13th November anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1908
  • "Birth of C. Vann Woodward, American historian ."
• event
  • 1002
  • Great Britain
  • "St Brice's Day massacre – King Aethelred (Ethelred II, the 'Unready') orders killing of all Danes in England "
  • 1642
  • Battle of Turnham Green – Royalist forces withdraw in face of the Parliamentarian army and fail to take London
  • 1715
  • Battle of Sheriffmuir
  • 1907
  • "The first helicopter to make a manned, untethered flight flew briefly at Coquainvilliers, near Lisieux, France"
  • 1908
  • Andrew Fisher was elected Prime Minister of Australia .
  • 1933
  • United States
  • "The first sit-down strike in America was held by workers at George A. Hormel and Company, Minnesota."
  • 1969
  • "Irene Hanson of Essex gave birth to the first set of quintuplets in the UK who all survived, at Queen Charlottes maternity hospital, London"
  • 1979
  • The Times newspaper was published in Britain for the first time in nearly a year after a lengthy industrial dispute
  • 1998
  • United States
  • "Paula Jones dropped her sexual harassment case against US President Bill Clinton after he agreed to pay her $850,000."
• Death
  • 1907
  • "Francis Thompson died 1907 (born 1859). Poet best known now for The Hound of Heaven, written in 1888 after he had been given shelter and help with his opium addiction by Wilfrid and Alice Meynell."
  • 1982
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Chesney Allen, British comedian (Popular WWII entertainer, member of 'The Crazy Gang')"
  • 1998
  • "Death of Edwige Feuillère, French film actress ."