13 October
Notable Births
Caleb McLaughlin
b. 2001
American actor (born 2001)
Cam Thomas (basketball)
b. 2001
American basketball player (born 2001)
De'Von Achane
b. 2001
American football player and sprinter (born 2001)
Joshua Wong
b. 1996
Hong Kong activist (born 1996)
Jimin
b. 1995
South Korean singer (born 1995)
Ryan Matterson
b. 1994
Australian rugby league footballer
Yuta Watanabe
b. 1994
Japanese basketball player (born 1994)
Tiffany Trump
b. 1993
Daughter of Donald Trump (born 1993)
Igor Ozhiganov
b. 1992
Russian ice hockey player (born 1992)
Shelby Rogers
b. 1992
American tennis player (born 1992)
Jakob Silfverberg
b. 1990
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1990)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
b. 1989
American politician and activist (born 1989)
Clive Rose (cricketer)
b. 1989
Australian cricketer (born 1989)
Norris Cole
b. 1988
American basketball player (born 1988)
Scott Jamieson
b. 1988
Australian soccer player
Tochinoshin Tsuyoshi
b. 1987
Georgian sumo wrestler
Gabriel Agbonlahor
b. 1986
English footballer (born 1986)
Sergio Pérez (footballer, born 1986)
b. 1986
Mexican footballer (born 1986)
Brian Hoyer
b. 1985
American football player (born 1985)
Andrej Meszároš
b. 1985
Slovak ice hockey player (born 1985)
Notable Deaths
Mayra Gómez Kemp
d. 2024
Cuban-Spanish television host and actress (1948–2024)
Donal Murray (bishop)
d. 2024
Irish Catholic bishop (1940–2024)
Louise Glück
d. 2023
American poet and Nobel laureate (1943–2023)
Annapurna Devi
d. 2018
Indian musician (1927–2018)
Albert Zafy
d. 2017
President of Madagascar from 1993 to 1996
Bhumibol Adulyadej
d. 2016
King of Thailand from 1946 to 2016
Dario Fo
d. 2016
Italian playwright, actor, singer-songwriter, director, and politician
Jim Prentice
d. 2016
Premier of Alberta from 2014 to 2015
Bruce Hyde (ontologist)
d. 2015
American actor
Michael Walsh (British Army officer)
d. 2015
Antonio Cafiero
d. 2014
Argentine politician
Mohammad Sarengat
d. 2014
Indonesian sprinter
Pontus Segerström
d. 2014
Swedish footballer
Martin Drewes
d. 2013
German World War II fighter pilot
Tommy Whittle
d. 2013
British jazz saxophonist (1926–2013)
Takashi Yanase
d. 2013
Japanese manga artist (1919–2013)
Stuart Bell
d. 2012
British Labour Party politician (1938–2012)
Gary Collins (actor)
d. 2012
American actor and TV host (1938–2012)
Tomonobu Imamichi
d. 2012
Japanese philosopher
Barbara Kent
d. 2011
Canadian-American actress (1907–2011)
On This Day in History
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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.
Brigid Kosgei
2016
The Maldives announces its decision to withdraw from the Commonwealth of Nations.
Maldives
2013
A stampede occurs in India during the Hindu festival Navratri, killing 115 and injuring more than 110.
2013 Madhya Pradesh stampede
2010
The mining accident in Copiapó, Chile ends as all 33 trapped miners arrive at the surface after a record 69 days underground.
2010 Copiapó mining accident
1993
At least 60 people die in eastern Papua New Guinea when a series of earthquakes rock the Finisterre Range, triggering massive landslides.
1993 Finisterre earthquakes
1990
Syrian forces attack free areas of Lebanon, removing General Michel Aoun from the presidential palace.
Michel Aoun
1983
Ameritech Mobile Communications launches the first US cellular network in Chicago.
Ameritech Cellular
1977
Hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 181 by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
Lufthansa Flight 181
1976
The first electron micrograph of an Ebola virus is taken at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Dr. F. A. Murphy.
Micrograph
1976
A Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano Boeing 707 crashes after takeoff from El Trompillo Airport in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, killing 91.
Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano
1972
Aeroflot Flight 217 crashes outside Moscow, killing 174.
Aeroflot Flight 217
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.
Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571
1972
The flag of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, was officially adopted.
Flag of Okinawa Prefecture
1962
The Pacific Northwest experiences a cyclone the equal of a Category 3 hurricane, with winds above 150 mph. Forty-six people die.
Columbus Day storm of 1962
1946
France adopts the constitution of the Fourth Republic.
October 1946 French constitutional referendum
1944
World War II: The Soviet Riga Offensive captures the city.
Riga offensive (1944)
1943
World War II: Marshal Pietro Badoglio announces that Italy has officially declared war on Germany.
Pietro Badoglio
1923
Ankara becomes the capital of Turkey.
Ankara
1921
Soviet republics sign the Treaty of Kars to formalize the borders between Turkey and the South Caucasus states.
Treaty of Kars
1917
The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.
Miracle of the Sun