On this day in History - Nov. 13

• 0354 - Saint Augustine of Hippo was born (d. 0430). North African theologian who was the author of the Confessions and City of God and was perhaps the most significant Christian thinker after St. Paul.
• 0532 – Augustine of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury was born (d. 0604).
• 0867 - St. Nicholas I dies. Pope.
• 1002 - English king Ethelred ordered killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St. Brice's Day massacre.
• 1004 - Abbon of Fleury dies. French Benedictine abbot.
• 1093 - Malcolm III dies (b. 1031). King of Scotland.
• 1143 - Fulk dies. King of Jerusalem, Count of Anjou.
• 1160 - Marriage of Louis VII of France with Adele of Champagne.
• 1170 - Albert I of Brandenburg dies (b. 1100).
• 1312 - King Edward III of England was born (d. 1377).
• 1314 - Albert II, the Degenerate dies. Landgrave of Thuringia.
• 1345 - Constance of Penafiel dies (b. 1323). Queen of Pedro I of Portugal.
• 1359 - Ivan II of Russia dies (b. 1326). Grand Prince of Moscow.
• 1460 - Prince Henry the Navigator dies (b. 1394). Portuguese patron of exploration.
• 1486 - Johann Eck was born († 1543). German theologian.
• 1504 - Philipp I of Hesse was born († 1567).
• 1572 - Cyril Lucaris was born (d. 1638). Greek theologian.
• 1606 - Geronimo Mercuriali dies (b. 1530). Italian philologist and physician.
• 1619 - Ludovico Carracci dies (b. 1555). Italian painter.
• 1642 - At the Battle of Turnham Green of the First English Civil War the Royalist forces withdrew in face of the Parliamentarian army and failed to take London.
• 1650 - Thomas May dies (b. 1595). English poet and historian.
• 1699 - Jan Zach was born (d. 1773). Czech composer and musician.
• 1710 - Charles Simon Favart was born (d. 1792). French dramatist.
• 1714 - William Shenstone was born (d. 1763). English poet.
• 1715 - Dorothea Erxleben was born (d. 1762). German, first female medical doctor.
• 1732 - John Dickinson was born (d. 1808). American lawyer and Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania.
• 1760 - Jiaqing was born (d. 1820). Emperor of China.
• 1761 - John Moore was born (d. 1809). British general.
• 1768 - Bertel Thorvaldsen was born (d. 1844). Danish sculptor.
• 1770 - George Grenville dies (b. 1712). Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
• 1771 - Konrad Ernst Ackermann dies (b. 1712). German actor.
• 1775 - American Revolutionary War: Patriot revolutionary forces under Col. Ethan Allen attack Montreal defended by British Kingdom of Great Britain General Guy Carleton. Allen and his troups were disorganised and soundly defeated.
• 1782 - Esaias Tegnér was born (d. 1846). Swedish writer.
• 1789 - Benjamin Franklin wrote in a letter to a friend, "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."
• 1801 - Amalie Auguste of Bavaria was born (d. 1877). Queen of Saxony.
• 1801 - Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria was born (d. 1873). Queen of Prussia.
• 1805 - Johann Georg Lehner invents the hot dog.
• 1807 - A família real portuguesa foge para o Brasil na sequência da invasão do país por tropas napoleónicas.
• 1814 - Joseph Hooker was born (d. 1879). American General.
• 1826 - Charles Frederick Worth was born (d. 1895). English-born couturier.
• 1833 - Edwin Booth was born (d. 1893). American actor.
• 1837 - James T. Rapier was born (d. 1883). American politician.
• 1838 - Joseph Fielding Smith was born (d. 1918). President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
• 1841 - James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnosis.
• 1841 - Edward Burd Grubb was born (d. 1913). American Civil War Brevet Brigadier General.
• 1842 - Pinheiro Chagas was born in Lisbon (d. 1895). Portuguese writer and politician.
• 1848 - Albert I, Prince of Monaco was born (d. 1922).
• 1850 - Robert Louis Stevenson was born (d. 1894). Scottish writer [(Treasure Island (1881), Kidnapped (1886), The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886)].
• 1851 - The Denny Party lands at Alki Point, the first settlers of what will become Seattle, Washington.
• 1853 - John Drew Jr. was born (d. 1927). American actor.
• 1856 - Louis Brandeis was born (d. 1941). U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
• 1860 - Perú: Se promulga la constitución, siendo ésta la de más larga duración de la historia de Perú.
• 1862 - Ludwig Uhland dies (b. 1787). German poet.
• 1864 - The new Constitution of Greece is adopted.
• 1866 - Abraham Flexner was born (d. 1959). American educator.
• 1867 - Adolphe Napoleon Didron dies (b. 1806). French archaeologist.
• 1868 - Gioacchino Rossini dies (b. 1792). Italian composer (Barber of Seville, William Tell).
• 1869 - Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams was born (d. 1962). Russian feminist.
• 1869 - Helene Stöcker was born (d. 1943). German feminist, pacifist and publicist.
• 1878 - Max Dehn was born (d. 1952). German mathematician.
• 1884 - José Rodrigues Maio dies (b. 1817). Portuguese fisher and lifeguard.
• 1885 - Anselmo José Braamcamp was born. Portuguese politician.
• 1886 - Mary Wigman was born (d. 1973). Dancer and choreographer.
• 1887 - Demonstrators demanding the release of William O'Brien from prison clash with police in central London on Bloody Sunday.
• 1891 - Antônio Pereira de Moraes – O Poeta da Saudade - was born in Jatobá (now Itapetim) (d. 7 Nov 1982). Brazilian popular poet.
• 1894 - Artur Nebe was born (d. 1945). German SS officer.
• 1897 - Gertrude Olmstead was born (d. 1975). American actress.
• 1897 - José Ângelo Cotinelli Telmo was born (d. 18 Sep. 1948). Portuguese architect and film director.
• 1899 – Huang Xianfan was born (d. 1982). Chinese historian.
• 1899 - Iskander Mirza was born (d. 1969). First President of Pakistan.
• 1899 - Almeida Júnior dies (b. 1850). Brazilian painter.
• 1900 - Edward Buzzell was born (d. 1985). American film director.
• 1901 - The 1901 Caister Lifeboat Disaster.
• 1903 - Camille Pissarro dies (b. 10 Jul 1830). French Pointillist and Impressionist painter specialized in landscapes.
• 1904 - H. C. Potter was born (d. 1977). American film and theater director.
• 1906 - Eva Zeisel was born. American industrial designer.
• 1906 - Hermione Baddeley was born (d. 1986). English actress.
• 1907 - Giovanna of Italy was born (d. 2000). Tsaritsa of Bulgaria.
• 1907 - Francis Thompson dies (b. 1859). English poet.
• 1908 - Andrew Fisher becomes the 5th Prime Minister of Australia.
• 1908 - C. Vann Woodward was born (d. 1999). American historian.
• 1908 - Hermione Baddeley was born (d. 1986). English actress.
• 1909 - Ballinger-Pinchot scandal begins: Collier's magazine accuses US Secretary of the Interior Richard Ballinger of questionable dealings in Alaskan coal fields.
• 1910 – Pat Reid was born (d. 1990). British Army officer and Colditz escapee.
  
• 1910 - William Bradford Huie was born (d. 1986). American journalist, editor, publisher and author.
• 1911 - Buck O'Neil was born (d. 2006). American baseball player.
• 1913 - Mary Phelps Jacob was the first to patent an undergarment named 'Brassiere' derived from the old French word for 'upper arm'. Her patent was for a device that was lightweight, soft and separated the breasts naturally.
• 1913 - O prémio Nobel da Literatura é atribuido a Rabindranath Tagore, pela sua obra "Gitanjali".
• 1913 - Alexander Scourby was born (d. 1985). American actor.
• 1913 - Helen Mack was born (d. 1986). American actress.
• 1913 - Jack Dyer was born (d. 2003). Australian rules footballer.
• 1913 - Lon Nol was born (d. 1985). Cambodian politician.
• 1914 - Alberto Lattuada was born (d. 2005). Italian film director.
• 1916 - Prime Minister of Australia William Morris Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription.
• 1917 - Robert Sterling was born (d. 2006). American actor.
• 1918 - Allied troops occupy Constantinople the capital of the Ottoman Empire.
• 1918 - Egyptian patriot Sa'd Zaghlul formed Al-Wafd al-Misri (Arabic: “Egyptian Delegation”), the nationalist political party that was instrumental in gaining Egyptian independence from Britain.
• 1918 - Jack Elam was born (d. 2003). American actor.
• 1922 - Jack Narz was born. American game show host.
• 1922 - Oskar Werner was born (d. 1984). Austrian actor.
• 1924 - Linda Christian was born. Mexican-born actress.
• 1924 - Motoo Kimura was born (d. 1994). Japanese geneticist.
• 1926 - Harry Hughes was born. 57^th Governor of Maryland.
  
• 1927 - The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicular tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.
• 1927 - Alberto Lopes was born in São Romão, Resende (d. 28 Sep 1969). Portuguese writer.
• 1927 - Billy Klüver was born (d. 2004). American scientist.
• 1927 - Madeleine Sherwood was born. Canadian actress.
• 1928 - Steve Bilko was born (d. 1978). American baseball player.
• 1929 - Fred Phelps was born. American pastor, leader of the Westboro Baptist Church.
• 1929 - Jaime Gil de Biedma was born (d. 8 Jan. 1990). Spanish poet.
  
• 1929 - Zé de Cazuza (José Nunes Filho) was born in Fazenda Boa-Vista, Monteiro, Paraíba. Brazilian poet.
• 1931 - Andrée Lachapelle was born. French Canadian actress.
• 1932 - Richard Mulligan was born (d. 2000). American actor.
• 1932 - Francisco Lagos Cházaro dies (20 Sep 1878). Mexican politician.
• 1933 - Adrienne Corri was born. Scottish actress.
• 1934 – Alberto Lattuada was born (d. 2005). Italian film director.
  
• 1934 - Garry Marshall was born. American producer, director, writer and actor.
• 1934 - Jimmy Fontana was born. Italian actor, composer and singer.
• 1934 - Peter Arnett was born. New Zealand-born American journalist.
• 1935 - George Carey was born. Archbishop of Canterbury.
• 1935 - Tom Atkins was born. American actor.
• 1938 - Gérald Godin was born (d. 1994). Québécois poet and politician.
• 1938 - Jean Seberg was born (d. 1979). American actress.
• 1939 - George Higgins was born (d. 6 Nov. 1999). American author.
  
• 1939 - Idris Muhammad was born. American jazz drummer.
• 1939 - Karel Brückner was born. Czech football manager.
• 1940 - Daniel Pilon was born. Québécois film and television actor.
• 1940 - The animated feature-length film Fantasia is released.
• 1941 - World War II: The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal is torpedoed by U 81, she sinks on November 14.
• 1941 - Dack Rambo was born (d. 1994). American actor.
• 1941 - Eberhard Diepgen was born. German politician.
• 1941 - Mel Stottlemyre was born. American baseball player and coach.
• 1942 - World War II: Battle of Guadalcanal - Aviators from the USS Enterprise sink the Japanese heavy cruiser BB- Hiei.
• 1942 - John Hammond was born. American musician.
• 1943 - André-Gilles Fortin was born (d. 1977). French Canadian politician.
• 1943 - Jay Sigel was born. American golfer.
• 1943 - Roberto Boninsegna was born. Italian footballer.
• 1944 - Timmy Thomas was born. American singer, keyboardist and songwriter.
• 1945 - Ethiopy and Panamá are admitted as member of ONU.
  
• 1945 - Charles de Gaulle was elected president of France.
• 1945 - Ahmed Sukarno assumes the Presidency of Indonesia.
• 1945 - John B. Craig was born. American diplomat.
• 1945 - Masahiro Hasemi was born. Japanese racing driver.
• 1947 - Abade de Baçal was born. Portuguese historian and archeologist.
• 1947 – Amory Lovins was born. American environmentalist and author.
• 1947 - Gene Garber was born. American Relief Pitcher.
• 1947 - Joe Mantegna was born. American actor.
• 1947 - Toy Caldwell was born (d. 1993). American guitarist (The Marshall Tucker Band).
• 1948 - Humayun Ahmed was born. Bangladeshi novelist and film-maker.
• 1949 - Terry Reid was born. English singer.
• 1949 - Whoopi Goldberg [Caryn Johnson] was born in New York City. Actress (Color Purple, Burglar, Ghost).
• 1949 - Yoshimi Ishibashi was born. Japanese racing driver.
• 1950 - General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud is assasinated in Caracas.
• 1950 - Gilbert Perreault was born. Canadian ice hockey player.
• 1950 - Mary Lou Metzger was born. American singer, The Lawrence Welk Show.
• 1951 – Pini Gershon was born. Israeli basketball coach.
• 1952 - Art Malik was born. Pakistani-born English actor.
• 1952 - Margaret Wise Brown dies (b. 1910). American children's author.
• 1953 - Andrés Manuel López Obrador was born. Mexican politician.
• 1953 - Andrew Ranken was born. English musician (The Pogues).
• 1953 - Frances Conroy was born. American actress.
• 1953 - Tracy Scoggins was born. American actress.
• 1954 - Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.
• 1954 - Chris Noth was born. American actor.
• 1954 - Scott McNealy was born. American CEO of Sun Microsystems.
  
• 1954 - Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist dies (b. 1881). German field marshal.
• 1955 - Whoopi Goldberg was born. American actress, comedienne, and singer.
• 1956 - The United States Supreme Court declares Alabama and Montgomery laws requiring segregated buses illegal; this ended the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
• 1956 - Ginger Alden was born. American actress.
• 1957 – Roger Ingram was born. American trumpeter, educator, and author.
• 1957 - Stephen Baxter was born. British author.
• 1957 - Rui Teles Palhinha dies (b. 1871). Portuguese (Azorean) botanic.
• 1959 – Caroline Goodall was born. English actress.
• 1960 - Sammy Davis, Jr. marries Swedish actress May Britt. Interracial marriage was still illegal in 31 US states out of 50.
• 1960 - A fire at a movie theater in Amude, Syria, kills 152 people.
• 1960 - Neil Flynn was born. American actor.
• 1960 – Teodora Ungureanu was born. Romanian gymnast and Olympic medalist.
• 1961 - Vladimir Yefimovich Semichastny succeeds Aleksandr Nikolayevich Shelepin as head of the KGB.
• 1961 - Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr. dies (b. 1897). American diplomat.
• 1963 - Vinny Testaverde was born. American football player.
• 1963 - Margaret Murray dies (b. 1863). English anthropologist and Egyptologist.
• 1964 - Steve Wong Ka-Keung was born. Hong Kong singer, songwriter, composer and the bassist of the Hong Kong rock band Beyond.
• 1965 - The SS Yarmouth Castle burns and sinks 60 miles off Nassau with the loss of 90 lives.
• 1967 - Juhi Chawla was born. Indian actress.
• 1967 - Jimmy Kimmel was born. American comedian and talk-show host.
• 1967 - Steve Zahn was born. American actor.
• 1967 - Harriet Cohen dies (b. 1895). English pianist.
• 1968 - Pat Hentgen was born. American baseball player.
• 1969 - Vietnam War: Anti-war protesters in Washington, DC stage a symbolic "March_Against_Death".
• 1969 - Ayaan Hirsi Ali was born. Dutch author.
• 1969 - Gerard Butler was born. Scottish actor.
• 1969 - Lori Berenson was born. U.S. journalist.
• 1970 - Lt Gen Hafez al-Assad becomes PM of Syria following military coup.
• 1970 - 1970 Bhola cyclone: A 120-mph tropical cyclone hits the densely populated Ganges Delta region of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), killing an estimated 500,000 people in one night (this is regarded as the 20th century's worst natural disaster).
• 1971 - The American space probe, Mariner 9, has become the first spacecraft to orbit another planet, swinging into its planned trajectory around Mars without a hitch.
• 1971 - Noah Hathaway was born. American actor.
• 1972 - Takuya Kimura was born. Japanese singer and actor.
• 1972 - Ugo Ehiogu was born. English football player.
• 1973 - Ari Hoenig was born. American jazz drummer.
• 1973 - Bruno Maderna dies (b. 1920). Italian/German conductor and composer.
• 1973 - Lila Lee dies (b. 1901). American actress.
• 1974 - Nuclear activist Karen Silkwood's car is forced off the road while she is travelling to an interview with New York Times reporter David Burnham. Her files are missing from the carwreck; an FBI investigation later concludes accident, but is not generally believed to have been impartial.
• 1974 - Ronald DeFeo, Jr. murders his family in Amityville, New York (Amityville Horror)
• 1974 - PLO leader Yasser Arafat gives a landmark address to the United Nations General Assembly.
  
• 1974 - Karen Silkwood dies (b. 1946). American activist.
• 1974 - Vittorio De Sica dies (b. 1901). Italian film director.
• 1975 - Alain Digbeu was born. French basketball player.
• 1975 - Ivica Dragutinović was born. Serbian footballer.
• 1975 - Joaquim Manuel Sampaio Silva «Quim» was born in V.N. Famalicão. Portuguese football player (goalkeeper of Benfica).
• 1975 – Tom Compernolle was born (d. 2008). Belgian athlete.
  
• 1975 - Olga Berggolts dies (b. 1910). Russian poet.
• 1976 - Hiroshi Tanahashi was born. Japanese professional wrestler.
• 1976 - Kelly Sotherton was born. English heptathlete.
• 1977 - Chanel Cole was born. Australian singer.
• 1977 - Huang Xiaoming was born. Chinese actor and singer.
• 1977 - Ingrid Schubert dies (b. 1944). German terrorist.
• 1978 - Nikolai Fraiture was born. American bassist (The Strokes).
• 1979 - Ron Artest was born. American basketball player.
• 1979 - Subliminal was born. Israeli rapper and producer.
• 1979 - Dimitris Psathas dies (b. 1907). Greek playwright.
• 1980 - François-Louis Tremblay was born. Canadian short track speed skater.
• 1980 - Monique Coleman was born. American actress.
• 1981 - The first Friday the 13th event held by motorcyclists in Port Dover, Ontario, Canada.
• 1981 - O cineasta português Fonseca e Costa ganha o Prémio do Instituto Português de Cinema com o filme Kilas, o Mau da Fita.
• 1981 - Mark Cardona was born. Filipino basketball player.
• 1981 - Rivkah was born. American comic book writer and artist.
• 1981 – Ryan Bertin was born. American amateur wrestler.
• 1981 - Shawn Yue was born. Hong Kong actor and singer.
• 1982 – Ray Mancini defeats Duk Koo Kim in a boxing match held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Kim's subsequent death (on November 17) leads to significant changes in the sport.
• 1982 - The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington D.C. after a march to its site by thousands of Vietnam War veterans.
• 1982 - Koda Kumi was born. Japanese singer.
• 1982 - Michael Copon was born. American actor and singer.
• 1982 - Samkon Gado was born. American football player.
• 1982 - Hugues Lapointe dies (b. 1911). French Canadian politician, lieutenant governor of Quebec.
• 1983 - Junior Samples dies (b. 1926). American comedian (Hee Haw).
• 1984 - Daniel Yeboah was born. Ivory Coast football player (goalkeeper).
• 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.
• 1985 - Xavier Suarez is sworn in as Miami's first Cuban-born mayor.
• 1985 - Asdrubal Cabrera was born. Venezuelan baseball player.
• 1985 - George Robert Vincent dies (b. 1898). American sound recording pioneer.
• 1986 - Thierry Le Luron dies (b. 1952). French humorist.
• 1987 – Dana Vollmer was born. American swimmer.
• 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.
• 1988 - Antal Dorati dies (b. 1906). Hungarian conductor.
• 1988 - Jaromír Vejvoda dies (b. 1902). Czech composer.
• 1989 - Polish labor leader Lech Walesa received the Medal of Freedom from President Bush during a White House ceremony.
• 1989 - Victor Davis dies (b. 1964). Canadian olympic swimmer.
• 1990 - In Aramoana, New Zealand, Resident David Gray shot dead 13 people, in what became known as the Aramoana Massacre.
• 1990 - The World Wide Web first began.
• 1990 - Jibbs was born. American rapper.
• 1991 - Beauty and The Beast is released in theatres.
• 1991 - Paul-Émile Cardinal Léger dies (b. 1904). Archbishop of Montreal.
• 1993 - Pakistan's Foreign Minister Farooq Leghari was chosen president.
• 1993 - Carey Lloyd (Rufus R. Jones) dies (b. 1933). American professional wrestler.
• 1994 - Voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union in a referendum.
• 1994 - Fórmula 1: Michael Schumacher wins his first World Championship in Australian Grand Prix.
• 1994 - Motoo Kimura dies (b. 1924). Japanese geneticist.
• 1995 - A truck-bomb explodes outside of a US-operated Saudi Arabian National Guard training center in Riyadh, killing five Americans and two Indians. A group called the Islamic Movement for Change claims responsibility.
• 1995 - Stella Hudgens was born. American actress.
• 1996 - Bill Doggett dies (b. 1916). American pianist and organist.
• 1996 - Swami Rama dies (b. 1925). Himalayan yoga master.
• 1996 - Bill Doggett dies (b. 1916). American pianist and organist.
• 1997 - Brent Kinsman was born. American actor.
• 1997 - Shane Kinsman was born. American actor.
• 1997 - André Boucourechliev dies (b. 1925). French composer.
• 1997 - Dawud M. Mu'Min dies (b. 1953). American convicted murderer.
• 1998 - Michel Trudeau dies (b. 1975). Canadian outdoorsman, son of Pierre Trudeau.
• 1998 - Edwige Feuillère dies (b. 1907). French film actress.
• 1998 - Niklas Luhmann dies. German sociologist.
• 1998 - Valerie Hobson dies (b. 1917). British actress.
• 1998 - Red Holzman dies (b. 1920). American basketball coach.
• 1999 - Donald Mills dies (b. 1915). American singer (Mills Brothers).
• 2000 - Philippines President Joseph Estrada is impeached by the Philippine House of Representatives, on charges that he received millions of dollars in payoffs from illegal gambling operators and tobacco taxes.
• 2001 - Doha Round: The World Trade Organization ends a four-day ministerial conference in Doha, Qatar.
• 2001 - On the heels of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan prompted by the deadly terrorist attacks of 9/11, the army of the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance captured the capital city of Kabul
• 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 any foreigners suspected of having connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States.
• 2002 - Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq agrees to the terms of the UN Security Council Resolution 1441.
• 2002 - The oil tanker Prestige sinks off the Galician coast and causes a huge oil spill.
• 2002 - Some 200 people were feared dead after 19 boats disappeared in a storm off Bangladesh.
• 2002 - Rishikesh Shaha dies (b. 1925). Nepalese politician and writer.
• 2003 - Kellie Waymire dies (b. 1967). American actress.
• 2004 - Harry Lampert dies at 88. Illustrator who created the D.C. Comics superhero The Flash.
• 2004 - John Balance dies (b. 1962). English musician and artist.
• 2004 - Ol' Dirty Bastard dies (b. 1968). American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan).
• 2004 - Thomas Foglietta dies (b. 1928). American politician.
• 2005 – Andrew Stimpson, a 25-year old British man, is reported as the first person proven to have been 'cured' of HIV.
  
• 2005 - Chicago Bears cornerback Nathan Vasher returns a missed field goal 108 yards.
• 2005 - Eddie Guerrero dies (b. 1967). Mexican-born professional wrestler.
• 2005 - Vine Deloria, Jr. dies (b. 1933). Native American author, theologian, historian, and activist.
• 2006 - Pope Benedict XVI [16 Apr 1927~] declares Blessed: Charles de Foucauld [15 Sep 1858 – 01 Dec 1916], Maria Pia Mastena [07 Dec 1881 – 28 Jun 1951], and Maria Crocifissa Curcio [30 Jan 1877 – 04 Jul 1957].
• 2007 - An explosion hits the south wing of the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Quezon City, killing four people, including Congressman Wahab Akbar, and wounding six.
• 2007 - John Doherty dies (b. 1935). English footballer.
• 2007 - Kazuhisa Inao dies (b. 1937). Japanese baseball player.
• 2007 - Monty Westmore dies (b. 1923). American make-up artist.
• 2007 - Wahab Akbar dies (b. 1960). Filipino politician and Congressman.
• 2009 – The Scotland - London East Coast Main Line is renationalized for the first time since the Privatisation of British Rail. This is following ECML operator National Express East Coast being stripped of the franchise and the Government operating the line under East Coast.
• Roman festivals - Iovis epulum; feast of Feronia.
• R.C. Saints - Bricius of Tours; Mother Cabrini; Saint Homobonus; Stanislaus Kostka, All the Saints of the Premonstratensian Order.
• Feast day of St. John Chrysostom, archbishop of Constantinople.
• International Phone Dictionary Day.