October 13
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October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years). There are 79 days remaining.
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Events
- 54 - Roman Empire emperor Claudius I dies after being poisoned by his wife Agrippina.
- 1282 - Nichiren Daishonin, founder of the Nichiren School of Buddhism, dies. His ashes are interred at Taisekiji Temple.
- 1307 - All 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.
- 1812 - War of 1812: Battle of Queenston Heights - On the Niagara frontier 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 Jewish 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.
- 1918 - Talaat Pasha and the Young Turk (C.U.P.) ministry resign and sign an armistice, ending Ottoman participation in World War I
- 1943 - World War II: The new government of Italy sides with the Allies and declares war on Germany.
- 1944 - World War II: Riga, the capital of Latvia is taken over by the Red Army
- 1946 - France adopts the constitution of the Fourth Republic.
- 1960 - 1960 World Series: Baseballer 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
- 1972 - Andes flight disaster: Fairchild passenger plane transporting a rugby team crashes in Andes. They are found alive December 20 but they have had to resort to cannibalism to survive, as chronicled in the 1993 film Alive: The Miracle of the Andes.
- 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 Palestinians 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.
- 2005 - Peel Day First annual BBC proclaimed "Peel Day" celebrating Life and Work of BBC DJ John Peel.
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)
- 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 - Burr Tillstrom, American puppeteer (d. 1985)
- 1917 - Laraine Day, American actor
- 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 - Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- 1925 - Lenny Bruce, American comedian (d. 1966)
- 1931 - Eddie Mathews, baseball player (d. 2001)
- 1934 - Nana Mouskouri, Greek singer
- 1938 - Hugo Young, English journalist (d. 2003)
- 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/songwriter ("England Dan & John Ford Coley")
- 1953 - Pat Day, American jockey
- 1954 - Mordechai Vanunu, Israeli nuclear technician
- 1956 - Chris Carter, American television producer
- 1958 - Jair-Rohm Parker Wells, Afro-American musician and composer
- 1959 - Marie Osmond, American singer, actress, and television personality
- 1962 - Kelly Preston, American actress
- 1962 - Jerry Rice, American football star
- 1964 - Niè Hǎishèng, Chinese astronaut
- 1969 - Nancy Kerrigan, American figure skater
- 1971 - Sacha Baron Cohen, British comedian
- 1971 - Pyrros Dimas, Albanian weightlifter
- 1973 - Brian Dawkins, American football player
- 1974 - Joseph Utsler, American rapper (Insane Clown Posse)
- 1978 - Jermaine O'Neal, American basketball player
- 1978 - Shelley Kadera Anderson, Avian Ecologist
- 1980 - Ashanti, American musician
- 1980 - Magne Hoset, Norwegian 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)
- 1945 - Milton S. Hershey, American chocolate tycoon (b. 1857)
- 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)
- 2002 - Stephen Ambrose, American historian and biographer (b. 1936)
- 2003 - Bertram Brockhouse, Canadian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
- 2005 - Vivian Malone Jones, civil rights pioneer
Holidays and observances
- Roman festivals - Fontanalia: festival dedicated to Fontus
- RC Saints - translation (1163) of Saint Edward the Confessor; memorial of Saint Gerald of Aurillac
- Also see October 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- John Peel Day - A day celebrating the life and influence of the late John Peel.
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