13 November

The **13t o November** is the 317t day o the year (318t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 48 days bidin.

## Events

* 1002 - Keeng Ethelred the Unready orders aw Danes in Ingland tae be kilt.
* 1244 - Mainz, in present-day Germany, becomes a Free Ceety.
* 1493 - Christopher Columbus reaches the Caribbean island o Saba.
* 1805 - Napoleon I enters Vienna.
* 1864 - The Greek Constitution is adoptit.
* 1872 - Floods on Baltic Sea coasts kill 271 fowk.
* 1908 - Scots-born Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Meenister o Australie.
* 1918 - Constantinople (nou Istanbul) is occupied bi Breetish an French forces.
* 1945 - Sukarno becomes Preses o Indonesie.
* 1947 - The Soviet Union completes development o the AK-47 rifle.
* 1960 - A cinema fire in Amude, Sirie Kurdistan, kills 152 fowk.
* 1965 - The ship "SS Yarmouth Castle" burns an sinks 60 mile aff Nassau, Bahamas, killin 90 fowk.
* 1969 - Up tae 500,000 anti-war protesters mairch an protest in Washington, DC against the Vietnam War.
* 1970 - The Bhola Cyclone hits East Pakistan (nou Bangladesh), killin 500,000 fowk.
* 1972 - Storm "Quimburga" hits Northwastren Europe, killin 73 fowk.
* 1982 - The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is unveiled in Washington, D.C..
* 1985 - The Nevado del Ruiz volcanae in Colombie causes mudslides, killin 23,000 fowk in the toun o Armero.
* 1994 - A referendum in Swaden approves entry intae the European Union.
* 1994 - Michael Schumacher wins his first Formula Ane Warld Championship.
* 2002 - The *Prestige* ile tanker runs aground off Galicie, Spain.
* 2005 - A chemical disaster in Jilin, Northeastren Fowkrepublic o Cheenae, pollutes the nearby river.
* 2010 - Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is released frae hoose reest.
* 2011 - Mario Monti is chosen tae lead the govrenment in Italy.
* 2015 - Roushie is banned frae major athletics competeetions ower dopin.
* 2015 - The November 2015 Paris attacks are carried oot, killin at least 129 fowk across several locations in Paris.
* 2017 - 2018 FIFA Warld Cup qualifyin: Swaden defeat Italy 1-0 ower a twa-leg play-off; Swaden qualify for a first Warld Cup syne 2006, while fower-time champions Italy miss oot for the first time syne 1958.
* 2019 - A State o Emergency is declarit in Venice, Italy, ower record floodin in the ceety.

## Births

* 354 - Augustinus, Latin-speakin philosopher an theologian (d. 430)
* 1312 - Edward III o Ingland (d. 1377)
* 1757 - Archibald Alison, Scots Episcopalian priest an essayist (d. 1839)
* 1760 - Jiaqing Emperor, Emperor o Cheenae (d. 1820)
* 1798 - Anne Nasmyth, Scots teacher an penter (d. 1874)
* 1806 - Emilia Plater, Pols noblewoman an revolutionary (d. 1831)
* 1850 − Robert Louis Stevenson, Scots writer (d. 1894)
* 1858 - Joseph Lindsay, Scots fitbawer (d. 1933)
* 1893 - Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist (d. 1986)
* 1899 - Huang Xianfan, Cheenese historian an ethnologist (d. 1982)
* 1929 - Fred Phelps, American pastor (d. 2014)
* 1934 - Garry Marshall, American actor (d. 2016)
* 1940 - Saul Kripke, American philosopher
* 1943 - Jim Black, Scots fitbawer
* 1947 - Joe Mantegna, American actor
* 1953 - Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Preses o Mexico
* 1954 - Chris Noth, American actor
* 1955 - Whoopi Goldberg, American actress an sangster
* 1969 - Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Somali-born Dutch activist, writer an politeecian
* 1969 - Gerard Butler, Scots actor
* 1974 - Graeme Murty, Scots fitbawer an coach
* 1986 - Kevin Bridges, Scots comedian

## Daiths
* 1093 - Malcolm III o Scotland (b. 1041)
* 1460 - Henry the Navigator, Portuguese splorer (b. 1394)
* 1770 - George Grenville, Prime meenister o Great Breetain (b. 1712)
* 1868 - Gioachino Rossini, Italian componer (b. 1792)
* 1871 - John Scouler, Scots naituralist (b. 1804)
* 1903 - Camille Pissarro, French penter (b. 1830)
* 1974 - Vittorio De Sica, Italian director an actor (b. 1901)
* 1993 - George Taylor, Scots botanist (b. 1904)
* 2014 - Alexander Grothendieck, German-French mathemateecian (b. 1928)

## Halidays
* Warld Kindness Day

## Ootside airtins
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