Summary of the Day ✨ 13 July (13/07)
Former US President Donald Trump survives an assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania campaign rally while UK Prime Minister David Cameron resigns, paving the way for Theresa May’s leadership. In other global events, Germany claims the FIFA World Cup victory over Argentina, actress Naya Rivera’s body is recovered from Lake Piru following her drowning, and Typhoon Soulik devastates East China and Taiwan, claiming at least nine lives.
Historical Events 📜
- 2024: Former president of the United States Donald Trump is injured in an assassination attempt while speaking at an election campaign rally near Butler, Pennsylvania.
- 2020: After a five-day search, the body of American actress and singer Naya Rivera is recovered from Lake Piru in California, where she had drowned.
- 2016: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron resigns, and is succeeded by Theresa May.
- 2014: Germany wins the FIFA World Cup, defeating Argentina in the final 1–0 after extra time.
- 2013: Typhoon Soulik kills at least nine people and affects more than 160 million in East China and Taiwan.
- 2011: Mumbai is rocked by three bomb blasts during the evening rush hour, killing 26 and injuring 130.
- 2011: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1999 is adopted, which admits South Sudan to member status of United Nations.
- 2011: Noar Linhas Aéreas Flight 4896 crashes in Boa Viagem, Recife, killing all 16 people on board.
- 2008: Battle of Wanat begins when Taliban and al-Qaeda guerrillas attack US Army and Afghan National Army troops in Afghanistan. The U.S. deaths were, at that time, the most in a single battle since the beginning of operations in 2001.
- 2003: French DGSE personnel abort an operation to rescue Íngrid Betancourt from FARC rebels in Colombia, causing a political scandal when details are leaked to the press.
- 1995: Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-70 to deploy the TDRS-7 satellite.
- 1990: Lenin Peak disaster: a 6.4-magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan triggers an avalanche on Lenin Peak, killing 43 climbers in the deadliest mountaineering disaster in history.
- 1985: The Live Aid benefit concert takes place in London and Philadelphia, as well as other venues such as Moscow and Sydney.
- 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.
- 1977: Somalia declares war on Ethiopia, starting the Ogaden War.
Famous Births 👶
- 2007: Lamine Yamal, Spanish footballer
- 2004: Nihal Sarin, Indian Chess Grandmaster
- 2003: Wyatt Oleff, American actor
- 2003: Mason Teague, Australian rugby league player
- 2002: Deborah Medrado, Brazilian rhythmic gymnast
- 2001: Kim Sin-jin, South Korean footballer
- 1997: Josh Hines-Allen, American football player
- 1997: Leo Howard, American actor and martial artist
- 1995: Cody Bellinger, American baseball player
- 1995: Dante Exum, Australian basketball player
- 1993: Dan Bentley, English footballer
- 1992: Rich the Kid, American rapper
- 1992: Elise Matthysen, Belgian swimmer
- 1991: Tyler Skaggs, American baseball player (died 2019)
- 1990: Kieran Foran, New Zealand rugby league player
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2025: Muhammadu Buhari, Nigerian general and politician, 7th & 15th President of Nigeria (born 1942)
- 2024: Shannen Doherty, American actress (born 1971)
- 2024: Ruth Hesse, German opera singer (born 1936)
- 2024: Richard Simmons, American fitness personality and public figure (born 1948)
- 2024: Chino Trinidad, Filipino sports journalist and executive (born 1967)
- 2024: Thomas Matthew Crooks, American student, known for attempting to assassinate former US President Donald Trump (born 2003)
- 2024: Naomi Pomeroy, American chef and restaurateur (born 1974)
- 2020: Grant Imahara, American electrical engineer, roboticist, and television host (born 1970)
- 2020: Zindzi Mandela, South African politician, diplomat, and third daughter of Nelson Mandela (born 1960)
- 2017: Liu Xiaobo, Chinese literary critic, human rights activist (born 1955)
- 2015: Philipp Mißfelder, German historian and politician (born 1979)
- 2015: Martin Litchfield West, English scholar, author, and academic (born 1927)
- 2014: Thomas Berger, American author and playwright (born 1924)
- 2014: Alfred de Grazia, American political scientist, author, and academic (born 1919)
- 2014: Nadine Gordimer, South African novelist, short story writer, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1923)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Christian feast day:
Abd-al-Masih - Christian feast day:
Abel of Tacla Haimonot (Coptic Church) - Christian feast day:
Clelia Barbieri - Christian feast day:
Conrad Weiser (Episcopal Church (USA)) - Christian feast day:
Eugenius of Carthage - Christian feast day:
Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor - Christian feast day:
Jacobus de Voragine - Christian feast day:
Mildrith of Thanet - Christian feast day:
Our Lady Mystical Rose - Christian feast day:
Silas (Catholic Church) - Christian feast day:
Teresa of the Andes - Christian feast day:
July 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) - Feast of Kalimát, first day of the seventh month of the Baháʼí calendar. (Baháʼí Faith)
- Statehood Day (Montenegro)
- The last day of Naadam (Mongolia)