On this day

November 13, 1928

Revisit the news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.

Portrait 1080 × 1920 PNG · created on your device

Filter by:

Headlines from November 13, 1928

339 TAKE TO LIFEBOATS AS LINER VESTRIS SINKS; RESCUERS FIND SOME SURVIVORS IN DARKNESS; NINE VESSELS SCOUR SEA AT DISASTER SCENE; THE LINER VESTRIS AND POINT OFF VIRGINIA COAST WHERE SHE SANK. Line Officials Are Optimistic 14 Ships in Rescue Fleet. Broadcasting on Land Halts. Message From Captain. Believe Seas Did Damage. Officers Long in Service. WYOMING SPEEDS TO SCENE. Battleship Ordered to Aid Survivors --Coast Guard Ship Puts Out. LINER TELLS OF GALE AT SEA. California Arrives After Fighting Northwest Storm Sunday. SEA DISASTERS RECALLED. Sinking of Titanic, With 1,517 Aboard, One of Worst Tragedies. WOMAN ON FIRST SEA TRIP. Mrs. Daugherty of Philadelphia Was on Vestris on Way to Daughter. DAVIES WELL KNOWN HERE. Newspaper Man Among Passengers of the Vestris.

By P. & A. Photo.Associated Press Photo.P. & A. Photo.P. & A. Photo

map

None0 words

STOCK TRADING WAVE SWEEPS TO NEW PEAK OF 5,745,000 SHARES; Public Rushes Into the Market, Overwhelming Brokers in Speculative Frenzy. A FEW LEADING ISSUES SOAR Tickers Far Behind as the Huge Transactions Overtax Exchange Facilities. BOND BUYING IS NEGLECTED Volume Is Below $10,000,000 for First Time in Weeks as Funds Seek Quick Profit. Bond Market Is Neglected. Average Prices Lower. STOCK TRADING WAVE SWEEPS TO NEW PEAK List of Day's Favorite Stocks. Excitement in Brokers' Offices. Spectators Fill Galleries.

By Unknown Author

The speculative flame, kindled throughout the country by the election of Herbert Hoover and the promise of "four more years of prosperity," was fanned on the Stock Exchange yesterday in the greatest market day in its history. All records for violent expansion in trading, and ...

None0 words

TAMPERING CHARGED AT STEWART TRIAL; Venireman Says Stranger Asked Him if He Would "Hold Out" in the Case. JURORS PICKED, 3 WOMEN Standard Oil Official Fights Perjury Accusation Over Continental Bonds. Attorney Is Exonerated. TAMPERING CHARGED AT STEWART TRIAL Caldwell Springs Surprise. Continental Deal Reviewed

By Special to The New York Times

Jury tampering charged

None0 words

HOW SHIP BEGGED AID RECORDED BY RADIO; Frenzied Calls Broadcast at Intervals Until Order to Take to Lifeboats, 'OH, PLEASE COME!' WAS ONE Vessel Later Flashed 'Can't Wait Any Longer'--Urged Rescue Ships to Hurry.

By Unknown Author

The radio told its part in the tragedy of the sea during a short three hours of the day. Starting a little after 10 o'clock yesterday morning with the S.O.S, the Vestris made frantic efforts to call assistance up to 1:25 in the afternoon. Then there was the despairing, staccato announcement: "We are taking to the lifeboats."

None0 words

Mayor Takes Health Test as Example to City; Found Well and Fit Though a Bit Off Weight

By Unknown Author

Takes test as example to city

None0 words

1928Helena Carroll, Scottish-American actress (died 2013)^[†]

Helena Winifred Carroll was a Scottish actress of stage, film, and television. She was the daughter of Irish playwright Paul Vincent Carroll.

1928Jack George, American basketball player (died 1989)^[†]

John Edwin George Jr. was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was born in the Pittsburgh suburb of Swissvale, Pennsylvania.

1928Hampton Hawes, American pianist and author (died 1977)^[†]

Hampton Barnett Hawes Jr. was an American jazz pianist. He was the author of the memoir Raise Up Off Me, which won the Deems-Taylor Award for music writing in 1975.

Headlines from November 13, 1928

HOW SHIP BEGGED AID RECORDED BY RADIO; Frenzied Calls Broadcast at Intervals Until Order to Take to Lifeboats, 'OH, PLEASE COME!' WAS ONE Vessel Later Flashed 'Can't Wait Any Longer'--Urged Rescue Ships to Hurry.

Mayor Takes Health Test as Example to City; Found Well and Fit Though a Bit Off Weight

Notable Births