A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.
July 13: Day of the Week
July 13, 2024 is the 195th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 171 days remaining until the end of the 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.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
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 Event(s)
1260
The Livonian Order suffers its greatest defeat in the 13th century in the Battle of Durbe against the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
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.
1814
The Carabinieri, the national gendarmerie of Italy, is established.
1878
Treaty of Berlin: the European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman empire.
1905
The verdict in the six-month long Smarthavicharam trial of Kuriyedath Thathri is pronounced, leading to the excommunication of 65 men of various castes.
1973
Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of the “Nixon tapes” to the special Senate committee investigating the Watergate break in.
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.
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).
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.
2008
War in Afghanistan: Taliban guerrillas attack NATO troops near the village of Wanat in the Waygal district in Afghanistan’s far eastern province of Nuristan.
Who were born on July 13?
1864
John Jacob Astor IV, American entrepreneur (d. 1912)
1918
Alberto Ascari, Italian race car driver (d. 1955)
1934
Wole Soyinka, Nigerian writer, Nobel laureate
1954
Louise Mandrell, American country music singer
1957
Thierry Boutsen, Belgian racing driver
1960
Robert Abraham, American football player
1967
Dean Barnett, American blogger (d. 2008)
1982
Nick Kenny, Australian Rugby League player
1982
Simon Clist, English footballer
1992
Elise Matthysen, Belgian swimmer
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