History Events on October 13

The Maldives announces its decision to withdraw from the Commonwealth of Nations.

#Maldives

The present church building at Westminster Abbey is consecrated.

#Westminster_Abbey

In Washington, D.C., the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid.

#White_House

Hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 181 by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

#Lufthansa_Flight_181

The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.

#1903_World_Series

The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.

#International_Meridian_Conference

Coronation of Henry IV of England at Westminster Abbey.

#Henry_IV_of_England

War of 1812: Sir Isaac Brock's British and native forces repel an invasion of Canada by General Rensselaer's United States forces.

#Battle_of_Queenston_Heights

The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Navy (predecessor of the United States Navy).

#Continental_Navy

Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.

#Margaret_Travers_Symons

Syrian forces attack free areas of Lebanon, removing General Michel Aoun from the presidential palace.

#Michel_Aoun

Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashes in the Andes mountains. 28 survive the crash. All but 16 succumb before rescue on December 23.

#Uruguayan_Air_Force_Flight_571

Port Royal, the capital of French Acadia, falls in a siege by British forces.

#Siege_of_Port_Royal_(1710)

The Pacific Northwest experiences a cyclone the equal of a Cat 3 hurricane, with winds above 150 mph. 46 people die.

#Columbus_Day_Storm_of_1962

Kenyan Brigid Kosgei sets a new world record for a woman runner with a time of 2:14:04 at the 2019 Chicago Marathon.

#Brigid_Kosgei

The first electron micrograph of an Ebola virus is taken at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Dr. F. A. Murphy.

#Centers_for_Disease_Control_and_Prevention

Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.

#Prince_Arthur,_Duke_of_Connaught_and_Strathearn

The mining accident in Copiapó, Chile ends as all 33 trapped miners arrive at the surface after a record 69 days underground.

#2010_Copiapó_mining_accident

Aeroflot Flight 217 crashes outside Moscow, killing 174.

#Aeroflot_Flight_217

The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.

#Miracle_of_the_Sun

Vandals and Alans cross the Pyrenees and appear in Hispania.

#Vandals

A Swedish-Dutch fleet defeats the Danish fleet at Fehmarn and captures about 1,000 prisoners.

#Battle_of_Fehmarn_(1644)

World War II: The Soviet Riga Offensive captures the city.

#Riga_Offensive_(1944)

Hundreds of Knights Templar in France are arrested at dawn by King Phillip the Fair, and later confess under torture to heresy.

#Knights_Templar

Roman emperor Claudius dies from poisoning under mysterious circumstances.

#Claudius

Rinchinbal Khan becomes the Khagan of the Mongols and Emperor of the Yuan dynasty, reigning for only 53 days.

#Rinchinbal_Khan

Soviet republics sign the Treaty of Kars to formalize the borders between Turkey and the South Caucasus states.

#Treaty_of_Kars

The Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire is publicly proclaimed.

#Declaration_of_Independence_of_the_Mexican_Empire

France adopts the constitution of the Fourth Republic.

#October_1946_French_constitutional_referendum

Ankara becomes the capital of Turkey.

#Ankara

A stampede occurs in India during the Hindu festival Navratri, killing 115 and injuring more than 110.

Ameritech Mobile Communications launches the first US cellular network in Chicago.

World War II: The new government of Italy sides with the Allies and declares war on Germany.

First World War: The Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt marks the end of the Battle of Loos.

Edward Emerson Barnard discovers first comet discovered by photographic means.

The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.

First known conversation in modern Hebrew by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends.

In New York City, B'nai B'rith, the oldest Jewish service organization in the world, is founded.

French Revolutionary Wars: Austro-Prussian victory over Republican France at the First Battle of Wissembourg.