian Minister of Economy (born 1956)
Kakha BendukidzeMinistry of Economy and Sustainable Development (Georgia)
- 2014 — Alvin Dark, American baseball player and manager (born 1922)
- 2014 — Alexander Grothendieck, German-French mathematician and theorist (born 1928)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Agostina Livia Pietrantoni
- Christian feast day: Brice of Tours
- Christian feast day: Didacus (Diego) of Alcalá
- Christian feast day: Eugenius II of Toledo
- Christian feast day: Frances Xavier Cabrini
- Christian feast day: Homobonus
- Christian feast day: John Chrysostom (Eastern Orthodox, Repose)
- Christian feast day: Quintian of Rodez
- Christian feast day: Saints of the Benedictine family
- Christian feast day: Saints of the Premonstratensian Order
- Christian feast day: Stanislaus Kostka
- Christian feast day: Charles Simeon (Church of England)
- Christian feast day: The Hundred Thousand Martyrs of Tbilisi (Georgian Orthodox Church)
- Sadie Hawkins Day (United States)
- World Kindness Day
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