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What Happened on October 13th This Day in History

Year	Name
2019	Kenyan Brigid Kosgei sets a new world record for a woman runner with a time of 2:14:04 at the 2019 Chicago Marathon.
2016	The Maldives announces its decision to withdraw from the Commonwealth of Nations.
2013	A stampede occurs in India during the Hindu festival Navratri, killing 115 and injuring more than 110.
2010	The mining accident in Copiapó, Chile ends as all 33 trapped miners arrive at the surface after a record 69 days underground.
1993	At least 60 people die in eastern Papua New Guinea when a series of earthquakes rock the Finisterre Range, triggering massive landslides.
1990	Syrian forces attack free areas of Lebanon, removing General Michel Aoun from the presidential palace.
1983	Ameritech Mobile Communications launches the first US cellular network in Chicago.
1977	Hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 181 by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
1976	The first electron micrograph of an Ebola virus is taken at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Dr. F. A. Murphy.
1972	Aeroflot Flight 217 crashes outside Moscow, killing 174.
1972	Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashes in the Andes mountains. Twenty-eight survive the crash. All but 16 succumb before rescue on December 23.
1962	The Pacific Northwest experiences a cyclone the equal of a Category 3 hurricane, with winds above 150 mph. Forty-six people die.
1946	France adopts the constitution of the Fourth Republic.
1944	World War II: The Soviet Riga Offensive captures the city.
1943	World War II: Marshal Pietro Badoglio announces that Italy has officially declared war on Germany.
1923	Ankara becomes the capital of Turkey.
1921	Soviet republics sign the Treaty of Kars to formalize the borders between Turkey and the South Caucasus states.
1917	The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.
1915	First World War: The Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt marks the end of the Battle of Loos.
1911	Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.
1908	Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and becomes the first woman to speak there.
1903	The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.
1892	Edward Emerson Barnard discovers first comet discovered by photographic means.
1885	The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.
1881	First known conversation in modern Hebrew by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends.
1843	In New York City, B'nai B'rith, the oldest Jewish service organization in the world, is founded.
1821	The Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire is publicly proclaimed.
1812	War of 1812: Sir Isaac Brock's British and native forces repel an invasion of Canada by General Rensselaer's United States forces.
1793	French Revolutionary Wars: Austro-Prussian victory over Republican France at the First Battle of Wissembourg.
1792	In Washington, D.C., the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid.
1775	The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Navy (predecessor of the United States Navy).
1710	Port Royal, the capital of French Acadia, falls in a siege by British forces.
1644	A Swedish–Dutch fleet defeats the Danish fleet at Fehmarn and captures about 1,000 prisoners.
1399	Coronation of Henry IV of England at Westminster Abbey.[2]
1332	Rinchinbal Khan becomes the Khagan of the Mongols and Emperor of the Yuan dynasty, reigning for only 53 days.
1307	Hundreds of the Knights Templar in France are arrested at dawn by King Philip the Fair, and later confess under torture to heresy.
1269	The present church building at Westminster Abbey is consecrated.
409	Vandals and Alans cross the Pyrenees and appear in Hispania.
54	Roman emperor Claudius dies from poisoning under mysterious circumstances. He is succeeded by his adoptive son Nero, rather than by Britannicus, his son with Messalina.

Famous People Born on October 13

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Year	Name
1941	Paul Simon, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1970	Paul Potts, English tenor
1960	Eric Joyce, Scottish soldier and politician
1563	Francis Caracciolo, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1608)
1932	Liliane Montevecchi, French-Italian actress, dancer and singer (d. 2018)
1986	Sergio Pérez Moya, Mexican footballer
1945	Dési Bouterse, Surinamese general and politician, 9th President of Suriname
1924	Moturu Udayam, Indian activist and politician (d. 2002)
1947	Joe Dolce, American-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1926	Eddie Yost, American baseball player and coach (d. 2012)

Famous People Deaths On October 13

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Date	Name
2015	Rosalyn Baxandall, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1939)
1981	Rebecca Clarke, English viola player and composer (b. 1886)
1822	Antonio Canova, Italian sculptor (b. 1757)
1904	Pavlos Melas, French-Greek captain (b. 1870)
2014	John Bradfield, English biologist and businessman, founded Cambridge Science Park (b. 1925)
1993	Otmar Gutmann, German filmmaker (b. 1937)
1282	Nichiren, Japanese Buddhist priest (b. 1222)
2002	Stephen Ambrose, American historian and author (b. 1936)
1715	Nicolas Malebranche, French priest and philosopher (b. 1638)
1930	T. Alexander Harrison, American painter and educator (b. 1853)