November 13 is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 48 days remaining until the end of the year.
- 1954 - Great Britain defeats France in Paris to win the first Rugby League World Cup.
- 1956 – The United States Supreme Court declares Alabama's bus segregation laws illegal, ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
- 1957 – Flooding in the Po River valley of Italy leads to the flooding in Venice.
- 1960 - In the city of Amude in Syrian Kurdistan, a cinema fire kills 152 people.
- 1965 - The ship SS Yarmouth Castle burns and sinks 60 miles off Nassau, Bahamas, killing 90 people.
- 1969 – Up to 500,000 anti-war protesters march and protest in Washington, DC.
- 1970 – The Bhola Cyclone strikes East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh), killing approximately 500,000 people.
- 1971 – The Mariner 9 spacecraft enters into orbit around Mars.
- 1972 - "Cyclone" Quimburga strikes the UK, Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, killing 73 people.
- 1977 – Shirley Jones and Marty Ingels marry.
- 1979 – The Times publishes for the first time in almost a year, following a strike.
- 1982 - Duk Doo Kim suffers fatal injuries, from which he dies on November 17, in a boxing match against Ray Mancini.
- 1982 – Vietnam Veterans Memorial dedicated.
- 1985 – The Nevado del Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts, causing a mudslide that buries the town of Armero, killing around 23,000.
- 1985 - Xavier Suarez is sworn in as the first Cuban-born Mayor of Miami, Florida.
- 1986 - The Compact of Free Association takes effect, allowing the Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia to become independent.
- 1990 – The first-ever website is released, after Tim Berners-Lee proposed the creation of the World Wide Web.
- 1992 - Riddick Bowe becomes heavyweight boxing world champion, defeating Evander Holyfield.
- 1994 - Michael Schumacher wins the first of his Formula One world titles.
- 1994 – Voters in Sweden approve entry to the EU.
- 1995 - A truck bomb explodes outside the US-operated Saudi Arabian National Guard training center in Riyadh, killing 5 Americans and 2 Indians.
- 1999 - Lennox Lewis becomes heavyweight boxing world champion, defeating Evander Holyfield.
- 2000 – Philippines: Articles of impeachment are passed against President Joseph Estrada.
- 354 – Augustine of Hippo, Algerian philosopher (d. 430)
- 532 - Augustine of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 604)
- 1312 – Edward III, King of England (d. 1377)
- 1486 - Johann Eck, German theologian (d. 1543)
- 1493 - William IV, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1550)
- 1504 - Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (d. 1567)
- 1559 - Albert VII, Archduke of Austria (d. 1621)
- 1567 - Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (d. 1625)
- 1595 - George William, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1640)
- 1663 – Arni Magnusson, Icelandic scholar (d. 1730)
- 1699 - Jan Zach, Czech composer and musician (d. 1773)
- 1715 – Dorothea Christiane Erxleben, German doctor (d. 1762)
- 1732 - John Dickerson, American lawyer and Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania (d. 1808)
- 1760 – Jiaqing Emperor of China (d. 1820)
- 1761 - John Moore, Scottish soldier and general (d. 1809)
- 1780 - Ranjit Singh, Indian founder of the Sikh Empire (d. 1839)
- 1782 – Esaias Tegnér, Swedish writer (d. 1846)
- 1792 - Edward Trelawny, English writer (d. 1881)
- 1801 – Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria, Queen of Prussia (d. 1873)
- 1801 - Amalie Auguste of Bavaria, Queen of Saxony (d. 1877)
- 1806 – Emilia Plater, Polish-Lithuanian princess (d. 1831)
- 1809 - John A. Dahlgren, American navy admiral (d. 1870)
- 1813 - Peter II Petrovic-Njegos, Montenegrin statesman, religious leader and poet (d. 1851)
- 1814 – Joseph Hooker, American general (d. 1879)
- 1817 - Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély, French organist and composer (d. 1869)
- 1826 - Charles Worth, English fashion designer (d. 1895)
- 1833 - Edwin Booth, American actor (d. 1893)
- 1838 - Joseph Fielding Smith, American Mormon leader (d. 1918)
- 1841 - Lucius F. C. Garvin, Governor of Rhode Island (d. 1922)
- 1848 – Albert I, Prince of Monaco (d. 1922)
- 1850 – Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish writer (d. 1894)
- 1854 - George Whitefield Chadwick, American composer and educator (d. 1931)
- 1856 - Louis Brandeis, American jurist (d. 1941)
- 1869 - Helene Stöcker, German feminist, pacifist and publicist (d. 1943)
- 1869 - Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian-American activist, journalist and politician (d. 1962)
- 1872 - John MacIntosh Lyle, Canadian architect, designer, urban planner and teacher (d. 1945)
- 1878 – Max Dehn, German mathematician (d. 1952)
- 1879 - John Grieb, American gymnast (d. 1939)
- 1883 - Oscar Brockmmeyer, American soccer player (d. 1954)
- 1883 - Leo Goodwin, American swimmer, diver and water polo player (d. 1957)
- 1886 - Mary Wigman, German dancer and choreographer (d. 1973)
- 1893 – Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist, won the 1843 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1986)
- 1897 – Gertrude Olmstead, American actress (d. 1975)
- 1899 – Iskander Mirza, President of Pakistan (d. 1969)
- 1899 – Huang Xianfan, Chinese historian and educator (d. 1982)
- 1904 - H. C. Potter, American movie director and theatre director (d. 1977)
- 1904 - Peter Yorck von Wartenburg, German lawyer and resistance activist (d. 1944)
- 1906 - Hermione Baddeley, English-American actress and singer (d. 1986)
- 1907 – Giovanna of Italy, Tsaritsa of Bulgaria (d. 2000)
- 1911 - Buck O'Neil, American baseball player and manager (d. 2006)
- 1912 - Claude Pompidou, wife of Georges Pompidou and First Lady of France (d. 2007)
- 1913 – Lon Nol, Cambodian politician (d. 1985)
- 1914 - Amelia Bence, Argentine actress (d. 2016)
- 1914 – Alberto Lattuada, Italian movie director (d. 2005)
- 1915 - Maurice M. Shapiro, American physicist (d. 2008)
- 1915 - Howard Cooke, former Governor-General of Jamaica (d. 2014)
- 1917 - Vasantdada Patil, Indian politician, 5th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 1989)
- 1917 - Robert Sterling, American actor (d. 2006)
- 1919 - Mary Beth Hughes, American actress (d. 1995)
- 1922 – Oskar Werner, Austrian actor (d. 1984)
- 1923 – Linda Christian, American actress (d. 2011)
- 1924 – Motoo Kimura, Japanese geneticist and biologist (d. 1994)
- 1926 - Don Gordon, American actor (d. 2017)
- 1926 - Harry Hughes, 57th Governor of Maryland (d. 2019)
- 1929 - Asashio Taro III, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1988)
- 1929 – Fred Phelps, American pastor (d. 2014)
- 1930 - Adrienne Corri, Scottish actress (d. 2016)
- 1931 - Andrée Lachapelle, Canadian actress (d. 2019)
- 1932 – Richard Mulligan, American actor (d. 2000)
- 1934 - Peter Arnett, American journalist
- 1934 – Garry Marshall, American screenwriter, movie producer, and actor (d. 2016)
- 1935 – George Carey, former Archbishop of Canterbury
- 1935 - Tom Atkins, American actor
- 1936 - Salim Kallas, Syrian actor and politician (d. 2013)
- 1938 – Jean Seberg, American actress (d. 1979)
- 1939 – Karel Brückner, Czech football manager
- 1939 - Idris Muhammad, American jazz drummer (d. 2014)
- 1939 – Will Ryan, American actor
- 1940 – Saul Kripke, American philosopher and logician
- 1941 – Eberhard Diepgen, German politician, former Governing Mayor of Berlin
- 1941 - Dack Rambo, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1943 – Roberto Boninsegna, Italian footballer
- 1943 - Howard Wilkinson, English footballer
- 1944 - Timmy Thomas, American singer-songwriter, keyboardist and producer
- 1946 - Stanislaw Baranczak, Polish poet and translator (d. 2014)
- 1947 – Joe Mantegna, American actor and director
- 1948 - Humayun Ahmed, Bangladeshi novelist and movie maker
- 1948 - Adelle Lutz, American costume designer, model and actress
- 1950 - Gilbert Perreault, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1951 - Pini Gershon, Israeli basketball player and coach
- 1952 - Art Malik, Pakistani-born British actor
- 1953 - Frances Conroy, American actress
- 1953 - Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Mexican politician, President of Mexico from 2018
- 1953 - Andrew Ranken, British musician
- 1953 - Tracy Scoggins, American actress
- 1954 - Scott McNealy, American businessman, co-founder of Sun Microsystems
- 1954 – Chris Noth, American actor
- 1955 – Whoopi Goldberg, American actress and comedienne
- 1956 – Rex Linn, American actor
- 1956 - Charlie Baker, American politician, 72nd Governor of Massachusetts
- 1957 - Greg Abbott, American politician, 48th Governor of Texas
- 1957 – Stephen Baxter, English science fiction writer
- 1957 - Scott Thompson, American businessman
- 1957 - Roger Ingram, American trumpeter, educator and writer
- 1959 - Hari Kostov, former Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia
- 1959 - Caroline Goodall, British-Australian actress
- 1960 – Neil Flynn, American actor
- 1963 - Venny Testaverde, American football player
- 1965 - Zeljko Petrovic, Montenegrin footballer
- 1967 - Juhi Chawla, Indian actress, singer and producer
- 1967 – Jimmy Kimmel, American comedian and talk show host
- 1968 - Shinichiro Tani, Japanese footballer
- 1969 – Gerard Butler, Scottish actor
- 1969 – Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Somali-born Dutch writer and activist
- 1969 - Lori Berenson, American political activist
- 1971 - Noah Hathaway, American actor
- 1974 - Graeme Murty, Scottish footballer and coach
- 1975 – Ivica Dragutinovic, Serbian footballer
- 1975 – Quim, Portuguese footballer
- 1975 - Tom Compernolle, Belgian runner (d. 2008)
- 1976 – Kelly Sotherton, English athlete
- 1976 - Albina Akhatova, Russian biathlete
- 1977 - Huang Xiaoming, Chinese actor and singer
- 1978 – Nikolai Fraiture, American musician (The Strokes)
- 1979 - Metta World Peace, American basketball player and rapper
- 1980 - Monique Coleman, American actress and singer
- 1982 - Daniela Klemenschits, Austrian tennis player (d. 2008)
- 1982 - Sandra Klemenschits, Austrian tennis player
- 1982 – Kumi Koda, Japanese singer
- 1982 - Michael Kopon, American actor and singer
- 1983 - Claudio Balderrama, Bolivian race walker
- 1984 - Kurt Morath, Tongan rugby player
- 1984 – Lucas Barrios, Argentine-Paraguayan footballer
- 1986 - Moon Chae-won, South Korean actress
- 1986 - Kevin Bridges, Scottish comedian
- 1987 - Dana Vollmer, American swimmer
- 1990 – Jeffrey Bruma, Dutch footballer
- 1990 - Jerzy Janowicz, Polish tennis player
- 1991 - Matt Bennett, American actor, singer and screenwriter
- 1991 - Devon Bostick, Canadian actor
- 1992 - Shabazz Muhammad, American basketball player
- 565 – Justinian I, Eastern Roman Emperor (b. 482 or 483)
- 867 - Pope Nicholas I
- 1004 - Abbo of Fleury, French monk and saint (b. 945)
- 1093 – Malcolm III of Scotland (b. 1041)
- 1143 - King Fulk of Jerusalem
- 1170 - Albert I of Brandenburg
- 1314 - Albert II, Margrave of Meissen (b. 1240)
- 1319 – Eric VI of Denmark (b. 1274)
- 1359 – Ivan III of Russia (b. 1326)
- 1460 – Henry the Navigator, Portuguese prince and patron of African exploration (b. 1394)
- 1606 - Girolamo Mercuriale, Italian physician and philologist (b. 1530)
- 1619 – Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (b. 1565)
- 1726 - Princess Sophia Dorothea of Celle (b. 1666)
- 1770 – George Grenville, Prime Minister of Great Britain (b. 1712)
- 1862 – Ludwig Uhland, German poet (b. 1787)
- 1868 – Gioachino Rossini, Italian composer (b. 1792)
- 1916 - Saki, British writer and playwright (b. 1870)
- 1929 – Princess Viktoria of Prussia (b. 1866)
- 1950 – Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela (b. 1909)
- 1963 - Margaret Murray, English anthropologist and Egyptologist (b. 1863)
- 1967 - Harriet Cohen, English pianist (b. 1895)
- 1973 - Elsa Schiaparelli, Italian fashion designer (b. 1890)
- 1973 – Bruno Maderna, Italian-German conductor and composer (b. 1920)
- 1974 - Vittorio De Sica, Italian-French actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1901)
- 1983 - Henry Jamison Handy, American swimmer, water polo player and movie maker (b. 1896)
- 1983 - Junior Samples, American comedian and actor (b. 1926)
- 1986 - Rudolf Schock, German tenor (b. 1915)
- 1988 - Antal Dorati, Hungarian conductor (b. 1906)
- 1988 - Jaromir Vejvoda, Czech composer (b. 1902)
- 1989 – Victor Davis, Canadian swimmer (b. 1964)
- 1989 – Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (b. 1906)
- 1994 – Motoo Kimura, Japanese geneticist and biologist (b. 1924)
- 1996 - Bill Doggett, American pianist and organist (b. 1916)
- 1998 - Michel Trudeau, Canadian outdoorsman and son of Pierre Trudeau (b. 1975)
- 1999 - Donald Mills, American singer (b. 1915)
- 2002 – Juan Alberto Schiaffino, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1925)
- 2004 – Ol' Dirty Bastard, American rapper (b. 1968)
- 2005 – Eddie Guerrero, Mexican-American professional wrestler (b. 1967)
- 2007 - Wahab Akbar, Filipino politician (b. 1960)
- 2009 - Bruce King, Governor of New Mexico (b. 1924)
- 2010 – Luis Garcia Berlanga, Spanish movie director (b. 1921)
- 2014 - Alvin Dark, American baseball player and manager (b. 1922)
- 2014 - Manoel de Barros, Brazilian poet (b. 1916)
- 2014 - Alexander Grothendieck, German-French mathematician (b. 1928)
- 2014 - Mike Burney, English jazz saxophonist (b. 1944)
- 2014 - Chris Meffert, American politician (b. 1943)
- 2015 - People killed in the November 2015 Paris attacks including:
- 2016 - Enzo Maiorca, Italian free diver, television host and politician (b. 1931)
- 2016 - Leon Russell, American musician and songwriter (b. 1942)
- 2017 - Bobby Doerr, American baseball player (b. 1918)
- 2017 - Thomas J. Hudner, Jr., American naval aviator (b. 1924)
- 2017 - Alina Janowska, Polish actress (b. 1923)
- 2017 - David Poisson, French skier (b. 1982)
- 2017 - Jim Rivera, American baseball player (b. 1921)
- 2017 - Eric Salzman, American composer (b. 1933)
- 2018 - Lucho Gatica, Chilean bolero singer and actor (b. 1928)
- 2018 - Caroline Rose Hunt, American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1923)
- 2018 - Everett A. Kelly, American politician (b. 1926)
- 2018 - Katherine "Scottie" MacGregor, American actress (b. 1925)
- 2018 - William Mullan, Scottish football referee (b. 1928)
- 2019 - Kieran Modra, Australian swimmer and cyclist (b. 1972)
- 2019 - Raymond Poulidor, French cyclist (b. 1936)
- 2019 - Tom Spurgeon, American journalist (b. 1968)
- 2019 - Niall Tóibín, Irish comedian and actor (b. 1929)
- 2019 - José Luis Veloso, Spanish footballer (b. 1937)