November 13

Events

 * 1851 - The first public message was sent on the submarine telegraph cable under the English Channel
 * 1975 - SBE adopts Certification Program

Births

 * 1699 –, Czech composer and musician (d. 1773)
 * 1934 –, Italian actor, composer and singer
 * 1939 –, American jazz drummer
 * 1942 –, American musician
 * 1944 –, American musician
 * 1947 –, American guitarist (The Marshall Tucker Band) (d. 1993)
 * 1949 –, English singer
 * 1950 –, American singer (The Lawrence Welk Show)
 * 1953 –, English musician (The Pogues)
 * 1973 –, American jazz drummer
 * 1977 –, Australian singer
 * 1978 –, American bassist (The Strokes)
 * 1979 –, Israeli rapper and producer
 * 1982 –, Japanese singer

Deaths

 * 1868 –, Italian composer (b. 1792)
 * 1967 –, English pianist (b. 1895)
 * 1973 –, Italian/German conductor and composer (b. 1920)
 * 1985 –, American sound recording pioneer (b. 1898)
 * 1988 –, Hungarian conductor (b. 1906)
 * 1988 –, Czech composer (b. 1902)
 * 1997 –, French composer (b. 1925)
 * 2004 –, English musician and artist (b. 1962)
 * 2004 –, American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan) (b. 1968)