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Historical Events on October 13

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 simultaneously arrested by agents of Phillip the Fair, to be later tortured into a "confession" of heresy.
1332

Rinchinbal Khan, Emperor Ningzong of Yuan, 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 United States Continental Congress orders the establishment of the Continental Navy (the predecessor organization 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: Battle of Queenston Heights: As part of the Niagara campaign 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.
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

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.
1881

First known conversation in modern Hebrew by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends.
1884

The International Meridian Conference votes on a resolution to establish the meridian passing through the Observatory of Greenwich, in London, as the initial meridian for longitude.
1885

The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
1892

Edward Emerson Barnard discovers D/1892 T1, the first comet discovered by photographic means, on the night of October 13-14.
1903

The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.
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

The Soviet republics of Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia sign the Treaty of Kars with the Grand National Assembly of Turkey to establish the contemporary 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. Winds measured above 150 mph at several locations; 46 people died.
1967

The first game in the history of the American Basketball Association is played as the Anaheim Amigos lose to the Oakland Oaks 134-129 in Oakland, California.
1972

An Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-62 crashes outside Moscow killing 174.
1972

Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashes in the Andes mountains, near the border between Argentina and Chile. (By December 23, 1972, only 16 of the 45 total persons originally aboard were still alive when rescued.)[1]
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 is obtained by Dr. F. A. Murphy, now at U.C. Davis, who was then working 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 launch an attack on the 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 comes to an end as all 33 miners arrive at the surface after surviving a record 69 days underground awaiting rescue.
2013

A stampede breaks out on a bridge near the Ratangarh Mata Temple in Datia district, Madhya Pradesh, India during the Hindu festival Navratri, killing 115 people and injuring more than 110.

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