Summary of the Day ✨ 13 November (13/11)
Paris suffered its deadliest attack since World War II when Islamic State operatives killed 130 people in coordinated bombings and shootings, while four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death. The same day also featured a total solar eclipse in the South Pacific, Iraq’s acceptance of UN disarmament terms, and President Bush’s authorization of military tribunals for terrorism suspects.
Historical Events 📜
- 2022: A mass stabbing occurs in Moscow, Idaho in which four University of Idaho students are killed in off-campus housing.
- 2015: Islamic State operatives carry out a series of coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris, including suicide bombings, mass shootings and a hostage crisis. The terrorists kill 130 people, making it the deadliest attack in France since the Second World War.
- 2012: A total solar eclipse occurs in parts of Australia and the South Pacific.
- 2002: Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq agrees to the terms of the UN Security Council Resolution 1441.
- 2001: War on terror: 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.
- 2000: Philippine House Speaker Manny Villar passes the articles of impeachment against Philippine President Joseph Estrada.
- 1996: As part of the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) project, Joel Armengaud discovers the project’s first Mersenne prime number,
- 1995: Mozambique becomes the first state to join the Commonwealth of Nations without having been part of the former British Empire.
- 1995: Nigeria Airways Flight 357 crashes at Kaduna International Airport in Kaduna, Nigeria, killing 11 people and injuring 66.
- 1994: In a referendum, voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union.
- 1993: China Northern Airlines Flight 6901 crashes on approach to Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport in Ürümqi, China, killing 12 people.
- 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.
- 1991: The Republic of Karelia, an autonomous republic of Russia, is formed from the former Karelian ASSR.
- 1990: In Aramoana, New Zealand, David Gray shoots dead 13 people in a massacre before being tracked down and killed by police the next day.
- 1989: Hans-Adam II, the present Prince of Liechtenstein, begins his reign on the death of his father.
Famous Births 👶
- 2002: Emma Raducanu, British tennis player
- 2002: Giovanni Reyna, American soccer player
- 2000: Sydney Agudong, American actress and singer
- 1999: Brett Baty, American baseball player
- 1999: Lando Norris, British-Belgian race car driver
- 1995: Oliver Stummvoll, Austrian model
- 1993: Julia Michaels, American singer and songwriter
- 1992: Grégory Hofmann, Swiss ice hockey player
- 1992: Shabazz Muhammad, American basketball player
- 1991: Matt Bennett, American actor
- 1990: Brenden Dillon, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1987: Hatsune Matsushima, Japanese model and actress
- 1987: Dana Vollmer, American swimmer
- 1986: Kevin Bridges, Scottish comedian and actor
- 1986: Wade Miley, American baseball player
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2025: Juan Ponce Enrile, Filipino politician and lawyer (born 1924)
- 2024: Theodore Olson, American lawyer (born 1940)
- 2024: Shel Talmy, American record producer, songwriter and arranger (born 1937)
- 2024: Shuntarō Tanikawa, Japanese poet and translator (born 1931)
- 2024: Daim Zainuddin, Malaysian politician (born 1938)
- 2020: Peter Sutcliffe, English serial killer (born 1946)
- 2017: Bobby Doerr, American baseball player and manager (born 1918)
- 2016: Leon Russell, American singer-songwriter (born 1942)
- 2014: María José Alvarado, Honduran model, Señorita Honduras 2014 (born 1995)
- 2014: Kakha Bendukidze, Georgian economist and politician, Georgian Minister of Economy (born 1956)
- 2014: Alvin Dark, American baseball player and manager (born 1922)
- 2014: Alexander Grothendieck, German-French mathematician and theorist (born 1928)
- 2013: Hans-Jürgen Heise, German author and poet (born 1930)
- 2013: Chieko Aioi, Japanese actress and voice actress (born 1934)
- 2012: Erazm Ciołek, Polish photographer and author (born 1937)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Christian feast day:
Agostina Livia Pietrantoni - Christian feast day:
Brice of Tours - Christian feast day:
Didacus (Diego) of Alcalá - Christian feast day:
Eugenius II of Toledo - Christian feast day:
Frances Xavier Cabrini - Christian feast day:
Homobonus - Christian feast day:
John Chrysostom (Eastern Orthodox, Repose) - Christian feast day:
Quintian of Rodez - Christian feast day:
Saints of the Benedictine family - Christian feast day:
Saints of the Premonstratensian Order - Christian feast day:
Stanislaus Kostka - Christian feast day:
Charles Simeon (Church of England) - Christian feast day:
The Hundred Thousand Martyrs of Tbilisi (Georgian Orthodox Church) - Sadie Hawkins Day (United States)
- World Kindness Day