13 November
Notable Births
Emma Raducanu
b. 2002
British tennis player (born 2002)
Giovanni Reyna
b. 2002
American soccer player (born 2002)
Brett Baty
b. 1999
American baseball player (born 1999)
Lando Norris
b. 1999
British racing driver (born 1999)
Julia Michaels
b. 1993
American singer and songwriter (born 1993)
Grégory Hofmann
b. 1992
Swiss ice hockey player (born 1992)
Shabazz Muhammad
b. 1992
American basketball player (born 1992)
Matt Bennett
b. 1991
American actor and DJ (born 1991)
Brenden Dillon
b. 1990
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1990)
Dana Vollmer
b. 1987
American swimmer (born 1987)
Kevin Bridges
b. 1986
Scottish stand-up comedian (born 1986)
Wade Miley
b. 1986
American baseball player (born 1986)
Asdrúbal Cabrera
b. 1985
Venezuelan-American baseball player (born 1985)
Lucas Barrios
b. 1984
Paraguayan footballer (born 1984)
Kurt Morath
b. 1984
Tonga international rugby union player
Kalle Kriit
b. 1983
Estonian cyclist
Maleli Kunavore
b. 1983
Fiji international rugby union player
Michael Copon
b. 1982
American actor and producer
Samkon Gado
b. 1982
American football player (born 1982)
Koda Kumi
b. 1982
Japanese singer (born 1982)
Notable Deaths
Juan Ponce Enrile
d. 2025
President of the Senate of the Philippines from 2008 to 2013
Theodore Olson
d. 2024
American lawyer (1940–2024)
Shel Talmy
d. 2024
American record producer, songwriter and arranger (1937–2024)
Shuntarō Tanikawa
d. 2024
Japanese poet and translator (1931–2024)
Daim Zainuddin
d. 2024
Malaysian politician (1938–2024)
Peter Sutcliffe
d. 2020
English serial killer (1946–2020)
Bobby Doerr
d. 2017
American baseball player (1918–2017)
Leon Russell
d. 2016
American singer-songwriter (1942–2016)
Kakha Bendukidze
d. 2014
Georgian statesman, businessman and philanthropist (1956–2014)
Alvin Dark
d. 2014
American baseball player and manager (1922–2014)
Alexander Grothendieck
d. 2014
French mathematician (1928–2014)
Hans-Jürgen Heise
d. 2013
German author and poet
Chieko Aioi
d. 2013
Japanese actress and voice actress
Erazm Ciołek (photographer)
d. 2012
Luis García Berlanga
d. 2010
Spanish film director and screenwriter (1921-2010)
Allan Sandage
d. 2010
American astronomer (1926–2010)
Wahab Akbar
d. 2007
Filipino politician (1960–2007)
Kazuhisa Inao
d. 2007
Japanese baseball player (1937–2007)
Vine Deloria Jr.
d. 2005
Native American writer from South Dakota, U.S. (1933–2005)
Eddie Guerrero
d. 2005
American professional wrestler (1967–2005)
On This Day in History
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2022
A mass stabbing occurs in Moscow, Idaho in which four University of Idaho students are killed in off-campus housing.
2022 University of Idaho murders
2015
Islamic State operatives carry out a series of coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris, including suicide bombings, mass shootings and a hostage crisis. The terrorists kill 130 people, making it the deadliest attack in France since the Second World War.
Islamic State
2012
A total solar eclipse occurs in parts of Australia and the South Pacific.
Solar eclipse
2002
Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq agrees to the terms of the UN Security Council Resolution 1441.
Iraq disarmament crisis
2001
War on terror: In the first such act since World War II, US President George W. Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against foreigners suspected of connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States.
War on terror
2000
Philippine House Speaker Manny Villar passes the articles of impeachment against Philippine President Joseph Estrada.
Philippines
1996
As part of the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) project, Joel Armengaud discovers the project's first Mersenne prime number,
Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search
1995
Mozambique becomes the first state to join the Commonwealth of Nations without having been part of the former British Empire.
Mozambique
1995
Nigeria Airways Flight 357 crashes at Kaduna International Airport in Kaduna, Nigeria, killing 11 people and injuring 66.
Nigeria Airways Flight 357
1994
In a referendum, voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union.
1994 Swedish European Union membership referendum
1993
China Northern Airlines Flight 6901 crashes on approach to Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport in Ürümqi, China, killing 12 people.
China Northern Airlines Flight 6901
1992
The High Court of Australia rules in Dietrich v The Queen that although there is no absolute right to have publicly funded counsel, in most circumstances a judge should grant any request for an adjournment or stay when an accused is unrepresented.
High Court of Australia
1991
The Republic of Karelia, an autonomous republic of Russia, is formed from the former Karelian ASSR.
Republic of Karelia
1990
In Aramoana, New Zealand, David Gray shoots dead 13 people in a massacre before being tracked down and killed by police the next day.
Aramoana
1989
Hans-Adam II, the present Prince of Liechtenstein, begins his reign on the death of his father.
Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein
1985
The volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupts and melts a glacier, causing a lahar (volcanic mudslide) that buries Armero, Colombia, killing approximately 23,000 people.
Nevado del Ruiz
1985
Xavier Suárez is sworn in as Miami's first Cuban-born mayor.
Xavier Suarez
1982
Ray Mancini defeats Duk Koo Kim in a boxing match held in Las Vegas. Kim's subsequent death (on November 18) leads to significant changes in the sport.
Ray Mancini
1982
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. after a march to its site by thousands of Vietnam War veterans.
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
1970
Bhola cyclone: A 240 km/h (150 mph) tropical cyclone hits the densely populated Ganges Delta region of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), killing an estimated 500,000 people in one night.
1970 Bhola cyclone