On This Day November 13

 OTD

November 13th is the three hundredth seventeenth day of the year, and there are 48 days remaining until the end of the year.

 

Events

 1002 – English king Æthelred II orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St. Brice's Day massacre.

1715 – Jacobite rising in Scotland: Battle of Sheriff Muir: The forces of the Kingdom of Great Britain halt the Jacobite advance, although the action is inconclusive.

1841—James Braid first sees Charles Lafontaine demonstrate animal magnetism, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnotism.

1887 – Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.

1918 – World War I: Allied troops occupy Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire.

1927 – The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.

1940 – Walt Disney's animated musical film Fantasia is first released at New York's Broadway Theatre on the first night of a roadshow.

1956—The United States Supreme Court declared Alabama's laws requiring segregated buses illegal, ending the Montgomery bus boycott.

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.

2012 – A total solar eclipse occurs in Australia and the South Pacific.

 

Birthdays

 354 – Augustine of Hippo, Roman bishop and theologian (d. 430)

1715 – Dorothea Erxleben, German first female medical doctor (d. 1762)

1814 – Joseph Hooker, American general (d. 1879)

1850 – Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist (d. 1894)

1881 – Jesús García, Mexican railroad brakeman (d. 1907)

1911 – Buck O'Neil, American baseball player and manager (d. 2006)

1924 – Motoo Kimura, Japanese biologist and geneticist (d. 1994)

1941 – David Green, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Hobby Lobby

1946 – Ray Wylie Hubbard, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist

1963 – Vinny Testaverde, American football player

1979 – Metta Sandiford-Artest, an American basketball player

 

Holiday Highlight

 World Kindness Day 2024?

World Kindness Day was first established as an observance by the World Kindness Movement. In 2019, the organization registered as an official NGO under Swiss law, although its history dates back to a convention held in Tokyo in 1997. At this conference, various institutions and associations from countries such as Australia, Thailand, the United States, and the United Kingdom came together due to their commitment to promoting kindness in society. This event laid the foundation for the World Kindness Movement, with their inaugural declaration expressing a "pledge to join together to build a kinder and more compassionate world." To further this goal, they launched the first World Kindness Day in 1998.

The purpose of World Kindness Day, as outlined by the World Kindness Movement, is to "highlight good deeds in the community, focusing on the positive power and the common thread of kindness that binds us." Since its inception over two decades ago, the day has gained global recognition, with events attracting participants from every inhabited continent. Activities associated with the day have included concerts, dance mobs, and the distribution of "kindness cards."

Currently, World Kindness Day is considered an unofficial observance. However, the World Kindness Movement hopes to achieve official recognition from the United Nations. If successful, World Kindness Day would join the ranks of other recognized observance days, such as International Day of Peace, Human Rights Day, and World Health Day.

 

Holidays And Observance

All the News That's Fit to Print Day

Clean Out Your Computer Day  

Cream Cheese Brownie Day

International Cribbage Day

International Epilepsy Day  

Meal Monday  

National Flannel Day

National Home Warranty Day

National Julio Day   

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