October 13

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

• 1307 - All Knights Templar in France arrested on charges of heresy
• 1775 - Continental Navy established
• 1792 - The cornerstone of the White House is laid
• 1812 - Battle of Queenston Heights - United States invasion of Canada repulsed
• 1843 - B'nai B'rith founded
• 1936 - The Jarrow March sets off for London.
• 1943 - Italy declares war on Germany
• 1946 - France adopts the constitution of the Fourth Republic[?].
• 1981 - Hosni Mubarak elected President of Egypt
• 1982 - Lotus 1-2-3 introduced

Births:

• 1821 - Rudolf Virchow, German doctor, pathologist, biologist, and politician
• 1853 - Lillie Langtry, actress
• 1876 - Rube Waddell[?], baseball star (+ 1914)
• 1909 - Art Tatum, jazz pianist (+ 1956)
• 1909 - Herbert Block[?] ("Herblock"), editorial cartoonist
• 1910 - Ernest McGann[?], author (+ 1991)
• 1915 - Cornel Wilde, actor (+ 1989)
• 1917 - Burr Tillstrom[?], puppeteer
• 1918 - Robert Walker, actor (+ 1951)
• 1921 - Yves Montand, singer, actor (+ 1991)
• 1924 - Nipsey Russell[?], comedian, actor, television personality
• 1925 - Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• 1925 - Lenny Bruce, comedian (+ 1966)
• 1931 - Eddie Matthews[?], Baseball Hall of Famer
• 1942 - Paul Simon, musician
• 1947 - Sammy Hagar[?], singer
• 1953 - Pat Day[?], jockey[?]
• 1959 - Marie Osmond[?], singer, actress, television host[?]
• 1962 - Jerry Rice[?], American football star
• 1969 - Nancy Kerrigan[?], figure skater
• 1982 - Ian Thorpe, swimmer

Deaths:

• 54 - Claudius, Roman emperor
• 1917 - Florence La Badie, pioneer actress
• 1966 - Clifton Webb, actor
• 1968 - Bea Benaderet[?], actress
• 1974 - Ed Sullivan, television host[?]
• 1990 - Le Duc Tho, Nobel Peace Prize recipient (born 1911)
• 2002 - Stephen Ambrose, historian and Dwight Eisenhower biographer.

Holidays:

• Roman Empire - festival dedicated to Fontus

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