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October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 79 days remain until the end of the year.

Events[]

  • AD 54 – Roman emperor Claudius dies from poisoning under mysterious circumstances.[1]
  • 409Vandals and Alans cross the Pyrenees and appear in Hispania.
  • 1269 – The present church building at Westminster Abbey is consecrated.
  • 1307 – Hundreds of Knights Templar in France are arrested at dawn by King Phillip the Fair, and later confess under torture to heresy.
  • 1332Rinchinbal Khan becomes the Khagan of the Mongols and Emperor of the Yuan dynasty, reigning for only 53 days.
  • 1399 – Coronation of Henry IV of England at Westminster Abbey.[2][3]
  • 1644 – A Swedish–Dutch fleet defeats the Danish fleet at Fehmarn and captures about 1,000 prisoners.
  • 1710 – Port Royal, the capital of French Acadia, falls in a siege by British forces.
  • 1775 – The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Navy (predecessor of the United States Navy).
  • 1792 – In Washington, D.C., the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid.
  • 1793 – French Revolutionary Wars: Austro-Prussian victory over Republican France at the First Battle of Wissembourg.
  • 1812 – War of 1812: Sir Isaac Brock's British and native forces repel an invasion of Canada by General Rensselaer's United States forces.
  • 1821 – The Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire is publicly proclaimed.
  • 1843 – In 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.
  • 1884 – The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
  • 1885 – The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.
  • 1892 – Edward Emerson Barnard discovers first comet discovered by photographic means.
  • 1903 – The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.
  • 1908Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.[4]
  • 1911Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.
  • 1915 – First World War: The Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt marks the end of the Battle of Loos.
  • 1917 – The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.
  • 1921 – Soviet republics sign the Treaty of Kars to formalize the borders between Turkey and the South Caucasus states.
  • 1923Ankara becomes the capital of Turkey.
  • 1943 – World War II: Marshal Pietro Badoglio announces that Italy has officially declared war on Germany.
  • 1944 – World War II: The Soviet Riga Offensive captures the city.
  • 1946 – France adopts the constitution of the Fourth Republic.
  • 1962 – The Pacific Northwest experiences a cyclone the equal of a Cat 3 hurricane, with winds above 150 mph. 46 people die.
  • 1972Aeroflot Flight 217 crashes outside Moscow, killing 174.
  • 1972 – Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashes in the Andes mountains. 28 survive the crash. All but 16 succumb before rescue on December 23.[5]
  • 1976 – The first electron micrograph of an Ebola virus is taken at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Dr. F. A. Murphy.
  • 1977 – Hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 181 by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
  • 1983Ameritech Mobile Communications launches the first US cellular network in Chicago.
  • 1990 – Syrian forces attack free areas of Lebanon, removing General Michel Aoun from the presidential palace.
  • 2010 – The mining accident in Copiapó, Chile ends as all 33 trapped miners arrive at the surface after a record 69 days underground.
  • 2013 – A stampede occurs in India during the Hindu festival Navratri, killing 115 and injuring more than 110.
  • 2016 – The Maldives announces its decision to withdraw from the Commonwealth of Nations.
  • 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.[6]

Births[]

  • 467Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei, emperor of Northern Wei (d. 499)
  • 1162Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile (d. 1214)
  • 1381Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel, English politician, Lord High Treasurer of England (d. 1415)
  • 1453Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, son and heir of Henry VI of England (d. 1471)
  • 1474Mariotto Albertinelli, Italian painter and educator (d. 1515)
  • 1499Claude of France (d. 1524)
  • 1563Francis Caracciolo, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1608)
  • 1566Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, Irish politician, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland (d. 1643)
  • 1613Luisa de Guzmán, Spanish-Portuguese wife of John IV of Portugal (d. 1666)
  • 1696John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English courtier and politician, Lord Privy Seal (d. 1743)
  • 1703Andrea Belli, Maltese architect and businessman (d. 1772)
  • 1713Allan Ramsay, Scottish-English painter (d. 1784)
  • 1756James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier, English admiral and politician, 36th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1833)
  • 1768Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French admiral and explorer (d. 1839)
  • 1820John William Dawson, Canadian geologist and academic (d. 1899)
  • 1821Rudolf Virchow, German physician, biologist, and politician (d. 1902)
  • 1825Charles Frederick Worth, English fashion designer, founded House of Worth (d. 1895)
  • 1844Ernest Myers, English poet and author (d. 1921)
  • 1853Lillie Langtry, English actress and singer (d. 1929)
  • 1862Mary Kingsley, English explorer and author (d. 1900)
  • 1870Albert Jay Nock, American theorist, author, and critic (d. 1945)
  • 1872Leon Leonwood Bean, American hunter, businessman, and author, founded L.L.Bean (d. 1967)
  • 1873Georgios Kafantaris, Greek politician and Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1946)
  • 1874József Klekl, Slovene-Hungarian priest and politician (d. 1948)
  • 1876Rube Waddell, American baseball player (d. 1914)
  • 1878Patrick Joseph Hartigan, Australian priest and author (d. 1952)
  • 1879Edward Hennig, American gymnast (d. 1960)
  • 1880Sasha Chorny, Russian poet and author (d. 1932)
  • 1887Jozef Tiso, Slovak priest and politician, President of Slovakia (d. 1947)
  • 1890Conrad Richter, American journalist and novelist (d. 1968)
  • 1891Irene Rich, American actress (d. 1988)
  • 1893Kurt Reidemeister, German mathematician connected to the Vienna Circle (d. 1971)
  • 1895Mike Gazella, American baseball player and manager (d. 1978)
  • 1899Piero Dusio, Italian footballer, businessman and race car driver (d. 1975)
  • 1900Gerald Marks, American composer (d. 1997)
  • 1902Arna Bontemps, American librarian, author, and poet (d. 1973)
  • 1902 – Karl Leichter, Estonian musicologist and academic (d. 1987)
  • 1904Wilfred Pickles, English actor and radio host (d. 1978)
  • 1905Yves Allégret, French director and screenwriter (d. 1987)
  • 1905 – Coloman Braun-Bogdan, Romanian footballer and manager (d. 1983)
  • 1909Herblock, American author and illustrator (d. 2001)
  • 1909 – Art Tatum, American jazz pianist (d. 1956)
  • 1911Ashok Kumar, Indian film actor (d. 2001)
  • 1911 – Millosh Gjergj Nikolla, Albanian poet and author (d. 1938)
  • 1912Cornel Wilde, Slovak-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1989)
  • 1913Igor Torkar, Slovenian poet and playwright (d. 2004)
  • 1915Terry Frost, English painter and academic (d. 2003)
  • 1917George Osmond, American talent manager (d. 2007)
  • 1918Robert Walker, American actor (d. 1951)
  • 1919Jackie Ronne, American explorer (d. 2009)
  • 1920Laraine Day, American actress (d. 2007)
  • 1921Yves Montand, Italian-French actor and singer (d. 1991)
  • 1922Nathaniel Clifton, American athlete (d. 1990)
  • 1923John C. Champion, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1994)
  • 1923 – Rosemary Anne Sisson, English author and playwright (d. 2017)
  • 1923 – Faas Wilkes, Dutch footballer (d. 2006)
  • 1924Terry Gibbs, American vibraphone player and bandleader
  • 1924 – Moturu Udayam, Indian activist and politician (d. 2002)
  • 1924 – Roberto Eduardo Viola, Argentinian general and politician, 44th President of Argentina (d. 1994)
  • 1925Lenny Bruce, American comedian and actor (d. 1966)
  • 1925 – Armand Mouyal, Algerian-French fencer and police officer (d. 1988)
  • 1925 – Margaret Thatcher, English chemist and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2013)
  • 1925 – Gustav Winckler, Danish singer-songwriter (d. 1979)
  • 1926Ray Brown, American bassist and cellist (d. 2002)
  • 1926 – Tommy Whittle, Scottish-English saxophonist (d. 2013)
  • 1926 – Killer Kowalski, American wrestler (d. 2008)
  • 1926 – Eddie Yost, American baseball player and coach (d. 2012)
  • 1927Lee Konitz, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2020)
  • 1927 – Turgut Özal, Turkish engineer and politician, 8th President of Turkey (d. 1993)
  • 1929Richard Howard, American poet, critic, and translator
  • 1929 – Walasse Ting, Chinese-American painter and poet (d. 2010)
  • 1930Bruce Geller, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1978)
  • 1931Raymond Kopa, French footballer (d. 2017)
  • 1931 – Eddie Mathews, American baseball player and manager (d. 2001)
  • 1932Johnny Lytle, American vibraphone player and drummer (d. 1995)
  • 1932 – Liliane Montevecchi, French-Italian actress, dancer and singer (d. 2018)
  • 1933Thomas Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill, English lawyer and judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (d. 2012)
  • 1933 – Raynald Fréchette, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 2007)
  • 1934Nana Mouskouri, Greek singer and politician
  • 1935Etterlene DeBarge, American singer-songwriter
  • 1935 – Bruce Morrow, American radio host and actor
  • 1936Chitti Babu, Indian veena player and composer (d. 1996)
  • 1938Shirley Caesar, American gospel singer-songwriter
  • 1938 – Hugo Young, English journalist and author (d. 2003)
  • 1939Larry Bowie, American football player (d. 2012)
  • 1939 – Melinda Dillon, American actress
  • 1940Chris Farlowe, English rock, blues, and soul singer
  • 1940 – Pharoah Sanders, American saxophonist and bandleader
  • 1941Neil Aspinall, Welsh-English record producer and manager (d. 2008)
  • 1941 – Paul Simon, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1941 – John Snow, English cricketer
  • 1942Rutanya Alda, Latvian-American actress
  • 1942 – Bob Bailey, American baseball player and manager
  • 1942 – Jerry Jones, American businessman
  • 1942 – Walter McGowan, Scottish boxer
  • 1943Peter Sauber, Swiss businessman, founded the Sauber F1 Team
  • 1944Robert Lamm, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
  • 1945Dési Bouterse, Surinamese general and politician, 9th President of Suriname
  • 1946Levon Ananyan, Armenian journalist and author (d. 2013)
  • 1946 – Edwina Currie, English politician
  • 1946 – Lacy J. Dalton, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1947Joe Dolce, American-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1947 – Sammy Hagar, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1948Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani musician, Qawwal & World Music artist (d. 1997)
  • 1949Tom Mees, American sportscaster (d. 1996)
  • 1949 – Patrick Nève, Belgian race car driver (d. 2017)
  • 1950Mollie Katzen, American chef and author
  • 1950 – Annegret Richter, German sprinter
  • 1950 – Simon Nicol, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1951Stephen Bayley, Welsh journalist, author, and critic
  • 1952Mundo Earwood, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014)
  • 1953John Simpson, English lexicographer and scholar
  • 1953 – Pat Day, American jockey
  • 1954George Frazier, American baseball player and sportscaster
  • 1954 – Claude Ribbe, French historian and academic
  • 1955John Ferenzik, American keyboard player, guitarist, and composer
  • 1956Chris Carter, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1956 – Don Paige, American runner
  • 1956 – Joseph Toal, Scottish bishop
  • 1956 – Sinan Sakić, Serbian singer (d. 2018)
  • 1957Reggie Theus, American basketball player and coach
  • 1958Maria Cantwell, American lawyer and politician
  • 1958 – Jair-Rôhm Parker Wells, American bassist and composer
  • 1959Marie Osmond, American singer, actress, and television spokesperson
  • 1960Joey Belladonna, American singer-songwriter
  • 1960 – Tim Brewster, American football player and coach
  • 1960 – Ari Fleischer, American journalist and politician, 24th White House Press Secretary
  • 1960 – Eric Joyce, Scottish soldier and politician
  • 1960 – Peter Keisler, American lawyer and politician, United States Attorney General
  • 1961Rachel De Thame, English gardener and television presenter
  • 1961 – Doc Rivers, American basketball player and coach
  • 1962T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh, American actress and author
  • 1962 – Kelly Preston, American actress (d. 2020)
  • 1962 – Jerry Rice, American football player and sportscaster
  • 1963Colin Channer, Jamaican-American author and academic
  • 1963 – Chip Foose, American engineer and television host
  • 1964Fanie de Villiers, South African cricketer
  • 1964 – Nie Haisheng, Chinese general, pilot, and astronaut
  • 1964 – Christopher Judge, American actor and producer
  • 1964 – Marco Travaglio, Italian journalist and author
  • 1965Johan Museeuw, Belgian cyclist
  • 1966Larry Collmus, American sportscaster
  • 1966 – John Regis, English sprinter
  • 1966 – Baja Mali Knindža, Serbian singer
  • 1967Scott Cooper, American baseball player
  • 1967 – Trevor Hoffman, American baseball player
  • 1967 – Javier Sotomayor, Cuban high jumper
  • 1967 – Steve Vickers, English footballer
  • 1967 – Kate Walsh, American actress and producer
  • 1968Tisha Campbell-Martin, American actress and singer
  • 1969Nancy Kerrigan, American figure skater and actress
  • 1969 – Cady McClain, American actress and singer
  • 1970Serena Altschul, American journalist
  • 1970 – Rob Howley, Welsh rugby player and coach
  • 1970 – Paul Potts, English tenor
  • 1971Sacha Baron Cohen, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
  • 1971 – Billy Bush, American television journalist and radio host
  • 1971 – Pyrros Dimas, Albanian-Greek weightlifter and politician
  • 1972Summer Sanders, American swimmer and sportscaster
  • 1973Brian Dawkins, American football player and coach
  • 1973 – Peter Dumbreck, Scottish race car driver
  • 1973 – Matt Hughes, American wrestler and mixed martial artist
  • 1977Gareth Batty, English cricketer
  • 1977 – Benjamin Clapp, American drummer
  • 1977 – Antonio Di Natale, Italian footballer
  • 1977 – Justin Peroff, Canadian drummer and actor
  • 1977 – Paul Pierce, American basketball player
  • 1978Jermaine O'Neal, American basketball player
  • 1979Wes Brown, English footballer
  • 1979 – Mamadou Niang, Senegalese footballer
  • 1980Ashanti, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
  • 1980 – David Haye, English boxer
  • 1980 – Magne Hoseth, Norwegian footballer
  • 1980 – Scott Parker, English footballer
  • 1981Ryan Ashford, English footballer
  • 1981 – Taylor Buchholz, American baseball player
  • 1982Antonio Pavanello, Italian rugby player
  • 1982 – Ian Thorpe, Australian swimmer
  • 1986Gabriel Agbonlahor, English footballer
  • 1986 – Sergio Pérez Moya, Mexican footballer
  • 1987Adrian Poparadu, Romanian footballer
  • 1987 – Nikita Satalkin, Russian footballer
  • 1987 – Tochinoshin Tsuyoshi, Georgian sumo wrestler
  • 1988Scott Jamieson, Australian footballer
  • 1988 – Enrique Pérez, Mexican footballer
  • 1989Breno Borges, Brazilian footballer
  • 1989 – Luke Kelly, Australian rugby league player
  • 1989 – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, member of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress[7]
  • 1989 – Clive Rose, Australian cricketer
  • 1990Emma Flood, Norwegian tennis player
  • 1990 – Andrej Rendla, Slovak footballer
  • 1990 – Adrián Sardinero, Spanish footballer
  • 1994Ryan Matterson, Australian rugby league player
  • 1995Jimin, South Korean singer with BTS[8]
  • 2001Caleb McLaughlin, American actor[9]

Deaths[]

  • 54Claudius, Roman emperor (b. 10 BC)[1]
  • 807Simpert, bishop of Augsburg
  • 982Jing Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty (b. 948)
  • 1093Robert I, count of Flanders (b. 1035)
  • 1100Guy I, count of Ponthieu
  • 1195Gualdim Pais, Portuguese crusader (b. 1118)
  • 1240Razia Sultana, sultan of Delhi (b. 1205)
  • 1282Nichiren, Japanese Buddhist priest (b. 1222)
  • 1382Peter II, king of Cyprus
  • 1415Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel, English politician, Lord High Treasurer of England (b. 1381)
  • 1435Hermann II, count of Croatia
  • 1562Claudin de Sermisy, French composer (b. 1495)
  • 1605Theodore Beza, French theologian and scholar (b. 1519)
  • 1673Christoffer Gabel, German-Danish accountant and politician (b. 1617)
  • 1687Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer and lens maker (b. 1633)
  • 1694Samuel von Pufendorf, German historian, economist, and jurist (b. 1632)
  • 1706Iyasu I, emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1654)
  • 1715Nicolas Malebranche, French priest and philosopher (b. 1638)
  • 1759John Henley, English clergyman and author (b. 1692)
  • 1788Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent, Irish poet and politician (b. 1702)
  • 1812Isaac Brock, English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (b. 1769)
  • 1815Joachim Murat, French general (b. 1767)
  • 1822Antonio Canova, Italian sculptor (b. 1757)
  • 1825Maximilian I Joseph, king of Bavaria (b. 1756)
  • 1841Patrick Campbell, Scottish admiral (b. 1773)
  • 1869Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French poet, author, and critic (b. 1804)
  • 1882Arthur de Gobineau, French philosopher and author (b. 1816)
  • 1890Samuel Freeman Miller, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1816)
  • 1904Pavlos Melas, French-Greek captain (b. 1870)
  • 1905Henry Irving, English actor and manager (b. 1838)
  • 1909Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, Spanish philosopher and academic (b. 1849)
  • 1911Sister Nivedita, Irish-Indian social worker, author, and educator (b. 1867)
  • 1917Florence La Badie, American actress (b. 1888)
  • 1919Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Danish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
  • 1926Hans E. Kinck, Norwegian philologist and author (b. 1865)
  • 1930T. Alexander Harrison, American painter and educator (b. 1853)
  • 1931Ernst Didring, Swedish author (b. 1868)
  • 1938E. C. Segar, American cartoonist, created Popeye (b. 1894)
  • 1945Milton S. Hershey, American businessman, founded The Hershey Company (b. 1857)
  • 1950Ernest Haycox, American soldier and author (b. 1899)
  • 1955Manuel Ávila Camacho, Mexican general and politician, 45th President of Mexico (b. 1897)
  • 1956Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı, Turkish poet and author (b. 1910)
  • 1961Prince Louis Rwagasore, Burundi politician, Prime Minister of Burundi (b. 1932)
  • 1966Clifton Webb, American actor and dancer (b. 1889)
  • 1968Bea Benaderet, American actress and voice artist (b. 1906)
  • 1973Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı, Turkish ethnographer and author (b. 1886)
  • 1973 – Albert Mandler, Austrian-Israeli general (b. 1929)
  • 1974Otto Binder, American author (b. 1911)
  • 1974 – Anatoli Kozhemyakin, Soviet footballer (b. 1953)
  • 1974 – Ed Sullivan, American journalist and talk show host (b. 1901)
  • 1979Antonio Berni, Argentinian painter, illustrator, and engraver (b. 1905)
  • 1981Rebecca Clarke, English viola player and composer (b. 1886)
  • 1985Tage Danielsson, Swedish author, actor, and director (b. 1928)
  • 1987Walter Houser Brattain, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
  • 1987 – Kishore Kumar, Indian singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director (b. 1929)
  • 1987 – Nilgün Marmara, Turkish poet and author (b. 1958)
  • 1990Hans Namuth, German-American photographer (b. 1915)
  • 1990 – Lê Đức Thọ, Vietnamese general and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
  • 1992James Marshall, American author and illustrator (b. 1942)
  • 1993Otmar Gutmann, Founder of The Pygos Group and creator of Pingu (b. 1937)
  • 1996Beryl Reid, English actress (b. 1919)
  • 1998Dmitry Nikolayevich Filippov, Russian businessman and politician (b. 1944)
  • 1999Michael Hartnett, Irish poet (b. 1941)
  • 2000Jean Peters, American actress (b. 1926)
  • 2001Peter Doyle, Australian singer-songwriter (b. 1949)
  • 2002Stephen Ambrose, American historian and author (b. 1936)
  • 2002 – Keene Curtis, American actor (b. 1923)
  • 2003Bertram Brockhouse, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
  • 2004Enrique Fernando, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 13th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (b. 1915)
  • 2004 – Bernice Rubens, Welsh author (b. 1928)
  • 2005Vivian Malone Jones, American activist (b. 1942)
  • 2006Wang Guangmei, Chinese philanthropist and politician, 2nd Spouse of the President of the People's Republic of China (b. 1921)
  • 2007Bob Denard, French soldier and academic (b. 1929)
  • 2008Alexei Cherepanov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1989)
  • 2009Stephen Barnett, American scholar and academic (b. 1935)
  • 2010Vernon Biever, American photographer (b. 1923)
  • 2011Barbara Kent, Canadian-born American actress (b. 1907)
  • 2012Stuart Bell, English lawyer and politician (b. 1938)
  • 2012 – Gary Collins, American actor (b. 1938)
  • 2012 – Tomonobu Imamichi, Japanese philosopher and academic (b. 1922)
  • 2013Martin Drewes, German soldier and pilot (b. 1918)
  • 2013 – Joe Meriweather, American basketball player and coach (b. 1953)
  • 2013 – Tommy Whittle, Scottish-English saxophonist (b. 1926)
  • 2013 – Takashi Yanase, Japanese poet and illustrator, created Anpanman (b. 1919)
  • 2014John Bradfield, English biologist and businessman, founded Cambridge Science Park (b. 1925)
  • 2014 – Antonio Cafiero, Argentinian accountant and politician, Governor of Buenos Aires Province (b. 1922)
  • 2014 – Margaret Hillert, American author and poet (b. 1920)
  • 2014 – Mohammad Sarengat, Indonesian sprinter (b. 1939)
  • 2014 – Pontus Segerström, Swedish footballer (b. 1981)
  • 2015Rosalyn Baxandall, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1939)
  • 2015 – Bruce Hyde, American academic and actor (b. 1941)
  • 2015 – Michael J. H. Walsh, English general (b. 1927)
  • 2016Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), King of Thailand (b. 1927)
  • 2016 – Dario Fo, Italian playwright, actor, director, and composer Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926)
  • 2016 – Jim Prentice, Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Premier of Alberta (b. 1956)
  • 2017Albert Zafy, Malagasy politician (b. 1927)
  • 2018Annapurna Devi Indian surbahar (bass sitar) player of Hindustani classical music (b. 1927)


Holidays and observances[]

  • Azerbaijani Railway Day (Azerbaijan)
  • Christian feast day:
    • Blessed Alexandrina of Balasar
    • Daniel and companions, of Ceuta
    • Edward the Confessor (translation)
    • Gerald of Aurillac
    • Blessed Maddalena Panattieri (OP)
    • Theophilus of Antioch
    • October 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • Doi taikomatsuri October 13–15 (Shikokuchūō, Ehime, Japan)
  • International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction (international)
  • National Police Day (Thailand)
  • Paramedics' Day (Poland)
  • Rwagasore Day (Burundi)

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "BBC - History - Claudius". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  2. Wilde, Robert (March 17, 2019). "Henry V of England". ThoughtCo. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  3. "Henry IV". Westminster Abbey. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  4. Elizabeth Crawford (2 September 2003). The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide 1866-1928. Routledge. pp. 669–670. ISBN 1-135-43402-6.
  5. "Alive: The Andes Accident 1972". viven.com.uy. Retrieved 2017-04-10.
  6. PHIL THOMPSON (Oct 13, 2019). "Brigid Kosgei smashes the world record by 81 seconds in winning the Chicago Marathon: 'I never believed that time (was possible)'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved Oct 14, 2019.
  7. Hess, Abigail (6 November 2018). "29-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is poised to become the youngest woman in Congress". CNBC. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  8. "When are the birthdays of the seven BTS members?". Metro. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  9. Rose, Mike (October 13, 2018). "Today's top celebrity birthdays list for October 13, 2018". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved October 14, 2018.

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