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, 488,976 hours 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

• 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.
• 1792 –
  In Washington, D.C., the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid.
• 1881 –
  Revival of the Hebrew language as Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends agree to use Hebrew exclusively in their conversations.
• 1884 –
  Greenwich, in London, England, is established as Universal Time meridian of longitude.
• 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.
• 1970 –
  Fiji joins the United Nations.
• 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.
• 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.

Who were born on October 13?

• 1915 –
  Sir Terry Frost, English artist (d. 2003)
• 1918 –
  Robert Walker, American actor (d. 1951)
• 1925 –
  Gustav Winckler, Danish singer (d. 1979)
• 1931 –
  Raymond Kopa, French footballer
• 1942 –
  Walter McGowan, Scottish boxer
• 1947 –
  Jerry Trupiano, American sports broadcaster
• 1965 –
  Johan Museeuw, Belgian cyclist
• 1967 –
  Steve Vickers, English footballer
• 1969 –
  Nancy Kerrigan, American figure skater
• 1980 –
  Ashanti, American singer

Who died on October 13?

• 1812 –
  Sir Isaac Brock, British general (b. 1769)
• 1815 –
  Joachim Murat, French marshal (b. 1767)
• 1841 –
  Patrick Campbell, British naval officer (b. 1773)
• 1909 –
  Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, Spanish free-thinker (b. 1849)
• 1917 –
  Florence La Badie, American actress (b. 1888)
• 1955 –
  Manuel Ávila Camacho, Mexican politician (b. 1897)
• 1990 –
  Lê Ðức Thọ, Vietnamese general and politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1911)
• 2000 –
  Jean Peters, American actress (b. 1926)
• 2001 –
  Peter Doyle, Australian pop singer (The New Seekers) (b. 1949)
• 2011 –
  Barbara Kent, Canadian born - U.S. silent film actress and WAMPAS Baby Stars (b.1907)