Summary of the Day ✨ 13 October (13/10)
Kenyan runner Brigid Kosgei shattered the women’s marathon world record at the Chicago Marathon, while in Chile, 33 miners emerged safely after a record 69-day underground ordeal. Meanwhile, tragedy struck as a Hindu festival stampede in India killed 115 people, the Maldives announced its withdrawal from the Commonwealth, and earthquakes in Papua New Guinea claimed at least 60 lives.
Historical Events 📜
- 2019: Kenyan Brigid Kosgei sets a new world record for a woman runner with a time of 2:14:04 at the 2019 Chicago Marathon.
- 2016: The Maldives announces its decision to withdraw from the Commonwealth of Nations.
- 2013: A stampede occurs in India during the Hindu festival Navratri, killing 115 and injuring more than 110.
- 2010: The mining accident in Copiapó, Chile ends as all 33 trapped miners arrive at the surface after a record 69 days underground.
- 1993: At least 60 people die in eastern Papua New Guinea when a series of earthquakes rock the Finisterre Range, triggering massive landslides.
- 1990: Syrian forces attack free areas of Lebanon, removing General Michel Aoun from the presidential palace.
- 1983: Ameritech Mobile Communications launches the first US cellular network in Chicago.
- 1977: Hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 181 by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
- 1976: The first electron micrograph of an Ebola virus is taken at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Dr. F. A. Murphy.
- 1976: A Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano Boeing 707 crashes after takeoff from El Trompillo Airport in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, killing 91.
- 1972: Aeroflot Flight 217 crashes outside Moscow, killing 174.
- 1972: Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashes in the Andes mountains. Twenty-eight survive the crash. All but 16 succumb before rescue on December 23.
- 1972: The flag of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, was officially adopted.
- 1962: The Pacific Northwest experiences a cyclone the equal of a Category 3 hurricane, with winds above 150 mph. Forty-six people die.
- 1946: France adopts the constitution of the Fourth Republic.
Famous Births 👶
- 2001: Caleb McLaughlin, American actor
- 2001: Cam Thomas, American basketball player
- 2001: De’Von Achane, American football player
- 1999: Andrew Capobianco. American diver
- 1996: Joshua Wong, Hong Kong pro-democracy activist
- 1995: Jimin, South Korean singer
- 1994: Ryan Matterson, Australian rugby league player
- 1994: Yuta Watanabe, Japanese basketball player
- 1993: Tiffany Trump, American socialite
- 1992: Igor Ozhiganov, Russian ice hockey player
- 1992: Shelby Rogers, American tennis player
- 1990: Andrej Rendla, Slovak footballer
- 1990: Adrián Sardinero, Spanish footballer
- 1990: Jakob Silfverberg, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1989: Brace Belden, American communist and trade union activist, volunteer in the People’s Protection Units
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2024: Mayra Gómez Kemp, Cuban-Spanish television host and actress (born 1948)
- 2024: Donal Murray, Irish Catholic bishop (born 1940)
- 2023: Louise Glück, American poet and essayist (born 1943)
- 2018: Annapurna Devi, Indian surbahar (bass sitar) player (born 1927)
- 2017: Albert Zafy, Malagasy politician (born 1927)
- 2016: Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), King of Thailand (born 1927)
- 2016: Dario Fo, Italian playwright, actor, director, and composer Nobel Prize laureate (born 1926)
- 2016: Jim Prentice, Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Premier of Alberta (born 1956)
- 2015: Rosalyn Baxandall, American historian, author, and academic (born 1939)
- 2015: Bruce Hyde, American academic and actor (born 1941)
- 2015: Michael J. H. Walsh, English general (born 1927)
- 2014: John Bradfield, English biologist and businessman, founded Cambridge Science Park (born 1925)
- 2014: Antonio Cafiero, Argentinian accountant and politician, Governor of Buenos Aires Province (born 1922)
- 2014: Margaret Hillert, American author and poet (born 1920)
- 2014: Mohammad Sarengat, Indonesian sprinter (born 1939)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Azerbaijani Railway Day (Azerbaijan)
- Christian feast day:
Blessed Alexandrina of Balasar - Christian feast day:
Daniel and companions, of Ceuta - Christian feast day:
Edward the Confessor (translation) - Christian feast day:
Gerald of Aurillac - Christian feast day:
Blessed Maddalena Panattieri (OP) - Christian feast day:
Theophilus of Antioch - Christian feast day:
October 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) - Doi taikomatsuri October 13–15 (Shikokuchūō, Ehime, Japan)
- International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (international)
- Paramedics’ Day (Poland)
- Rwagasore Day (Burundi)