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Roman emperor Claudius
Templars being burned at the stake
Seal of the Knights Templar
Paddington Bear
Whirlpool Galaxy
Eliezer Ben-Yehuda
Luis Urzúa after his rescue from the San José Mine cave-in
Ineligible
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| AD 54 – Claudius, the first Roman emperor to be born outside Italy, died mysteriously, most likely by poison administered by his wife Agrippina. | refimprove section |
| 1773 – French astronomer Charles Messier discovered the Whirlpool Galaxy, an interacting, grand-design spiral galaxy located at a distance of approximately 23 million light-years in the constellation Canes Venatici. | refimprove section |
| 1792 – The cornerstone for the Executive Mansion in Washington, D.C., later to be known as the White House, was laid. | already featured on November 1 |
| 1843 – B'nai B'rith, the oldest continually operating Jewish service organization in the world, was founded in New York City. | primary sources |
| 1881 – Determined to bring about the revival of Hebrew as a spoken language as a way of unifying Jews, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda had what is believed to be the first modern conversation in Hebrew while living in Paris. | unreferenced section |
| 1943 – World War II: With a new government led by General Pietro Badoglio, parts of Italy switched sides to the Allies and declared war on the Axis powers. | refimprove |
| 1958 – The first book featuring the English children's literature character Paddington Bear, created by Michael Bond and primarily illustrated by Peggy Fortnum, was published. | refimprove |
| 1972 – Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashed into a remote area in the Andes mountains near the border of Chile and Argentina; the last of 16 survivors were not rescued until December 23. | refimprove |
| 2010 – A live television audience of over one billion viewers watched as 33 miners were rescued following a cave-in at the San José Mine in the Atacama Desert of Chile. | refimprove section |
Eligible
- 1710 – Queen Anne's War: The French surrender ending the Siege of Port Royal gave the British permanent possession of Nova Scotia.
- 1812 – War of 1812: British troops and Mohawk warriors repelled an American invasion from across the Niagara River at the Battle of Queenston Heights near Queenston, Ontario.
- 1911 – Prince Arthur, a son of Queen Victoria, became the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent, as well as the first Prince of Great Britain and Ireland to hold that position.
- 1921 – The Soviet republics of Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia signed the Treaty of Kars with the Grand National Assembly of Turkey to establish the contemporary borders between Turkey and the South Caucasus states.
Notes
- Winnie the Pooh appears on October 14, so Paddington Bear should not appear in the same year.
October 13: Friday the 13th (2017)
Georgia Institute of Technology in 1899
- 1307 – Agents of King Philip IV of France launched a dawn raid, arresting many members of the Knights Templar, and subsequently torturing them into "admitting" heresy.
- 1885 – The Georgia Institute of Technology (pictured) was established in Atlanta as part of Reconstruction plans to build an industrial economy in the Southern United States.
- 1917 – At least 30,000 people in the Cova da Iria fields near Fátima, Portugal, witnessed the "Miracle of the Sun".
- 1979 – Michael Jackson's "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" topped the Billboard Hot 100.
- 2013 – During the Hindu festival of Navratri at a temple in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, rumours about an impending bridge collapse caused a stampede that resulted in 115 deaths.
Iyasu I (d. 1706) · Lillie Langtry (b. 1853) · Walter Houser Brattain (d. 1987)
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