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, 480,216 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 ‘dihectaoctacontaheptagon’ day.
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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
- 409 –Vandals and Alans cross the Pyrenees and appear in Hispania.
- 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.
- 1843 –In New York City, Henry Jones and 11 others found B'nai B'rith (the oldest Jewish service organization in the world).
- 1881 –Revival of the Hebrew language as Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends agree to use Hebrew exclusively in their conversations.
- 1885 –The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is founded in Atlanta, United States.
- 1892 –Edward Emerson Barnard discovers D/1892 T1, the first comet discovered by photographic means, on the night of October 13–14.
- 1923 –Ankara replaces Istanbul as the capital of Turkey.
- 1946 –France adopts the constitution of the Fourth Republic.
- 1972 –An Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-62 crashes outside Moscow killing 176.
- 1983 –Ameritech Mobile Communications (now AT&T) launched the first US cellular network in Chicago, Illinois.
Who were born on October 13?
- 1613 –Luisa of Medina-Sidonia, queen of Portugal (d. 1666)
- 1696 –John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English statesman and writer (d. 1743)
- 1844 –Ernest Myers, English poet, Classicist and author (d. 1921)
- 1902 –Arna Wendell Bontemps, American writer (d. 1973)
- 1927 –Lee Konitz, American jazz saxophonist
- 1933 –Queen Narriman, Egyptian royalty (d. 2005)
- 1962 –Kelly Preston, American actress
- 1963 –Scott Andrew Mink, American convicted murderer (d. 2004)
- 1967 –Kate Walsh, American actress
- 1981 –Dimitris Mougios, Greek rower
Who died on October 13?
- 1093 –Robert I, Count of Flanders
- 1508 –Edmund de Ros, 11th Baron de Ros, English politician (b. 1446)
- 1822 –Antonio Canova, Venetian sculptor (b. 1757)
- 1869 –Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French literary critic (b. 1804)
- 1890 –Samuel Freeman Miller, American jurist (b. 1816)
- 1945 –Milton S. Hershey, American chocolate tycoon (b. 1857)
- 1961 –Louis Rwagasore, Burundi politician (b. 1932)
- 1966 –Clifton Webb, American actor (b. 1889)
- 1987 –Walter Brattain, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1902)
- 2010 –Vernon Biever, American photographer (b. 1923)
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