July 13: Day Of The Week
July 13, 2013 is the 194th day of the year 2013 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 171 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Doyōbi.
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Here’s the July calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
| July | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | |||
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.
July 13 Historical Events
- 1174 –William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173–1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Henry II of England.
- 1573 –Eighty Years’ War: the Siege of Haarlem ends after seven months.
- 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.
- 1794 –The Battle of the Vosges is fought between French forces and those of Prussia and Austria.
- 1941 –World War II: Montenegrins begin a popular uprising against the Axis Powers (Trinaestojulski ustanak), the first in Axis-controlled countries.
- 1977 –New York City, amidst a period of financial and social turmoil experiences a blackout lasting nearly 24 hours that leads to widespread fires and looting.
- 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.
- 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?
- 1608 –Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1657)
- 1889 –Louise Mountbatten, German-born consort of Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (d. 1965)
- 1941 –Ehud Manor, Israeli songwriter, translator, and radio and TV personality (d. 2005)
- 1942 –Harrison Ford, American actor
- 1950 –George Nelson, American astronaut
- 1950 –Ma Ying-jeou, Taiwanese politician and statesman
- 1956 –Frank Dux, American martial artist and fight choreographer
- 1962 –Tom Kenny, American voice actor
- 1969 –Kakhi Kakhiashvili, Georgian-born Greek weightlifter
- 1989 –Charalampos Giannopoulos, Greek basketball player
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