On this day... November 13:

On this day...

November 13:  Feast day of Saint John Chrysostom (Christianity) 1002 – King Æthelred II ordered the massacre of all Danes in England. 1642 – First English Civil War: The Royalist army engaged the much larger Parliamentarian army at theBattle of Turnham Green near Turnham Green,Middlesex. 1914 – Zaian War: Zaian Berber tribesmen routed French forces in Morocco at the Battle of El Herri. 1954 – Great Britain defeated France at the Parc des Princes inParis to win the first Rugby League World Cup. 1989 – Hans-Adam II (pictured), reigning Prince of Liechtenstein, took the throne upon the death of his father.