On this day: October 13th

On this day: October 13th

There are many events on this day in history. Read and discover what happened on this day: October 13th

On this day: October 13th

Events On this day: October 13th

• 54 A.D.:  Roman Emperor Claudius died after eating mushrooms poisoned by his wife, the Empress Agrippina.
• 1773: First Spiral Galaxy Discovered. French astronomer Charles Messier discovered the Whirlpool Galaxy. Also known as Messier 51a, the galaxy is about 30 million light-years from Earth. A spiral galaxy is a type of galaxy where stars, gasses, and other cosmic dust particles rotate or revolve in a spiral around a central bulge. Astronomers think that the bulge consists of a black hole.
• 1775: The United States Navy is established.
• 1792: Construction begins on the White House.
• 1845: Texans vote to become a US State.
• 1884: Greenwich was established as the universal time from which standard times throughout the world are calculated.
• 1923: Ankara replaces Constantinople as the capital of Turkey.
• 1943: Italy declared war on its former Axis partner Germany after the downfall of Mussolini and collapse of his Fascist government.
• 1958: Paddington Bear Makes His Debut. The popular children’s literature character first appeared in English author Michael Bond’s illustrated book, A Bear Called Paddington. Paddington is a polite Peruvian spectacle bear with a special fondness for marmalade. The success of the first book was followed by 20 more books featuring the lovable bear and a successful toy franchise.
• 1983: The first cell phone network is launched in Chicago.
• 1990: The first Russian Orthodox service in over 70 years was held in St. Basil’s Cathedral, next to the Kremlin, in Red Square, Moscow.

• 2010: Chilean Miners Rescued. The last of the miners trapped in the San José copper-gold mine in Copiapó, Chile, were rescued after 69 days. The ordeal began on August 5, 2010, when the walls of the 121-year-old mine collapsed and trapped 33 miners. All of the miners were rescued safely by the Chilean government with the help of the international community.
• 2012: Mauritanian President injured. Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz was shot at and injured. Official reports suggest that he was mistakenly shot by the military.

Birthdays on this day: October 13th

• 1754: Molly Pitcher (1754-1832) was born near Trenton, New Jersey (as Mary Ludwig). She was a water carrier at the Battle of Monmouth in 1778 during the American Revolution. After her husband, artilleryman John Hays, collapsed, she took his place at his cannon.
• 1925: Margaret Thatcher (British Prime Minister)
• 1941: Paul Simon (Singer)
• 1947: Sammy Hagar (Rock Singer)
• 1962: Jerry Rice (NFL Star Wide Reciever)
• 1969: Nancy Kerrigan (Olympic Figure Skater)
• 1971: Sacha Baron Cohen (English comedian, actor, screenwriter)
• 1971: Billy Bush (TV Host)
• 1973: Matt Hughes (American mixed martial artist)
• 1980 – Ashanti (Singer)
• 1982: Ian Thorpe (Australian swimmer)

Deaths On this day: October 13th

• 54 C: laudius (Roman emperor)
• 1282: Nichiren (Japanese monk)
• 1812: Isaac Brock (English army officer)
• 1911: Sister Nivedita (Irish social worker, author, teacher)
• 1987: Kishore Kumar (Indian singer, actor)

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