Sunday 13th of November 0867

105th Pope Nicholaus I aka Saint Nicholas the Great dies of unknown causes at the age of 67 in Vatican City, Rome, Lazio, Italy.

Saturday 13th of November 1002

34-year-old King of the English Æthelred the Unready orders to "slain all the Danish men who are in England" in Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.

The event is remembered as St. Brice's Day Massacre.

Sunday 13th of November 1312

King of England Edward III is born in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, United Kingdom.

To bolster further the independent prestige of the young prince, king Edward II had Edward III created Earl of Chester at only twelve days of age.

Monday 13th of November 1397

208th Pope Nicholaus V is born as Tommaso Parentucelli in Sarzana, Liguria, Italy.

Tuesday 13th of November 1635

Celebrity Thomas Parr aka Old Tom Parr choked on some food and died at the table while eating with King Charles I at the age of 152 in London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

Sunday 13th of November 1718

4th Earl of Sandwich John Montagu known for inventing the Sandwich is born in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.

Tuesday 13th of November 1849

Murderess Marie Manning aka The Bermondsey Horror is executed by hanging at the age of 28 in Horsemonger Lane Gaol, London, Southwark, South London, .

Manning's hanging was the first time a husband and wife had been executed together in the United Kingdom since 1700. Supposedly wearing black satin, Manning's hanging drew a crowd of 50.000, including writer Charles Dickens.

Wednesday 13th of November 1850

Writer Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson known for his novel ‘Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ is born in 8 Howard Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Friday 13th of November 1868

Composer Gioachino Antonio Rossini is born at the age of 76 in Passy, 2 Avenue Ingres, Paris, XVIe, Île-de-France, France.

Tuesday 13th of November 1900

Cousin and first wife of Jesse James Zerelda Amanda Mimms dies of pneumonia at the age of 55 in 3402 Tracy Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri, United States.

Saturday 13th of November 1909

259 die in St. Paul’s Company mine fire in St. Paul’s Company, Cherry, Illinois, United States.

Sunday 13th of November 1938

Actress Jean Dorothy Seberg is born in Marshalltown, Iowa, United States.

Wednesday 13th of November 1940

Wiener Aktionist Rudolf Schwarzkogler is born in Wien, Wien, Austria.

Thursday 13th of November 1941

Mass murderer Patrick Henry Sherrill known for the Edmond Post Office shooting is born in Watonga, Oklahoma, United States.

Saturday 13th of November 1954

Electronic music pioneer Monte Cazazza is born in Oakland, California, United States.

Sunday 13th of November 1955

Actress and television host Whoopi Goldberg is born as Caryn Elaine Johnson in New York, Manhattan, New York, United States.

Sunday 13th of November 1960

152 Kurdish schoolchildren die in Amouda Cinema fire in Amuda, Al Hasakah, Syria.

The Egyptian horror film ‘The Midnight Ghost’ was playing.

Friday 13th of November 1964

David Russell is stabbed to death by serial killer Vaughn Greenwood aka The Skid Row Slasher in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Friday 13th of November 1964

Serial killer Hubert Geralds aka The Englewood Rapist is born in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Saturday 13th of November 1965

92 die in SS Yarmouth Castle fire in Northwest Providence Channel, Atlantic Ocean.

Friday 13th of November 1970

Murderess Maria Groesbeek is executed by hanging at the age of 33 in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa.

“My husband wouldn’t give me a divorce, so I poisoned him with arsenic,” Groesbeek told police when they came to arrest her.

Wednesday 13th of November 1974

Neorealist film director Vittorio De Sica dies of lung cancer at the age of 73 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France.

Wednesday 13th of November 1974

Chemical technician and labor union activist Karen Gay Silkwood dies in a car accident under unclear circumstances at the age of 28 in South Portland Avenue, Crescent, Oklahoma, United States.

Silkwood's car was rammed from behind by another vehicle with the intent to cause an accident that would result in her death. Skid marks from Silkwood's car were present on the road, suggesting that she was trying to get back onto the road after being pushed from behind.

Wednesday 13th of November 1974

43-year-old Ronald Sr., 42-year-old Louise, 18-year-old Dawn, 13-year-old Allison, 12-year-old Mark and 7-year-old John are shot dead by their son and brother 23-year-old Mass murderer Ronald Joseph 'Butch' DeFeo aka The Amityville Horror Murderer in 112 Ocean Avenue, Amityville, New York, United States.

"Once I started, I just couldn’t stop. It went so fast."

Sunday 13th of November 1977

13-year-old Dolores Ann 'Dolly' Cepeda is raped and strangled by serial killers The Hillside Stranglers in 703 East Colorado Street, Los Angeles, Glendale, California, United States.

Thursday 13th of November 1986

Tenor Rudolf Schock aka Der Czárdás-König dies of a heart attack at the age of 71 in Düren, Gürzenich, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

Thursday 13th of November 1997

Double murderer Dawud Majid Mu'Min is executed by lethal injection at the age of 44 in Greensville Correctional Center, Jarratt, Virginia, United States.

Thursday 13th of November 1997

Luciano Marro is shot dead by serial killer Donato Bilancia aka Il Mostro della Liguria in Ventimiglia, Liguria, Italy.

Bilancia also stole 45 million lire from Marro.

Saturday 13th of November 1999

A welcoming act on the launch of the now defunct 'Café Belge' in Brussel, Brabant, Belgium.

Saturday 13th of November 2004

Musician John 'Jhonn' Balance known from the experimental music group Coil falls to his death from a two story balcony under the influence of alcohol at his home at the age of 42 in London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

Sunday 13th of November 2005

A courtyard of the Forbidden City in Beijing, Hebei, China.

Friday 13th of November 2009

47-year-old Anti-government protester Tang Fu-zhen sets herself ablaze in an act of protest against the demolition of a garment processing unit in Chengdu, Jinhua, Sichuan, China.

Four members of Tang Fu-zhen's family ended up wounded and in the hospital. Tang Fu-zhen was officially pronounced dead by the hospital on 29 November 2009.

Saturday 13th of November 2010

Serial killer Farid Baghlani is executed by hanging in Ahvāz‎‎, Ostān-e Khūzestān, Iran.

Wednesday 13th of November 2019

Cyclist Raymond Poulidor aka Poupou aka L'Éternel Second dies of heart failure at the age of 83 in Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.

Friday 13th of November 2020

Serial killer Peter William Sutcliffe aka The Yorkshire Ripper dies of complications of COVID-19 at the age of 74 in University Hospital of North Durham, Durham, County Durham, United Kingdom.

Sutcliffe had refused treatment for COVID-19 after having previously returned to HMP Frankland following treatment for a suspected heart attack two weeks prior.