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What happened in history on October 13th?
Year | Name |
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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. |
Here is a random list who born on October 13. For full list please click on the link above.
Year | Name |
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1967 | Aleksander Čeferin, Slovenian lawyer and football administrator, 7th president of UEFA |
1887 | Jozef Tiso, Slovak priest and politician, President of Slovakia (d. 1947) |
1879 | Edward Hennig, American gymnast (d. 1960) |
1973 | Brian Dawkins, American football player and coach |
1964 | Marco Travaglio, Italian journalist and author |
1938 | Hugo Young, English journalist and author (d. 2003) |
1909 | Art Tatum, American jazz pianist (d. 1956) |
1956 | Joseph Toal, Scottish bishop |
1967 | Trevor Hoffman, American baseball player |
1979 | Wes Brown, English footballer |
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on October 13. For full list please click on the link above.
Date | Name |
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1979 | Antonio Berni, Argentinian painter, illustrator, and engraver (b. 1905) |
1673 | Christoffer Gabel, German-Danish accountant and politician (b. 1617) |
1195 | Gualdim Pais, Portuguese crusader (b. 1118) |
1788 | Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent, Irish poet and politician (b. 1702) |
2016 | Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), King of Thailand (b. 1927) |
1825 | Maximilian I Joseph, king of Bavaria (b. 1756) |
1931 | Ernst Didring, Swedish author (b. 1868) |
1938 | E. C. Segar, American cartoonist, created Popeye (b. 1894) |
1993 | Otmar Gutmann, German filmmaker (b. 1937) |
1904 | Pavlos Melas, French-Greek captain (b. 1870) |