A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.
November 13: Day of the Week
November 13, 2024 is the 318th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 48 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is miércoles.
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Here’s the November calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
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.
November 13 Historical Event(s)
1642
First English Civil War: Battle of Turnham Green – the Royalist forces withdraw in the face of the Parliamentarian army and fail to take London.
1916
Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription.
1918
Allied troops occupy Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire.
1969
Vietnam War: Anti-war protesters in Washington, D.C. stage a symbolic March Against Death.
1971
The American space probe, Mariner 9, becomes the first spacecraft to orbit another planet successfully, swinging into its planned trajectory around Mars.
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.
1988
Mulugeta Seraw, an Ethiopian law student in Portland, Oregon is beaten to death by members of the Neo-Nazi group East Side White Pride.
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.
2000
Philippine House Speaker Manuel B. Villar, Jr. passes the articles of impeachment against Philippine President Joseph Estrada.
2001
War on Terrorism: 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.
Who were born on November 13?
1572
Cyril Lucaris, Greek theologian (d. 1638)
1710
Charles Simon Favart, French dramatist (d. 1792)
1760
Jiaqing Emperor of China (d. 1820)
1841
Edward Burd Grubb, Jr., American Civil War Brevet Brigadier General (d. 1913)
1894
Artur Nebe, German SS officer (d. 1945)
1911
Buck O'Neil, American baseball player (d. 2006)
1938
Jean Seberg, American actress (d. 1979)
1949
Terry Reid, English singer
1967
Juhi Chawla, Indian actress
1984
Kurt Morath, Tongan rugby player
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