What are the important events that happened on October 13? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

October 13: Facts & Myths About This Day

October 13 is the 286^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 79 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 30, 2025 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,338,560 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaoctacontahexagon’ day.

Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 127 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,679 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

October 13 Historical Events

• 1582 –
  Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
• 1792 –
  In Washington, D.C., the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid.
• 1885 –
  The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is founded in Atlanta, United States.
• 1915 –
  The Battle for 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.
• 1944 –
  World War II: Riga, the capital of Latvia is occupied by the Red Army.
• 1946 –
  France adopts the constitution of the Fourth Republic.
• 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.
• 1999 –
  The United States Senate rejects ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).
• 2010 –
  The 2010 Copiapó 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.

Who were born on October 13?

• 1935 –
  Etterlene DeBarge, gospel singer, songwriter, matriarch of the DeBarge family
• 1942 –
  Jerry Jones, American football team owner
• 1965 –
  Johan Museeuw, Belgian cyclist
• 1967 –
  Javier Sotomayor, Cuban Athlete
• 1970 –
  Mel Jackson, American actor and musician
• 1970 –
  Rob Howley, Welsh rugby player
• 1973 –
  Nanako Matsushima, Japanese actress
• 1974 –
  Hawick Lau, Chinese actor and singer
• 1981 –
  Ryan Ashford, English footballer
• 1982 –
  Antonio Pavanello, Italian rugby player

Who died on October 13?

• 1282 –
  Nichiren Daishonin Japanese spiritual figure (b. 1222)
• 1415 –
  Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel, English military officer (b. 1381)
• 1904 –
  Pavlos Melas, Greek military officer (b. 1870)
• 1909 –
  Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, Spanish free-thinker (b. 1849)
• 1950 –
  Ernest Haycox, American writer (b. 1899)
• 1955 –
  Manuel Ávila Camacho, Mexican politician (b. 1897)
• 1988 –
  Mike Venezia, American jockey (b. 1945)
• 2000 –
  Jean Peters, American actress (b. 1926)
• 2003 –
  Bertram Brockhouse, Canadian physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1918)
• 2009 –
  Stephen Barnett, American legal scholar (b. 1935)