November 13

November 13, 1977

Start of firemens strike which lasted for two months; cover was provided by the army with their out of date green goddess fire engines.

November 13, 1968

Joe Corrie, author died in Edinburgh

November 13, 1939

The first bombs in WW2 dropped on British soil was in the Shetland Islands

November 13, 1923

Leonard Boyle, priest and palaeographer, is born in Ballintra, County Donegal

November 13, 1850

Novelist and poet Robert Louis Stevenson born Edinburgh

November 13, 1715

Battle of Sheriffmuir

November 13, 1647

Battle of Cnoc na nOs Alasdair MacColla Scottish military leaderdies fighting on Irish side against Cromwells Troops

November 13, 1643

Charles I appoints James Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormond as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

November 13, 1093

King Malcolm III (Canmore), last of the Celtic kings was killed at the Battle of Alnwick