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This day in history: 13 October

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351 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 13 October.
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2016: The Maldives announces its decision to withdraw from the Commonwealth of Nations.

Holidays and observances

Azerbaijani Railway Day (Azerbaijan)

Christian feast day: Blessed Alexandrina of Balasar

Christian feast day: Blessed Maddalena Panattieri, (OP)

Christian feast day: Chelidonia

Christian feast day: Edward the Confessor (translation)

Christian feast day: Gerald of Aurillac

Christian feast day: October 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Theophilus of Antioch

Doi taikomatsuri October 13–15 (Shikokuchūō, Ehime, Japan)

International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (international)

Paramedics' Day (Poland)

Rwagasore Day (Burundi)

Events

2016The Maldives announces its decision to withdraw from the Commonwealth of Nations.

1399Coronation of Henry IV of England at Westminster Abbey.

1792In Washington, D.C., the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid.

1307Hundreds of the Knights Templar in France are arrested at dawn by King Philip the Fair, and later confess under torture to heresy.

1972Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashes in the Andes mountains. Twenty-eight survive the crash. All but 16 succumb before rescue on December 23.

1269The present church building at Westminster Abbey is consecrated.

1923Ankara becomes the capital of Turkey.

1911Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.

409Vandals and Alans cross the Pyrenees and appear in Hispania.

1917The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.

2010The mining accident in Copiapó, Chile ends as all 33 trapped miners arrive at the surface after a record 69 days underground.

1885The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.

1943World War II: Marshal Pietro Badoglio announces that Italy has officially declared war on Germany.

1977Hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 181 by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

1821The Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire is publicly proclaimed.

1843In New York City, B'nai B'rith, the oldest Jewish service organization in the world, is founded.

1881First known conversation in modern Hebrew by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends.

1990Syrian forces attack free areas of Lebanon, removing General Michel Aoun from the presidential palace.

1812War of 1812: Sir Isaac Brock's British and native forces repel an invasion of Canada by General Rensselaer's United States forces.

2019Kenyan Brigid Kosgei sets a new world record for a woman runner with a time of 2:14:04 at the 2019 Chicago Marathon.

1903The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.

1775The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Navy (predecessor of the United States Navy).

1332Rinchinbal Khan becomes the Khagan of the Mongols and Emperor of the Yuan dynasty, reigning for only 53 days.

1962The Pacific Northwest experiences a cyclone the equal of a Category 3 hurricane, with winds above 150 mph. Forty-six people die.

1921Soviet republics sign the Treaty of Kars to formalize the borders between Turkey and the South Caucasus states.

1976The first electron micrograph of an Ebola virus is taken at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Dr. F. A. Murphy.

1976A Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano Boeing 707 crashes after takeoff from El Trompillo Airport in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, killing 91.

1710Port Royal, the capital of French Acadia, falls in a siege by British forces.

1972Aeroflot Flight 217 crashes outside Moscow, killing 174.

1972The flag of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, was officially adopted.

54Roman emperor Claudius dies from poisoning under mysterious circumstances. He is succeeded by his adopted son Nero, rather than by Britannicus, his son with Messalina.

1479Hungarian forces under Stephen V Báthory decisively defeat an invading Ottoman army in the battle of Breadfield.

1944World War II: The Soviet Riga Offensive captures the city.

1644A Swedish–Dutch fleet defeats the Danish fleet at Fehmarn and captures about 1,000 prisoners.

1915First World War: The Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt marks the end of the Battle of Loos.

1946France adopts the constitution of the Fourth Republic.

1983Ameritech Mobile Communications launches the first US cellular network in Chicago.

1908Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and becomes the first woman to speak there.

1993At least 60 people die in eastern Papua New Guinea when a series of earthquakes rock the Finisterre Range, triggering massive landslides.

1793French Revolutionary Wars: Austro-Prussian victory over Republican France at the First Battle of Wissembourg.

Born on this day

1989Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, American politician

1993Tiffany Trump, American socialite

1995Jimin, South Korean singer

2001De'Von Achane, American football player

2001Caleb McLaughlin, American actor

1996Joshua Wong, Hong Kong pro-democracy activist

1989Brace Belden, American communist and trade union activist, volunteer in the People's Protection Units

2001Cam Thomas, American basketball player

1994Yuta Watanabe, Japanese basketball player

1988Norris Cole, American basketball player

1992Shelby Rogers, American tennis player

1994Ryan Matterson, Australian rugby league player

1990Jakob Silfverberg, Swedish ice hockey player

1999Andrew Capobianco. American diver

1989Clive Rose, Australian cricketer

1992Igor Ozhiganov, Russian ice hockey player

1990Adrián Sardinero, Spanish footballer

1990Andrej Rendla, Slovak footballer

1988Scott Jamieson, Australian footballer

1987Adrian Poparadu, Romanian footballer

1987Tochinoshin Tsuyoshi, Georgian sumo wrestler

1986Gabriel Agbonlahor, English footballer

1986Sergio Pérez Moya, Mexican footballer

1985Andrej Meszároš, Slovak ice hockey player

1985Brian Hoyer, American football player

1982Antonio Pavanello, Italian rugby player

1982Ian Thorpe, Australian swimmer

1981Kele Okereke, English singer, songwriter, and musician

1981Taylor Buchholz, American baseball player

1980Ashanti, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

1980David Haye, English boxer

1980Magne Hoseth, Norwegian footballer

1980Scott Parker, English footballer

1979Mamadou Niang, Senegalese footballer

1979Wes Brown, English footballer

1978Jermaine O'Neal, American basketball player

1977Antonio Di Natale, Italian footballer

1977Benjamin Clapp, American drummer

1977Gareth Batty, English cricketer

1977Justin Peroff, Canadian drummer and actor

Died on this day

2024Donal Murray, Irish Catholic bishop (born 1940)

2024Mayra Gómez Kemp, Cuban-Spanish television host and actress (born 1948)

2023Louise Glück, American poet and essayist (born 1943)

2018Annapurna Devi, Indian surbahar (bass sitar) player (born 1927)

2017Albert Zafy, Malagasy politician (born 1927)

2016Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), King of Thailand (born 1927)

2016Dario Fo, Italian playwright, actor, director, and composer Nobel Prize laureate (born 1926)

2016Jim Prentice, Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Premier of Alberta (born 1956)

2015Bruce Hyde, American academic and actor (born 1941)

2015Michael J. H. Walsh, English general (born 1927)

2015Rosalyn Baxandall, American historian, author, and academic (born 1939)

2014Antonio Cafiero, Argentinian accountant and politician, Governor of Buenos Aires Province (born 1922)

2014John Bradfield, English biologist and businessman, founded Cambridge Science Park (born 1925)

2014Margaret Hillert, American author and poet (born 1920)

2014Mohammad Sarengat, Indonesian sprinter (born 1939)

2014Pontus Segerström, Swedish footballer (born 1981)

2013Joe Meriweather, American basketball player and coach (born 1953)

2013Martin Drewes, German soldier and pilot (born 1918)

2013Takashi Yanase, Japanese poet and illustrator, created Anpanman (born 1919)

2013Tommy Whittle, Scottish-English saxophonist (born 1926)

2012Gary Collins, American actor (born 1938)

2012Stuart Bell, English lawyer and politician (born 1938)

2012Tomonobu Imamichi, Japanese philosopher and academic (born 1922)

2011Barbara Kent, Canadian-born American actress (born 1907)

2010Vernon Biever, American photographer (born 1923)

2009Stephen Barnett, American scholar and academic (born 1935)

2008Alexei Cherepanov, Russian ice hockey player (born 1989)

2007Bob Denard, French soldier and academic (born 1929)

2006Wang Guangmei, Chinese philanthropist and politician, 2nd Spouse of the President of the People's Republic of China (born 1921)

2005Vivian Malone Jones, American activist (born 1942)

Quote of the day

“The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.”

Marcus Aurelius

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