November 13th in History
November 13th
1002 English king Ethelred II (the 'Unready') launches 'St Brice's Day' massacre of Danish settlers.
In November 1256, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd crossed the River Conwy to take control of Gwynedd Is Conwy. With him was his brother Dafydd whom he had released from captivity.
Gwynedd Is Conwy (Gwynedd below the Conwy) was the portion of the Kingdom of Gwynedd lying between the Rivers, Conwy and Dyfrdwy (Dee). This area was also known as Y Berfeddwlad ('The Middle Land') as it lay between and was contested by the rival realms of Gwynedd and Powys.
1553 English Lady Jane Grey and Archbishop Thomas Cranmer accused of high treason.
1673 Christopher Wren is appointed architect for the rebuilding of St Paul's Cathedral in London by King Charles II.
1839 Last bull run in Britain as the Stamford bull run ends after 700 years.
1856 The Great Bell of Big Ben first chimes at the foot of the still-unfinished clock tower outside the Palace of Westminster.
1969 Vice President Spiro Agnew accuses network TV news departments of bias and distortion.
BBC Radio Wales began broadcasting on 13th November 1978. It replaced Radio 4 Wales, which was previously the Welsh Home Service.
1979 The Times newspaper was published for the first time in nearly a year. The paper's disappearance from news stands followed a dispute between management and unions over manning levels and the introduction of new technology.
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Pepys
Tuesday 13 November 1666
At the office all the morning, at noon home to dinner, and out to Bishopsgate Street, and there bought some drinking-glasses, a case of knives, and other things, against tomorrow, in expectation of my Lord Hinchingbroke’s coming to dine with me. So home, and having set some things in the way of doing, also against to-morrow, I to my office, there to dispatch business, and do here receive notice from my Lord Hinchingbroke that he is not well, and so not in condition to come to dine with me to-morrow, which I am not in much trouble for, because of the disorder my house is in, by the bricklayers coming to mend the chimney in my dining-room for smoking, which they were upon almost till midnight, and have now made it very pretty, and do carry smoke exceeding well.
This evening come all the Houblons to me, to invite me to sup with them to-morrow night.
I did take them home, and there we sat and talked a good while, and a glass of wine, and then parted till to-morrow night.
So at night, well satisfied in the alteration of my chimney, to bed.
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13 Nov 1963
The Beatles recorded a television interview at Westward Television Studios in Plymouth, Devon, for a local teen program "Move Over, Dad". Due to a large crowd of excited fans outside, The Beatles had to be smuggled from their dressing-room at the ABC Cinema, where they were scheduled to appear that night, into an adjacent building, then through a tunnel, to get to Westward Studios for the interview taping.
13 Nov 1970
Syd Barrett released his second solo album Barrett only 10 months after his debut The Madcap Laughs. David Gilmour produced the whole album, which also featured performances by Pink Floyd's Richard Wright on keyboards. The album has since been reissued in remastered form with extra tracks from the sessions.
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1002 English king Ethelred II (the 'Unready') launches 'St Brice's Day' massacre of Danish settlers.
In November 1256, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd crossed the River Conwy to take control of Gwynedd Is Conwy. With him was his brother Dafydd whom he had released from captivity.
Gwynedd Is Conwy (Gwynedd below the Conwy) was the portion of the Kingdom of Gwynedd lying between the Rivers, Conwy and Dyfrdwy (Dee). This area was also known as Y Berfeddwlad ('The Middle Land') as it lay between and was contested by the rival realms of Gwynedd and Powys.
1553 English Lady Jane Grey and Archbishop Thomas Cranmer accused of high treason.
1673 Christopher Wren is appointed architect for the rebuilding of St Paul's Cathedral in London by King Charles II.
1839 Last bull run in Britain as the Stamford bull run ends after 700 years.
1856 The Great Bell of Big Ben first chimes at the foot of the still-unfinished clock tower outside the Palace of Westminster.
1969 Vice President Spiro Agnew accuses network TV news departments of bias and distortion.
BBC Radio Wales began broadcasting on 13th November 1978. It replaced Radio 4 Wales, which was previously the Welsh Home Service.
1979 The Times newspaper was published for the first time in nearly a year. The paper's disappearance from news stands followed a dispute between management and unions over manning levels and the introduction of new technology.
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Pepys
Tuesday 13 November 1666
At the office all the morning, at noon home to dinner, and out to Bishopsgate Street, and there bought some drinking-glasses, a case of knives, and other things, against tomorrow, in expectation of my Lord Hinchingbroke’s coming to dine with me. So home, and having set some things in the way of doing, also against to-morrow, I to my office, there to dispatch business, and do here receive notice from my Lord Hinchingbroke that he is not well, and so not in condition to come to dine with me to-morrow, which I am not in much trouble for, because of the disorder my house is in, by the bricklayers coming to mend the chimney in my dining-room for smoking, which they were upon almost till midnight, and have now made it very pretty, and do carry smoke exceeding well.
This evening come all the Houblons to me, to invite me to sup with them to-morrow night.
I did take them home, and there we sat and talked a good while, and a glass of wine, and then parted till to-morrow night.
So at night, well satisfied in the alteration of my chimney, to bed.
….
13 Nov 1963
The Beatles recorded a television interview at Westward Television Studios in Plymouth, Devon, for a local teen program "Move Over, Dad". Due to a large crowd of excited fans outside, The Beatles had to be smuggled from their dressing-room at the ABC Cinema, where they were scheduled to appear that night, into an adjacent building, then through a tunnel, to get to Westward Studios for the interview taping.
13 Nov 1970
Syd Barrett released his second solo album Barrett only 10 months after his debut The Madcap Laughs. David Gilmour produced the whole album, which also featured performances by Pink Floyd's Richard Wright on keyboards. The album has since been reissued in remastered form with extra tracks from the sessions.
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