October 13

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

Events

• AD 54 – Emperor Claudius dies from poisoning under mysterious circumstances; his 17-year-old stepson Nero succeeds him.
• 409 – Vandals 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 Phillip the Fair and later confess under torture to heresy.
• 1332 – Rinchinbal Khan becomes the Khagan of the Mongols and Emperor of the Yuan dynasty, reigning for only 53 days.
• 1582 – Because of the adoption of the Gregorian calendar, this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
• 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.
• 1773 – The Whirlpool Galaxy is discovered by Charles Messier.
• 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, Henry Jones and 11 others found B'nai B'rith (the oldest Jewish service organization in the world).
• 1845 – Voters in the Republic of Texas approve a constitution that, if accepted by the U.S. Congress, will make Texas a U.S. state.
• 1881 – First 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, United States.
• 1890 – The Delta Chi fraternity is founded by 11 law students at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
• 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.
• 1908 – Margaret Travers Symons burst into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.^[1]
• 1911 – Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.
• 1915 – The Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt marks the end of the Battle of Loos in northern France, World War I.
• 1917 – The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Fátima, Portugal.
• 1921 – Soviet republics sign the Treaty of Kars with Turkey to formalize the borders between Turkey and the South Caucasus states.
• 1923 – Ankara replaces Istanbul as the capital of Turkey.
• 1929 – Jože Plečnik unveils his memorial to Napoleon on the Square of French Revolution, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
• 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 occupied by the Red Army.
• 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.
• 1972 – An Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-62 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^[2]
• 1976 – A Bolivian Boeing 707 cargo jet crashes in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, killing 100 (97, mostly children, killed on the ground).
• 1976 – First electron micrograph of an Ebola virus, by Dr. F. A. Murphy, at the C.D.C.
• 1983 – Ameritech Mobile Communications (now AT&T) launched the first US cellular network in Chicago.
• 1990 – End of the Lebanese Civil War. Syrian forces attack free areas of Lebanon removing General Michel Aoun from the presidential palace.
• 1992 – An Antonov An-124 operated by Antonov Airlines registered CCCP-82002, crashes near Kiev, Ukraine killing eight.
• 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 Datia district, Madhya Pradesh, 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.

Births

• 467 – Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei, emperor of Northern Wei (d. 499)
• 1162 – Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile (d. 1214)
• 1381 – Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel, English politician, Lord High Treasurer of England (d. 1415)
• 1453 – Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, son and heir of Henry VI of England (d. 1471)
• 1474 – Mariotto Albertinelli, Italian painter and educator (d. 1515)
• 1499 – Claude of France (d. 1524)
• 1563 – Francis Caracciolo, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1608)
• 1566 – Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, Irish politician, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland (d. 1643)
• 1613 – Luisa de Guzmán, Spanish-Portuguese wife of John IV of Portugal (d. 1666)
• 1696 – John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English courtier and politician, Lord Privy Seal (d. 1743)
• 1703 – Andrea Belli, Maltese architect and businessman (d. 1772)
• 1713 – Allan Ramsay, Scottish-English painter (d. 1784)
• 1756 – James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier, English admiral and politician, 36th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1833)
• 1768 – Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French admiral and explorer (d. 1839)
• 1820 – John William Dawson, Canadian geologist and academic (d. 1899)
• 1821 – Rudolf Virchow, German physician, biologist, and politician (d. 1902)
• 1825 – Charles Frederick Worth, English fashion designer, founded House of Worth (d. 1895)
• 1844 – Ernest Myers, English poet and author (d. 1921)
• 1853 – Lillie Langtry, English actress and singer (d. 1929)
• 1862 – Mary Kingsley, English explorer and author (d. 1900)
• 1870 – Albert Jay Nock, American theorist, author, and critic (d. 1945)
• 1872 – Leon Leonwood Bean, American hunter, businessman, and author, founded L.L.Bean (d. 1967)
• 1873 – Georgios Kafantaris, Greek politician and Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1946)
• 1874 – József Klekl, Slovene-Hungarian priest and politician (d. 1948)
• 1876 – Rube Waddell, American baseball player (d. 1914)
• 1878 – Patrick Joseph Hartigan, Australian priest and author (d. 1952)
• 1879 – Edward Hennig, American gymnast (d. 1960)
• 1880 – Sasha Chorny, Russian poet and author (d. 1932)
• 1887 – Jozef Tiso, Slovak priest and politician, President of Slovakia (d. 1947)
• 1890 – Conrad Richter, American journalist and novelist (d. 1968)
• 1891 – Irene Rich, American actress (d. 1988)
• 1893 – Kurt Reidemeister, German mathematician connected to the Vienna Circle (d. 1971)
• 1895 – Mike Gazella, American baseball player and manager (d. 1978)
• 1899 – Piero Dusio, Italian footballer, businessman and race car driver (d. 1975)
• 1900 – Gerald Marks, American composer (d. 1997)
• 1902 – Arna Bontemps, American librarian, author, and poet (d. 1973)
• 1902 – Karl Leichter, Estonian musicologist and academic (d. 1987)
• 1904 – Wilfred Pickles, English actor and radio host (d. 1978)
• 1905 – Yves Allégret, French director and screenwriter (d. 1987)
• 1905 – Coloman Braun-Bogdan, Romanian footballer and manager (d. 1983)
• 1909 – Herblock, American author and illustrator (d. 2001)
• 1909 – Art Tatum, American jazz pianist (d. 1956)
• 1911 – Ashok Kumar, Indian film actor (d. 2001)
• 1911 – Millosh Gjergj Nikolla, Albanian poet and author (d. 1938)
• 1912 – Cornel Wilde, Slovak-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1989)
• 1913 – Igor Torkar, Slovenian poet and playwright (d. 2004)
• 1915 – Terry Frost, English painter and academic (d. 2003)
• 1917 – George Osmond, American talent manager (d. 2007)
• 1918 – Robert Walker, American actor (d. 1951)
• 1919 – Jackie Ronne, American explorer (d. 2009)
• 1920 – Laraine Day, American actress (d. 2007)
• 1921 – Yves Montand, Italian-French actor and singer (d. 1991)
• 1922 – Nathaniel Clifton, American athlete (d. 1990)
• 1923 – John 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)
• 1924 – Terry 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)
• 1925 – Lenny 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)
• 1926 – Ray 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)
• 1927 – Lee Konitz, American saxophonist and composer
• 1927 – Turgut Özal, Turkish engineer and politician, 8th President of Turkey (d. 1993)
• 1929 – Richard Howard, American poet, critic, and translator
• 1929 – Walasse Ting, Chinese-American painter and poet (d. 2010)
• 1930 – Bruce Geller, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1978)
• 1931 – Raymond Kopa, French footballer (d. 2017)
• 1931 – Eddie Mathews, American baseball player and manager (d. 2001)
• 1932 – Johnny Lytle, American vibraphone player and drummer (d. 1995)
• 1932 – Liliane Montevecchi, French-Italian actress, dancer and singer
• 1933 – Thomas 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)
• 1934 – Nana Mouskouri, Greek singer and politician
• 1935 – Etterlene DeBarge, American singer-songwriter
• 1935 – Bruce Morrow, American radio host and actor
• 1936 – Chitti Babu, Indian veena player and composer (d. 1996)
• 1938 – Shirley Caesar, American gospel singer-songwriter
• 1938 – Hugo Young, English journalist and author (d. 2003)
• 1939 – Larry Bowie, American football player (d. 2012)
• 1939 – Melinda Dillon, American actress
• 1940 – Chris Farlowe, English rock, blues, and soul singer
• 1940 – Pharoah Sanders, American saxophonist and bandleader
• 1941 – Neil Aspinall, Welsh-English record producer and manager (d. 2008)
• 1941 – Paul Simon, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1941 – John Snow, English cricketer
• 1942 – Rutanya Alda, Latvian-American actress
• 1942 – Bob Bailey, American baseball player and manager
• 1942 – Jerry Jones, American businessman
• 1942 – Walter McGowan, Scottish boxer
• 1943 – Peter Sauber, Swiss businessman, founded the Sauber F1 Team
• 1944 – Robert Lamm, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
• 1945 – Dési Bouterse, Surinamese general and politician, 9th President of Suriname
• 1946 – Levon Ananyan, Armenian journalist and author (d. 2013)
• 1946 – Edwina Currie, English politician
• 1946 – Lacy J. Dalton, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 – Sammy Hagar, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1949 – Tom Mees, American sportscaster (d. 1996)
• 1949 – Patrick Neve, Belgian race car driver (d. 2017)
• 1950 – Mollie Katzen, American chef and author
• 1950 – Annegret Richter, German sprinter
• 1950 – Simon Nicol, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1951 – Stephen Bayley, Welsh journalist, author, and critic
• 1952 – Mundo Earwood, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014)
• 1953 – John Simpson, English lexicographer and scholar
• 1954 – George Frazier, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1954 – Claude Ribbe, French historian and academic
• 1955 – John Ferenzik, American keyboard player, guitarist, and composer
• 1956 – Chris Carter, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1956 – Don Paige, American runner
• 1956 – Joseph Toal, Scottish bishop
• 1956 – Sinan Sakić, Serbian singer (d. 2018)
• 1957 – Reggie Theus, American basketball player and coach
• 1958 – Maria Cantwell, American lawyer and politician
• 1958 – Jair-Rôhm Parker Wells, American bassist and composer
• 1959 – Marie Osmond, American singer, actress, and television spokesperson
• 1960 – Joey 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
• 1961 – Rachel De Thame, English gardener and television presenter
• 1961 – Doc Rivers, American basketball player and coach
• 1962 – T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh, American actress and author
• 1962 – Kelly Preston, American actress
• 1962 – Jerry Rice, American football player and sportscaster
• 1963 – Colin Channer, Jamaican-American author and academic
• 1963 – Chip Foose, American engineer and television host
• 1964 – Fanie 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
• 1965 – Johan Museeuw, Belgian cyclist
• 1966 – Larry Collmus, American sportscaster
• 1966 – John Regis, English sprinter
• 1966 – Baja Mali Knindža, Serbian singer
• 1967 – Scott Cooper, American baseball player
• 1967 – Trevor Hoffman, American baseball player and manager
• 1967 – Javier Sotomayor, Cuban high jumper
• 1967 – Steve Vickers, English footballer
• 1967 – Kate Walsh, American actress and producer
• 1968 – Tisha Campbell-Martin, American actress and singer
• 1969 – Nancy Kerrigan, American figure skater and actress
• 1969 – Cady McClain, American actress and singer
• 1970 – Serena Altschul, American journalist
• 1970 – Rob Howley, Welsh rugby player and coach
• 1970 – Paul Potts, English tenor
• 1971 – Sacha Baron Cohen, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1971 – Billy Bush, American television journalist and radio host
• 1971 – Pyrros Dimas, Albanian-Greek weightlifter and politician
• 1972 – Summer Sanders, American swimmer and sportscaster
• 1973 – Brian Dawkins, American football player and coach
• 1973 – Peter Dumbreck, Scottish race car driver
• 1973 – Matt Hughes, American wrestler and mixed martial artist
• 1977 – Gareth 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
• 1978 – Jermaine O'Neal, American basketball player
• 1979 – Wes Brown, English footballer
• 1979 – Mamadou Niang, Senegalese footballer
• 1980 – Ashanti, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1980 – David Haye, English boxer
• 1980 – Magne Hoseth, Norwegian footballer
• 1980 – Scott Parker, English footballer
• 1981 – Ryan Ashford, English footballer
• 1981 – Taylor Buchholz, American baseball player
• 1982 – Antonio Pavanello, Italian rugby player
• 1982 – Ian Thorpe, Australian swimmer
• 1986 – Gabriel Agbonlahor, English footballer
• 1986 – Sergio Pérez Moya, Mexican footballer
• 1987 – Adrian Poparadu, Romanian footballer
• 1987 – Nikita Satalkin, Russian footballer
• 1987 – Tochinoshin Tsuyoshi, Georgian sumo wrestler
• 1988 – Scott Jamieson, Australian footballer
• 1988 – Enrique Pérez, Mexican footballer
• 1989 – Breno Borges, Brazilian footballer
• 1989 – Luke Kelly, Australian rugby league player
• 1989 – Clive Rose, Australian cricketer
• 1990 – Emma Flood, Norwegian tennis player
• 1990 – Andrej Rendla, Slovak footballer
• 1990 – Adrián Sardinero, Spanish footballer
• 1994 – Ryan Matterson, Australian rugby league player
• 1997 – Steven Bergwijn, Dutch footballer
• 2001 – Caleb McLaughlin, American actor^[3]

Deaths

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

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to October 13.

• BBC: On This Day
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