Efeméride del 13 Noviembre

eso ha pasado un 13 Noviembre

1970 : A tidal-wave ravaged Bangladesh On November 13, 1970, a tidal wave caused by Bhola cyclone, with winds to 150km/h, devastated the delta of the Gange in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). 500,000 people were killed in an instant. A million livestock were killed and rice fields were devastated. The population had not received any warning. The slow response of the central government to the disaster led, a year later, to the secession of East Pakistan as an independent state, Bangladesh.
1982 : Dedication of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial On November 13, 1982, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, a monument to American soldiers who died during the Vietnam War, was dedicated. The memorial is a black granite wall inscribed with the names of the 57,939 soldiers killed during the conflict. It was designed by Maya Lin, then a student in architecture at Yale University. Today it is visited annually by 3 million people.
1985 : Eruption of Nevado del Ruiz in Colombia On November 13, 1985, the Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupted and melted the glacier located at its top. Lahars, mudflows of water, ice and rocks, were formed and run down the valleys surrounding the volcano. The town of Armero was destroyed. 23,000 people were killed. While the disaster had been predicted by scientists, poor administrative and communications prevented the evacuation of the population.
1990 : Aramoana Massacre On November 13, 1990, after an argument with a neighbor, a man took a gun and sot him, then killed his family and many others in the small town of Aramoana, New Zealand. 13 people were killed. The gunman was killed by the police.

Cita del día : 13 Noviembre

Whoopi Goldberg
I don't look like Halle Berry. But chances are, she's going to end up looking like me.

Cumpleaños : 13 Noviembre

Jiaqing, Emperador de China (1760)
Edwin Booth, Actor americano (1833)
Albert I, Príncipe de Mónaco (1848)
Robert Louis Stevenson, Escritor escocés (1850)
William Bradford Huie, Periodista estadounidense (1910)
Helen Mack, Actriz americana (1913)
Robert Sterling, Actor americano (1917)
Garry Marshall, Director de cine, actor, guionista, productor estadounidense (1934)
Jean Seberg, Actriz americana (1938)
Joe Mantegna, Director de cine, actor, guionista, productor estadounidense (1947)
Chris Noth, Actor americano (1954)
Whoopi Goldberg, Actriz americana (1955)
Stephen Baxter, Escritor inglés (1957)
Juhi Chawla, Actriz india (1967)
Steve Zahn, Actor americano (1967)
Gerard Butler, Actor americano (1969)
Quim, Futbolista portugués (1975)
Monique Coleman, Actriz americana (1980)
François-Louis Tremblay, Patinador de velocidad canadiense (1980)
Dana Vollmer, Nadadora americana (1987)

Nos han dejado un 13 Noviembre

Gioachino Rossini, Compositor italiano (1868)
Camille Pissarro, Pintor francés (1903)
Margaret Murray, Egiptólogo inglés (1963)
Vittorio De Sica, Director de cine italiano (1974)
Thierry Le Luron, Humorista francés (1986)
Edwige Feuillère, Actriz francesa (1998)
Valerie Hobson, Actriz inglesa (1998)