1004 – Abbo of Fleury [Floriacensis], French abbott and saint, dies
1868 – Gioachino Rossini, Italian composer (Barber of Seville, William Tell), dies at 76
1869 – Iskandar Ali Mirza, Bengali-Pakistani general and 1st President of Pakistan (1956-58), dies of a heart attack at 70
1967 – Harriet Cohen, British pianist, dies at 71
1979 – Dimitris Psathas, Greek playwright (b. 1907)
1994 – Lewis Bingham Keeble, British-born town planner, dies at 79
1997 – Dawud M. Mu’Min, American murderer (b. 1953)
2001 – Raphaël Sommer, Czech cellist, and educator, dies of an aortic aneurysm at 64
2001 – Margaret “Peggy” Mount, British actress (Oliver!, Panic in the Parlor), dies following a stroke at 86
2024 – Theodore Olson, American attorney (42nd Solicitor General of the United States, 2001-04), dies of a stroke at 84
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Historical Events for 13th November 2025
1864 – The new Constitution of Greece adopted
1921 – US, France, Japan and British Empire sign a Pacific Treaty
1965 – “Skyscraper” opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 248 performances
1985 – Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupts in Colombia, killing 25,000 in the town of Armero
1987 – Sonny and Cher perform together for the final time, singing “I Got You Babe” on ‘Late Night with David Letterman’ (NBC)
1987 – 1st condom commercial on British TV
1988 – Brazilian McLaren driver Ayrton Senna finishes 2nd in the season ending Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide to win his first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship; wins title by 3 points from Alain Prost
2017 – First Barbie doll to wear a hijab, modeled on Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad unveiled in New York
Today in History for 13th November 2025
Historical Events
1907 – The Conference of Central American States, convoked in response to the war between Honduras and Nicaragua, meets in Washington, D.C. to promote unification
1942 – Minimum draft age lowered from 21 to 18 in the US
1994 – Title contenders Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill famously collide on lap 35 of the season ending Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide; Schumacher wins his first F1 World Drivers Championship by 1 point from Hill
1996 – Padres third baseman Ken Caminiti is 4th unanimous winner of NL MVP
1999 – Lennox Lewis defeats Evander Holyfield in 12 rounds by unanimous decision to become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world
Famous Birthdays
1732 – John Dickinson, American lawyer and Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania, born in Talbot County, Maryland (d. 1808)
1882 – John Lowry, American NYC builder (Radio City Music Hall), born in Mount Vernon, New York (d. 1962)
1913 – Alexander Scourby, American actor (Jesus, Shaggy Dog, Giant), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1985)
1922 – Oskar Werner [Bschließmayer], Austrian stage and screen actor an(The Spy Who Came In from the Cold; Ship of Fools; Fahrenheit 451), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1984)
1953 – Tracy Scoggins, actress (Colbys, Gumshoe Kid), born in Galveston, Texas
Famous Deaths
1861 – Arthur Hugh Clough, English poet, friend of Matthew Arnold, dies at 42
2001 – Marius Flothuis, Dutch composer, (Kleine Suite for 12 Harps; Espressioni Cordiali), artistic director (Concertgebouw Orchestra, 1955–74), musicologist (Mozart), and music critic, dies at 87
2004 – Thomas Foglietta, American politician and diplomat (US Representative for Pennsylvania, 1981-97; Ambassador to Italy, 1997-2001), dies from surgery complications at 75
2013 – Carlena Williams, American session and touring vocalist (Ike and Tina Turner Revue; Humble Pie; Pink Floyd; The Carpenters; Donna Summer), dies at 71
2014 – Alvin Dark, American baseball shortstop (MLB All-Star 1951, 52, 54; World Series 1954 NY Giants) and manager (World Series 1974 Oakland A’s), dies from Alzheimer’s disease at 92
Famous Deaths for 12th November 2025
1600 – Andrew of Austria, Austrian nobleman (Margrave of Burgau), clergyman (Catholic cardinal and bishop), and Governor-General of the Habsburg Netherlands (1598-1599), dies at 42
1823 – Emanuel Aloys Förster, Bohemian composer and music teacher, dies at 75
1852 – Georg Hellmesberger Jr., Austrian violinist and composer, dies at 22
1944 – George David Birkhoff, American mathematician (Aesthetic measure), dies at 60
1967 – Herman Uyttersprot, Flemish literature historian, dies at 58
1967 – Kurt Barthel [KuBa], German writer and political activist, dies at 53
1970 – Gene Gifford American jazz banjoist, guitarist, and arranger (Jean Goldkette; Casa Loma Orchestra), dies at 62
1996 – John Qace Hardbattle, Botswana political activist and co-founder of the First People of the Kalahari (1991), dies of lymphatic cancer at 51
2001 – Albert Hague [Marcuse], German-American actor, singer and composer (Fame, How the Grinch Stole Christmas), dies of cancer at 73
2003 – Kay E. Kuter, American actor (Green Acres), dies at 78
Historical Events for 12th November 2025
1614 – Treaty of Xanten: Guliks-Kleefse War victory ends
1921 – Washington Conference for Limitation of Armaments
1943 – Landwacht (NSB-political party) forms in Netherlands
1953 – US district Judge Grim, rules NFL can black out TV home games
1984 – Paul McCartney releases single “We All Stand Together”
1995 – 26th NYC Marathon won by German Silva in 2:10:00
2022 – Two vintage aircraft crash in midair at the Wings Over Dallas WWII Airshow, killing all six people
2024 – Actor and director John Krasinski is named People Magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive” for 2024
Today in History for 12th November 2025
Historical Events
1912 – Spanish Prime Minister José Canalejas y Méndez is assassinated by an anarchist book shopping in Madrid
1933 – Hugh Gray takes the first known photo of the so-called Loch Ness monster
1946 – A branch of the Exchange National Bank in Chicago, Illinois opens the first ten drive-up teller windows
1960 – Mercury-Redstone 1 test launch fails at 10 cm altitude
2019 – Israeli forces kill senior commander of Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group in the Gaza Strip with Palestinian militants setting off retaliatory rockets at Israel
Famous Birthdays
1929 – Michael Ende, German fantasy and children’s writer (The Neverending Story), born in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria (d. 1995)
1936 – Ruth Jessen, American golfer (11 LPGA Tour wins, 3-time major runner-up), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 2007)
1949 – Arthur “Pooch” Tavares, American RandB musician (Taveres – “Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel”), born in New Bedford, Massachusetts
1964 – Erik Howard, American NFL defensive tackle/end (NY Jets), born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts
1975 – Tevin Jermod Campbell, American rapper, born in Dallas, Texas
Famous Deaths
1202 – Canute VI, King of Denmark (1182-1202), assassinated at about 39
1720 – Peter Tordenskjold, Norwegian naval hero, dies at 30
1722 – Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch painter, engraver and architect, dies at 63
1994 – Katherine Elliott, British physician (oral rehydration therapy), dies at 75
1997 – William Matthews, American poet, dies at 55
Famous Deaths for 11th November 2025
1331 – Stefanus VIII Uros III Decanski, king of Serbia (1322-31), dies
1755 – Johan van de Bergh, Leids regent, dies at 91
1918 – George Lawrence Price, Canadian soldier, last person to be killed in WW I (b. 1892)
1945 – Jerome Kern, American composer (Sally; Leave It To Jane), dies at 60
1971 – Sylvia Brett, Lady Brooke and Ranee of Sarawak, dies at 86
1982 – Gösta Törner, Swedish hot jazz and session trumpeter and bandleader, dies at 70
1987 – Nico Slothouwer, poet (Liefdesstratenplan), commits suicide at 30
2006 – Belinda Emmett, Australian actress (Rebecca Nash in “Home and Away”), dies at 32
2007 – Delbert Mann, American television and film director (Marty, Separate Tables, A Gathering of Eagles), dies from pneumonia at 87
2014 – Big Bank Hank [Henry Lee Jackson] American rapper (The Sugarhill Gang – “Rapper’s Delight”), dies of cancer at 58
Historical Events for 11th November 2025
1750 – First collegiate secret society in the United States, the F.H.C. Society (Flat Hat Club), is formed at Raleigh Tavern in Williamsburg, Virginia
1924 – Palace of Legion of Honor dedicated in San Francisco
1925 – City of Chicago, Illinois renames Municipal Grant Park Stadium, as Soldier Field, in honor of US soldiers killed in combat during World War I
1928 – KXO-AM in El Centro CA begins radio transmissions
1942 – -12] last German offensive in Stalingrad
1959 – Seals Stadium, a minor league baseball park and temporary home of MLB Giants) in San Francisco, California demolished
1985 – First AIDS-themed TV movie “An Early Frost” screens in the US on NBC
2003 – Josh Groban releases his second album “Closer”; it goes to #1 on US charts and becomes his biggest seller
Today in History for 11th November 2025
Historical Events
1647 – Massachusetts passes first compulsory school attendance law in the American colonies
1924 – Martin Beck Theater opens at 302 W 45th St NYC
2013 – “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” directed by Francis Lawrence starring Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson premieres in London
2014 – The captain of the South Korean ferry which sank in April is found guilty of gross negligence and sentenced to 36 years in prison
2021 – Near-earth asteroid Kamo`oalewa, the size of a ferris wheel, very likely a fragment of the moon, according to a new study
Famous Birthdays
1657 – Guido Starhemberg, Austrian earl and fieldmarshal (Turkish Wars), born in Graz, Austria (d. 1737)
1909 – Robert Ryan, American actor (Billy Budd, The Dirty Dozen, The Longest Day), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1973)
1964 – Anabel Alonso, Spanish actress (7 Vidas), born in Barakaldo, Spain
1964 – Philip McKeon, American actor (Tommy-Alice, Return to Horror High), born in Westbury, New York
1981 – Natalie Glebova, Russian Canadian TV host and Miss Universe 2005, born in Tuapse, Russia
Famous Deaths
1984 – Jan Novák, Czech classical composer and contemporary Latin poet, dies at 63
1986 – Roger C. Carmel, American actor (Star Trek – “Harry Mudd”; The Mothers-in-Law – “Roger”), dies at 54
1992 – Giulio Carlo Argan, Italian art critic/mayor of Rome, dies at 83
1994 – Elizabeth Maconchy (LeFanu), Irish-English composer, notably of string quartets, and contemporary music promoter, dies at 87
2006 – Harry Lehotsky, American Canadian pastor and activist, dies at 49
Famous Deaths for 10th November 2025
1644 – Luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (El diablo cojuelo), dies at 65
1772 – Pedro Antonio Joaquim Correa da Serra Garção, Portuguese poet (b. 1724)
1954 – Hussein Fatemi, Iran Foreign minister, executed
1966 – Evelyn Sears, American tennis player (US National 1907), dies at 91
1969 – Tadeusz Peiper, Polish poet, dies at 78
1971 – Walter Van Tilburg Clark, American author (Ox-Bow Incident), dies at 62
1981 – Abel Gance, French movie director (J’accuse), dies at 92
1982 – Leonid Brezhnev, General Secretary of the Soviet Union (1964-82), dies of a heart attack at 75
1986 – Francis “King” Clancy, Canadian NHL ice hockey defenseman, 1921-36, 3X Stanley Cup (Ottawa Senators, Toronto Maple Leafs), referee (1938-49), coach, 1953-56 (Toronto), executive, and trophy namesake, dies of septic shock at 84
1992 – Chuck Connors, American author, actor (The Rifleman, Branded, Cowboy in Africa), professional basketball and baseball player, dies at 71