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 287th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 79 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 30, 2024 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,728,777,600 seconds 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 ‘dihectaoctacontaheptagon’ 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 108 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 4,314 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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October 13 Historical Events
- 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.
- 1710 –Port Royal, the capital of French Acadia, falls in a siege by British forces.
- 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.
- 1918 –Mehmed Talat Pasha and the Young Turk (C.U.P.) ministry resign and sign an armistice, ending Ottoman participation in World War I.
- 1923 –Ankara replaces Istanbul as the capital of Turkey.
- 1946 –France adopts the constitution of the Fourth Republic.
- 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.
- 1992 –An Antonov An-124 operated by Antonov Airlines registered SSSR-82002, crashes near Kiev, Ukraine killing 8.
Who were born on October 13?
- 1820 –John William Dawson, Canadian geologist (d. 1899)
- 1917 –Burr Tillstrom, American puppeteer (d. 1985)
- 1937 –Sami Frey, French actor
- 1944 –Robert Lamm, American musician (Chicago)
- 1960 –Joey Belladonna, American musician (Anthrax)
- 1965 –Johan Museeuw, Belgian cyclist
- 1967 –Kate Walsh, American actress
- 1971 –Sacha Baron Cohen, English comedian
- 1980 –Scott Parker, English footballer
- 1981 –Kele Okereke, English singer (Bloc Party)
Who died on October 13?
- 1282 –Nichiren Daishonin Japanese spiritual figure (b. 1222)
- 1706 –Iyasus I of Ethiopia (b. 1682)
- 1822 –Antonio Canova, Venetian sculptor (b. 1757)
- 1882 –Arthur de Gobineau, French philosopher (b. 1816)
- 1890 –Samuel Freeman Miller, American jurist (b. 1816)
- 1987 –Kishore Kumar, Indian singer (b. 1929)
- 1988 –Mike Venezia, American jockey (b. 1945)
- 1990 –Lê Ðức Thọ, Vietnamese general and politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1911)
- 1992 –Dantrell Davis, American gang shooting victim (b. 1985)
- 2001 –Peter Doyle, Australian pop singer (The New Seekers) (b. 1949)
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