Template:Selected anniversaries/November 13
From Gnomon Chronicles
1841: Surgeon and gentleman scientist James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnotism.
1969: Actor Gerard Butler born.
2014: Mathematician and theorist Alexander Grothendieck dies. He was the leading figure in the creation of modern algebraic geometry.
Swollen double-decker stunt bus, shortly before the notorious "double-deck burster" prank during the filming of London Has Swollen.
