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October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in Leap Year s). There are 79 days remaining.
Events
- 1282 - Nichiren Daishonin, founder of the Nichiren School of Buddhism , dies. His ashes are interred at Taisekiji Temple.
- 1307 - Hundreds of Knights Templar in France are simultaneously arrested by agents of Phillip The Fair , to be later tortured into "admitting" Heresy .
- 1582 - Due to the implementation of the Gregorian Calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy , Poland , Portugal and Spain .
- 1775 - The United States Continental Congress orders the establishment of the Continental Navy (later renamed the United States Navy ).
- 1792 - In Washington, DC , the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818 ) is laid.
- - As part of the Niagara Campaign in Ontario, Canada , United States forces under General Stephen Van Rensselaer are repulsed from invading Canada by British and native troops led by Sir Isaac Brock .
- 1843 - In New York City , Henry Jones and 11 others found B'nai B'rith (the oldest Jew ish service organization in the world).
- 1845 - A majority of voters in the Republic Of Texas approve a proposed constitution, that if accepted by the U.S. Congress , will make Texas a U.S. State .
- 1917 - The "Miracle Of The Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 persons in the Cova da Iria in Fatima , Portugal .
- 1918 - Mehmed Talat Pasha and the Young Turk (C.U.P.) ministry resign and sign an armistice, ending Ottoman participation in World War I
- 1923 - Ankara replaces Constantinople as the capital of Turkey .
- sides with the Allies and declares war on Germany .
- , the capital of Latvia is taken over by the Red Army
- 1946 - France adopts the constitution of the Fourth Republic .
- 1958 - Burial of Eugenio Pacelli, Pope Pius XII on the 41st anniversary of the "Miracle Of The Sun" .
- er Bill Mazeroski becomes the first person to end a World Series with a Home Run .
- 1962 - '' Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? '' opens on Broadway .
- 1972 - An Aeroflot Ilyushin-62 crashed outside Moscow killing 176.
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- 1973 - The British progressive rock band Family perform their last concert at Leicester Polytechnic in Leicester, England, prior to their disbandment.
- 1976 - A Bolivian Boeing 707 cargo jet crashes in Santa Cruz, Bolivia killing 100 (97, mostly children, killed on the ground)
- 1976 - The first Electron Micrograph of an Ebola Viral particle was obtained by Dr. F.A. Murphy, now at U.C. Davis , who was then working at the C.D.C. .
- 1977 - Four Palestinian s hijack a Lufthansa Airlines flight to Somalia and demand release of 11 members of the Red Army Faction .
- 1983 - Ameritech Mobile Communications (now Cingular ) launched the first US cellular network in Chicago.
- 1999 - The United States Senate rejects ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).
- 2003 - The Public Library Of Science commences publication of an Open-access Scientific Journal , ''PLoS Biology''.
Births
- 709 - Emperor Kōnin Japan (d. 781 )
- 1162 - Leonora Of England , queen of Alfonso VIII Of Castile (d. 1214 )
- 1381 - Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl Of Arundel , English politician (d. 1415 )
- 1453 - Edward Of Westminster , Prince of Wales (d. 1471 )
- 1474 - Mariotto Albertinelli , Italian painter (d. 1515 )
- 1566 - Richard Boyle, 1st Earl Of Cork , Irish politician (d. 1643 )
- 1696 - John Hervey, Lord Hervey , English statesman and writer (d. 1743 )
- 1713 - Allan Ramsay , Scottish painter (d. 1784 )
- 1714 - Pieter Burmann The Younger , Dutch philologist (d. 1778 )
- 1821 - Rudolf Virchow , German physician, pathologist, biologist, and politician (d. 1902 )
- 1853 - Lillie Langtry , British actress (d. 1929 )
- 1862 - Mary Kingsley , English writer and explorer (d. 1900 )
- 1876 - Rube Waddell , baseball player(d. 1914 )
- 1880 - Sasha Cherny , Russian poet (d. 1932 )
- 1909 - Art Tatum , American jazz pianist (d. 1956 )
- 1909 - Herbert Block , American cartoonist (d. 2001 )
- 1911 - Ashok Kumar , Indian actor (d. 2001 )
- 1915 - Terry Frost , English artist (d. 2003 )
- 1915 - Cornel Wilde , American actor (d. 1989 )
- 1917 - Laraine Day , American actor
- 1917 - Burr Tillstrom , American puppeteer (d. 1985 )
- 1918 - Robert Hudson Walker , American actor (d. 1951 )
- 1921 - Yves Montand , Italian-born singer and actor (d. 1991 )
- 1923 - Faas Wilkes , Dutch football (soccer) player
- 1924 - Nipsey Russell , American comedian, actor, and television personality (d. 2005 )
- 1925 - Lenny Bruce , American comedian (d. 1966 )
- 1925 - Margaret Thatcher , Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
- 1925 - Gustav Winckler , Danish singer (d. 1979 )
- 1926 - Ray Brown , American jazz bassist (d. 2002 )
- 1931 - Eddie Mathews , baseball player (d. 2001 )
- 1931 - Raymond Kopa , French footballer
- 1932 - Jack Colvin , American actor (d. 2005 )
- 1934 - Nana Mouskouri , Greek singer
- 1938 - Hugo Young , English journalist (d. 2003 )
- 1939 - T. J. Cloutier , American poker player
- 1940 - Pharoah Sanders , American saxophonist
- 1941 - Paul Simon , American singer, songwriter, and guitarist
- 1942 - Jerry Jones , American football team owner
- 1944 - Robert Lamm , American musician ( Chicago )
- 1946 - Edwina Currie , British politician
- 1947 - Sammy Hagar , American singer
- 1948 - Ted Poe , American politician
- 1950 - Dan Seals , American singer and songwriter
- 1953 - Pat Day , American jockey
- 1954 - Mordechai Vanunu , Israeli nuclear technician
- 1954 - Claude Ribbe , French historian
- 1956 - Chris Carter , American television producer
- 1958 - Jair-Rohm Parker Wells , American musician and composer
- 1959 - Marie Osmond , American singer, actress, and television personality
- 1960 - Ari Fleischer , White House Press Secretary
- 1962 - T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh , American actress and comedian
- 1962 - Kelly Preston , American actress
- 1962 - Jerry Rice , American football star
- 1964 - Niè Hǎishèng , Chinese astronaut
- 1964 - Christopher Judge , American actor
- 1966 - Javier Lopez Cantu , American Latino painter
- 1969 - Nancy Kerrigan , American figure skater
- 1969 - Cady McClain , actress known for her roles on the soap operas ( All My Children ) and ( As The World Turns )
- 1971 - Sacha Baron Cohen , British comedian
- 1971 - Pyrros Dimas , Albanian weightlifter
- 1971 - Billy Bush , American TV host ( Access Hollywood )
- 1972 - Summer Sanders , American Olympic swimmer and television personality
- 1973 - Brian Dawkins , American football player
- 1973 - Nanako Matsushima , Japanese actress
- 1974 - Joseph Utsler , American rapper ( Insane Clown Posse )
- 1975 - Tom Anderson , Creator of Myspace.com
- 1977 - Paul Pierce , American Basketball player
- 1978 - Jermaine O'Neal , American basketball player
- 1979 - Wes Brown , English footballer
- 1980 - Ashanti , American musician
- 1980 - Magne Hoset , Norwegian footballer
- 1980 - Scott Parker , English footballer
- 1982 - Ian Thorpe , Australian swimmer
Deaths
- 54 - Claudius , Roman Emperor (b. 10 BC )
- 1282 - Nichiren Japanese founder of Nichiren Buddhism (b. 1222 )
- 1415 - Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl Of Arundel , English military leader (b. 1381 )
- 1508 - Edmund De Ros, 11th Baron De Ros , English politician (b. 1446 )
- 1605 - Theodore Beza , French theologian (b. 1519 )
- 1673 - Kristoffer Gabel , Danish statesman (b. 1617 )
- 1687 - Geminiano Montanari , Italian astronomer (b. 1633 )
- 1694 - Samuel Von Pufendorf , German jurist (b. 1632 )
- 1706 - Iyasus The Great , Emperor Of Ethiopia (b. 1682 )
- 1715 - Nicolas Malebranche , French philosopher (b. 1638 )
- 1759 - John Henley , English minister (b. 1692 )
- 1788 - Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent , Irish politician and poet (b. 1702 )
- 1812 - Sir Isaac Brock , British general (killed in battle) (b. 1769 )
- 1815 - Joachim Murat , French marshal and King of Naples (executed) (b. 1767 )
- 1825 - King Maximilian I Of Bavaria (d. 1756 )
- 1869 - Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve , French literary critic (b. 1804 )
- 1882 - Arthur De Gobineau , French philosopher (b. 1816 )
- 1890 - Samuel Freeman Miller , U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1816 )
- 1905 - Sir Henry Irving , the first British actor to be knighted (b. 1838 )
- 1909 - Francisco Ferrer Guardia , Spanish free-thinker (b. 1849 )
- 1917 - Florence La Badie , American actress
- 1919 - Karl Adolph Gjellerup , Danish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857 )
- 1931 - Ernst Didring , Swedish author (b. 1868 )
- 1945 - Milton S. Hershey , American chocolate tycoon (b. 1857 )
- 1950 - Ernest Haycox , American writer (b. 1899 )
- 1955 - Manuel Ávila Camacho , President Of Mexico (b. 1897 )
- 1966 - Clifton Webb , American actor (b. 1889 )
- 1968 - Bea Benaderet , American actress (b. 1906 )
- 1974 - Ed Sullivan , American television personality (b. 1901 )
- 1979 - Rebecca Clarke , English composer and violist (b. 1886 )
- 1987 - Walter Brattain , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902 )
- 1990 - Le Duc Tho , Vietnamese general and politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1911 )
- 1998 - Gunpei Yokoi , creator of the Game Boy (b. 1941 )
- 2002 - Stephen Ambrose , American historian and biographer (b. 1936 )
- 2003 - Bertram Brockhouse , Canadian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918 )
- 2005 - Vivian Malone Jones , American civil rights activist (b. 1942 )
Holidays and observances
External links
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