Friday, November 13, 2026
ephemeris of the day
Name days: Brice, Abbon
Astrological sign: Scorpio (October 23 - November 22)
Festivals and international days on November 13:
- World Kindness Day
See also: November 12 - November 14 - All days of 2026
November 1-30: Movember, the moustache celebration
November 5-15: Mar del Plata Film Festival (Argentina)
November 5-15, 2026: Thessaloniki Film Festival (Greece)
November 8-15: WTA Finals, Indian Wells (United States)
November 9-20: COP31, United Nations Climate Change Conference, Antalya (Turkey)
November 9-15: Zagreb Film Festival (Croatia)
November 13, 1942: Beginning of the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in the Pacific Ocean. Japanese forces attempt to destroy Henderson Field airbase, which American forces had seized the previous August 7.
November 13, 1956: The Supreme Court of the United States of America strikes down segregation laws on buses, declaring them unconstitutional.
November 13, 2002
The oil tanker Prestige, built in 1976, suffers a 50-meter breach in its hull. It will sink off the coast of Spain after breaking in two on November 19, causing an oil spill after losing more than 5,000 tons of fuel oil.