What Happened on November 13?
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EVENTS ON NOVEMBER 13
Allies of World War I
Year:
1918
World War I: Allied troops occupy Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Year:
1922
The United States Supreme Court upholds mandatory vaccinations for public school students in Zucht v. King.
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Battle of Monte Grappa
Year:
1917
World War I: beginning of the First Battle of Monte Grappa (in Italy known as the "First Battle of the Piave"). The Austro-Hungarian Armed Forces, despite help from the German Alpenkorps and numerical superiority, will fail their offensive against the Italian Army now led by its new chief of staff Armando Diaz.
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World War I
Year:
1916
World War I: Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription.
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Zaian War
Year:
1914
Zaian War: Berber tribesmen inflict the heaviest defeat of French forces in Morocco at the Battle of El Herri.
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Holland Tunnel
Year:
1927
The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.
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Walt Disney
Year:
1940
Walt Disney's animated musical film Fantasia is first released at New York's Broadway Theatre, on the first night of a roadshow.
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Great Britain national rugby league team
Year:
1954
Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.
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Carlos Delgado Chalbaud
Year:
1950
General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas.
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Soviet Union
Year:
1947
The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.
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BIRTHS ON NOVEMBER 13
Oskar Werner
Year of birth:
1922
Oskar Werner, Austrian-German actor (died 1984)
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Joonas Kokkonen
Year of birth:
1921
Joonas Kokkonen, Finnish pianist and composer (died 1996)
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Jack Elam
Year of birth:
1920
Jack Elam, American actor (died 2003)
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George Grant (philosopher)
Year of birth:
1918
George Grant, Canadian philosopher and academic (died 1988)
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Jack Narz
Year of birth:
1922
Jack Narz, American game show host and announcer (died 2008)
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Linda Christian
Year of birth:
1923
Linda Christian, Mexican-American actress (died 2011)
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Helena Carroll
Year of birth:
1928
Helena Carroll, Scottish-American actress (died 2013)
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Hampton Hawes
Year of birth:
1928
Hampton Hawes, American pianist and author (died 1977)
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Harry Hughes
Year of birth:
1926
Harry Hughes, American lawyer and politician, 57th Governor of Maryland (died 2019)
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Motoo Kimura
Year of birth:
1924
Motoo Kimura, Japanese biologist and geneticist (died 1994)
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DEATHS ON NOVEMBER 13
Margaret Wise Brown
Year of death:
1952
Margaret Wise Brown, American author (born 1910)
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Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist
Year of death:
1954
Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German field marshal (born 1881)
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Moshe Pesach
Year of death:
1955
Moshe Pesach, Greek rabbi (born 1869)
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Bernard DeVoto
Year of death:
1955
Bernard DeVoto, American historian and author (born 1897)
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Daniel J. Callaghan
Year of death:
1942
Daniel J. Callaghan, American admiral (born 1890)
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Mrs. Leslie Carter
Year of death:
1937
Mrs. Leslie Carter, American actress (born 1857)
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Cecilie Thoresen Krog
Year of death:
1911
Cecilie Thoresen Krog, Norwegian women's rights pioneer (born 1858)
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Ignác Goldziher
Year of death:
1921
Ignác Goldziher, Hungarian scholar of Islam (born 1850)
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Princess Viktoria of Prussia
Year of death:
1929
Princess Viktoria of Prussia (born 1866)
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Francisco Lagos Cházaro
Year of death:
1932
Francisco Lagos Cházaro, acting president of Mexico (1915) (born 1878)
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HOLIDAYS ON NOVEMBER 13
Stanislaus Kostka
Christian feast day: Stanislaus Kostka
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Premonstratensians
Christian feast day: Saints of the Premonstratensian Order
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Charles Simeon
Christian feast day: Charles Simeon (Church of England)
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Hundred Thousand Martyrs of Tbilisi
Christian feast day: The Hundred Thousand Martyrs of Tbilisi (Georgian Orthodox Church)
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World Kindness Day
World Kindness Day
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Sadie Hawkins Day
Sadie Hawkins Day (United States)
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Benedictines
Christian feast day: Saints of the Benedictine family
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Quintian of Rodez
Christian feast day: Quintian of Rodez
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Brice of Tours
Christian feast day: Brice of Tours
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Didacus of Alcalá
Christian feast day: Didacus (Diego) of Alcalá
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