What are the important events that happened on July 13? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

July 13: Facts & Myths About This Day

July 13 is the 195^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 171 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 30, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 28,680,480 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaenneacontapentagon’ day.

Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 200 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,222 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

July 13 Historical Events

• 1558 –
  Battle of Gravelines: in France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul de Thermes at Gravelines.
• 1573 –
  Eighty Years’ War: the Siege of Haarlem ends after seven months.
• 1787 –
  The Continental Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory. It also establishes procedures for the admission of new states and limits the expansion of slavery.
• 1793 –
  Journalist and French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat is assassinated in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday, a member of the opposing political faction.
• 1830 –
  The General Assembly’s Institution, now the Scottish Church College, one of the pioneering institutions that ushered the Bengal Renaissance, is founded by Alexander Duff and Raja Ram Mohan Roy, in Calcutta, India.
• 1919 –
  The British airship R34 lands in Norfolk, England, completing the first airship return journey across the Atlantic in 182 hours of flight.
• 1977 –
  New York City, amidst a period of financial and social turmoil experiences a blackout lasting nearly 24 hours that leads to widespread fires and looting.
• 1985 –
  The Live Aid benefit concert takes place in London and Philadelphia, as well as other venues such as Sydney and Moscow.
• 2003 –
  French DGSE personnel abort an operation to rescue Ingrid Betancourt from FARC rebels in Colombia, causing a political scandal when details are leaked to the press.
• 2011 –
  Mumbai is rocked by three bomb blasts during the evening rush hour, killing 26 and injuring 130.

Who were born on July 13?

• 1770 –
  Alexander Balashov, Russian general (d. 1837)
• 1918 –
  Alberto Ascari, Italian race car driver (d. 1955)
• 1928 –
  Bob Crane, American actor (d. 1978)
• 1930 –
  Naomi Shemer, Israeli songwriter (d. 2004)
• 1934 –
  Aleksei Yeliseyev, Soviet cosmonaut
• 1951 –
  Rob Bishop, American politician
• 1954 –
  Rick Chartraw, American ice hockey player
• 1957 –
  Thierry Boutsen, Belgian racing driver
• 1976 –
  Sheldon Souray, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1983 –
  Kristof Beyens, Belgian sprinter

Who died on July 13?

• 678 –
  Aisha, wife of the Prophet Muhammad (birth year unknown)
• 1807 –
  Henry Benedict Stuart, Italy-born Jacobite claimant to the throne of England (b. 1725)
• 1922 –
  Martin Dies, Sr., American politician (b. 1870)
• 1946 –
  Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer (b. 1864)
• 1955 –
  Ruth Ellis, British murderer, last woman to be executed in the United Kingdom (b. 1926)
• 1974 –
  Patrick Blackett, Baron Blackett, English physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1897)
• 2006 –
  Red Buttons, American comedian (b. 1919)
• 2007 –
  Michael Reardon, American free climber (b. 1965)
• 2008 –
  Bronisław Geremek, Polish social historian and politician (b. 1932)
• 2011 –
  Allan Jeans, Australian football player and coach (b. 1933)