October 13 facts for kids

October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 79 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

• 54 – Roman emperor Claudius dies from poisoning under mysterious circumstances. He is succeeded by his adoptive son Nero, rather than by Britannicus, his son with Messalina.
• 409 – Vandals and Alans cross the Pyrenees and appear in Hispania.
• 1269 – The present church building at Westminster Abbey is consecrated.
• 1307 – Hundreds of the Knights Templar in France are arrested at dawn by King Philip the Fair.
• 1332 – Rinchinbal Khan becomes the Khagan of the Mongols and Emperor of the Yuan dynasty, reigning for only 53 days.
• 1399 – Coronation of Henry IV of England at Westminster Abbey.

1601–1900

• 1644 – A Swedish–Dutch fleet defeats the Danish fleet at Fehmarn and captures about 1,000 prisoners.
• 1710 – Port Royal, the capital of French Acadia, falls in a siege by British forces.
• 1775 – The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Navy (predecessor of the United States Navy).
• 1792 – In Washington, D.C., the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid.
• 1793 – French Revolutionary Wars: Austro-Prussian victory over Republican France at the First Battle of Wissembourg.
• 1812 – War of 1812: Sir Isaac Brock's British and native forces repel an invasion of Canada by General Rensselaer's United States forces.
• 1821 – The Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire is publicly proclaimed.
• 1843 – In New York City, B'nai B'rith, the oldest Jewish service organization in the world, is founded.
• 1881 – First known conversation in modern Hebrew by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends.
• 1885 – The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.
• 1892 – Edward Emerson Barnard is first to discover a comet by photographic means.

1901–present

• 1903 – The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.
• 1908 – Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and becomes the first woman to speak there.
• 1911 – Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.
• 1915 – First World War: The Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt marks the end of the Battle of Loos.
• 1917 – The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.
• 1921 – Soviet republics sign the Treaty of Kars to formalize the borders between Turkey and the South Caucasus states.
• 1923 – Ankara becomes the capital of Turkey.
• 1943 – World War II: Marshal Pietro Badoglio announces that Italy has officially declared war on Germany.
• 1944 – World War II: The Soviet Riga Offensive captures the city.
• 1946 – France adopts the constitution of the Fourth Republic.
• 1962 – The Pacific Northwest experiences a cyclone the equal of a Category 3 hurricane, with winds above 150 mph. Forty-six people die.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1977 – Hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 181 by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
• 1983 – Ameritech Mobile Communications launches the first US cellular network in Chicago.
• 1990 – Syrian forces attack free areas of Lebanon, removing General Michel Aoun from the presidential palace.
• 1993 – At least 60 people die in eastern Papua New Guinea when a series of earthquakes rock the Finisterre Range, triggering massive landslides.
• 2010 – The mining accident in Copiapó, Chile ends as all 33 trapped miners arrive at the surface after a record 69 days underground.
• 2013 – A stampede occurs in India during the Hindu festival Navratri, killing 115 and injuring more than 110.
• 2016 – The Maldives announces its decision to withdraw from the Commonwealth of Nations.
• 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.

Births

Pre-1600

• 467 – Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei, emperor of Northern Wei (d. 499)
• 1381 – Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel, English politician, Lord High Treasurer of England (d. 1415)
• 1453 – Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, son and heir of Henry VI of England (d. 1471)
• 1474 – Mariotto Albertinelli, Italian painter and educator (d. 1515)
• 1499 – Claude of France (d. 1524)
• 1563 – Francis Caracciolo, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1608)
• 1566 – Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, Irish politician, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland (d. 1643)

1601–1900

• 1613 – Luisa de Guzmán, Spanish-Portuguese wife of John IV of Portugal (d. 1666)
• 1696 – John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English courtier and politician, Lord Privy Seal (d. 1743)
• 1703 – Andrea Belli, Maltese architect and businessman (d. 1772)
• 1713 – Allan Ramsay, Scottish-English painter (d. 1784)
• 1756 – James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier, English admiral and politician, 36th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1833)
• 1768 – Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French admiral and explorer (d. 1839)
• 1820 – John William Dawson, Canadian geologist and academic (d. 1899)
• 1821 – Rudolf Virchow, German physician, biologist, and politician (d. 1902)
• 1825 – Charles Frederick Worth, English fashion designer, founded House of Worth (d. 1895)
• 1844 – Ernest Myers, English poet and author (d. 1921)
• 1853 – Lillie Langtry, English actress and singer (d. 1929)
• 1862 – Mary Kingsley, English explorer and author (d. 1900)
• 1867 – Jacques Inaudi, Italian calculating prodigy (d. 1950)
• 1870 – Albert Jay Nock, American theorist, author, and critic (d. 1945)
• 1872 – Leon Leonwood Bean, American hunter, businessman, and author, founded L.L.Bean (d. 1967)
• 1873 – Georgios Kafantaris, Greek politician and Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1946)
• 1874 – József Klekl, Slovene-Hungarian priest and politician (d. 1948)
• 1876 – Rube Waddell, American baseball player (d. 1914)
• 1878 – Patrick Joseph Hartigan, Australian priest and author (d. 1952)
• 1879 – Edward Hennig, American gymnast (d. 1960)
• 1880 – Sasha Chorny, Russian poet and author (d. 1932)
• 1887 – Jozef Tiso, Slovak priest and politician, President of Slovakia (d. 1947)
• 1890 – Conrad Richter, American journalist and novelist (d. 1968)
• 1891 – Irene Rich, American actress (d. 1988)
• 1893 – Kurt Reidemeister, German mathematician connected to the Vienna Circle (d. 1971)
• 1895 – Mike Gazella, American baseball player and manager (d. 1978)
• 1899 – Piero Dusio, Italian footballer, businessman and racing driver (d. 1975)
• 1900 – Gerald Marks, American composer (d. 1997)

1901–present

• 1902 – Arna Bontemps, American librarian, author, and poet (d. 1973)
• 1902 – Karl Leichter, Estonian musicologist and academic (d. 1987)
• 1904 – Wilfred Pickles, English actor and radio host (d. 1978)
• 1905 – Yves Allégret, French director and screenwriter (d. 1987)
• 1905 – John Rinehart Blue, American military officer, educator, businessperson, and politician (d. 1965)
• 1905 – Coloman Braun-Bogdan, Romanian footballer and manager (d. 1983)
• 1909 – Herblock, American author and illustrator (d. 2001)
• 1909 – Art Tatum, American jazz pianist (d. 1956)
• 1911 – Ashok Kumar, Indian film actor (d. 2001)
• 1911 – Millosh Gjergj Nikolla, Albanian poet and author (d. 1938)
• 1912 – Cornel Wilde, Slovak-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1989)
• 1913 – Igor Torkar, Slovenian poet and playwright (d. 2004)
• 1915 – Terry Frost, English painter and academic (d. 2003)
• 1917 – Reed Erickson, American philanthropist (d. 1992)
• 1917 – George Osmond, American talent manager (d. 2007)
• 1918 – Robert Walker, American actor (d. 1951)
• 1920 – Laraine Day, American actress (d. 2007)
• 1921 – Yves Montand, Italian-French actor and singer (d. 1991)
• 1922 – Nathaniel Clifton, American athlete (d. 1990)
• 1922 – Gilberto Mendes, Brazilian composer (d. 2016)
• 1923 – John C. Champion, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1994)
• 1923 – Rosemary Anne Sisson, English author and playwright (d. 2017)
• 1923 – Faas Wilkes, Dutch footballer (d. 2006)
• 1924 – Terry Gibbs, American vibraphone player and bandleader
• 1924 – Moturu Udayam, Indian activist and politician (d. 2002)
• 1924 – Roberto Eduardo Viola, Argentinian general and politician, 44th President of Argentina (d. 1994)
• 1925 – Lenny Bruce, American comedian and actor (d. 1966)
• 1925 – Armand Mouyal, Algerian-French fencer and police officer (d. 1988)
• 1925 – Margaret Thatcher, English chemist and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2013)
• 1925 – Gustav Winckler, Danish singer-songwriter (d. 1979)
• 1926 – Ray Brown, American bassist and cellist (d. 2002)
• 1926 – Killer Kowalski, American wrestler (d. 2008)
• 1926 – Tommy Whittle, Scottish-English saxophonist (d. 2013)
• 1926 – Eddie Yost, American baseball player and coach (d. 2012)
• 1927 – Anita Kerr, American singer and arranger (d. 2022)
• 1927 – Lee Konitz, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2020)
• 1927 – Turgut Özal, Turkish engineer and politician, 8th President of Turkey (d. 1993)
• 1929 – Richard Howard, American poet, critic, and translator
• 1929 – Walasse Ting, Chinese-American painter and poet (d. 2010)
• 1930 – Bruce Geller, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1978)
• 1931 – Raymond Kopa, French footballer (d. 2017)
• 1931 – Eddie Mathews, American baseball player and manager (d. 2001)
• 1932 – Johnny Lytle, American vibraphone player and drummer (d. 1995)
• 1932 – Liliane Montevecchi, French-Italian actress, dancer and singer (d. 2018)
• 1933 – Thomas Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill, English lawyer and judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (d. 2012)
• 1933 – Raynald Fréchette, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 2007)
• 1934 – Nana Mouskouri, Greek singer and politician
• 1935 – Etterlene DeBarge, American singer-songwriter
• 1935 – Bruce Morrow, American radio host and actor
• 1936 – Chitti Babu, Indian veena player and composer (d. 1996)
• 1938 – Shirley Caesar, American gospel singer-songwriter
• 1938 – Hugo Young, English journalist and author (d. 2003)
• 1939 – Larry Bowie, American football player (d. 2012)
• 1939 – Melinda Dillon, American actress (d. 2023)
• 1940 – Chris Farlowe, English rock, blues, and soul singer
• 1940 – Pharoah Sanders, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 2022)
• 1941 – Neil Aspinall, Welsh-English record producer and manager (d. 2008)
• 1941 – Jim Price, American baseball player (d. 2023)
• 1941 – Paul Simon, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1941 – John Snow, English cricketer
• 1942 – Rutanya Alda, Latvian-American actress
• 1942 – Bob Bailey, American baseball player and manager (d. 2018)
• 1942 – Jerry Jones, American businessman
• 1942 – Walter McGowan, Scottish boxer (d. 2016)
• 1943 – Peter Sauber, Swiss businessman, founded the Sauber F1 Team
• 1944 – Robert Lamm, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
• 1945 – Dési Bouterse, Surinamese general and politician, 9th President of Suriname
• 1945 – Poure Puobe VII Paramount Chief of Nandom in the Upper East Region of Ghana (d. 2019)
• 1946 – Levon Ananyan, Armenian journalist and author (d. 2013)
• 1946 – Edwina Currie, English politician
• 1946 – Lacy J. Dalton, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 – Joe Dolce, American-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 – Sammy Hagar, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1948 – Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani musician (d. 1997)
• 1949 – Tom Mees, American sportscaster (d. 1996)
• 1949 – Patrick Nève, Belgian racing driver (d. 2017)
• 1950 – Mollie Katzen, American chef and author
• 1950 – Simon Nicol, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1950 – Annegret Richter, German sprinter
• 1951 – Stephen Bayley, Welsh journalist, author, and critic
• 1952 – Mundo Earwood, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014)
• 1952 – Beverly Johnson, American model, actress, and singer
• 1952 – John Lone, Hong Kong-American actor
• 1953 – Pat Day, American jockey
• 1954 – George Frazier, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1954 – Claude Ribbe, French historian and academic
• 1956 – Chris Carter, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1956 – Sinan Sakić, Serbian singer (d. 2018)
• 1956 – Joseph Toal, Scottish bishop
• 1957 – Reggie Theus, American basketball player and coach
• 1958 – Maria Cantwell, American lawyer and politician
• 1958 – Jair-Rôhm Parker Wells, American bassist and composer
• 1959 – Marie Osmond, American singer, actress, and television spokesperson
• 1960 – Joey Belladonna, American singer and songwriter
• 1960 – Eric Joyce, Scottish soldier and politician
• 1961 – Rachel De Thame, English gardener and television presenter
• 1961 – Derek Harper, American basketball player
• 1961 – Doc Rivers, American basketball player and coach
• 1962 – T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh, American actress and author
• 1962 – Kelly Preston, American actress (d. 2020)
• 1962 – Jerry Rice, American football player
• 1963 – Colin Channer, Jamaican-American author and academic
• 1963 – Chip Foose, American engineer and television host
• 1964 – Fanie de Villiers, South African cricketer
• 1964 – Nie Haisheng, Chinese general, pilot, and astronaut
• 1964 – Christopher Judge, American actor and producer
• 1964 – Marco Travaglio, Italian journalist and author
• 1964 – Matt Walsh, American actor and comedian
• 1965 – Johan Museeuw, Belgian cyclist
• 1966 – Larry Collmus, American sportscaster
• 1966 – Baja Mali Knindža, Serbian singer
• 1966 – John Regis, English sprinter
• 1967 – Aleksander Čeferin, Slovenian lawyer and football administrator, 7th president of UEFA
• 1967 – Scott Cooper, American baseball player
• 1967 – Trevor Hoffman, American baseball player
• 1967 – Javier Sotomayor, Cuban high jumper
• 1967 – Steve Vickers, English footballer
• 1967 – Kate Walsh, American actress and producer
• 1968 – Tisha Campbell-Martin, American actress and singer
• 1969 – Nancy Kerrigan, American figure skater and actress
• 1969 – Cady McClain, American actress and singer
• 1970 – Serena Altschul, American journalist
• 1970 – Rob Howley, Welsh rugby player and coach
• 1970 – Paul Potts, English tenor
• 1971 – Sacha Baron Cohen, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1971 – Billy Bush, American television journalist and radio host
• 1971 – Pyrros Dimas, Albanian-Greek weightlifter and politician
• 1972 – Summer Sanders, American swimmer and sportscaster
• 1973 – Brian Dawkins, American football player and coach
• 1973 – Matt Hughes, American wrestler and mixed martial artist
• 1977 – Gareth Batty, English cricketer
• 1977 – Benjamin Clapp, American drummer
• 1977 – Antonio Di Natale, Italian footballer
• 1977 – Justin Peroff, Canadian drummer and actor
• 1977 – Paul Pierce, American basketball player
• 1977 – Kiele Sanchez, American actress
• 1978 – Jermaine O'Neal, American basketball player
• 1979 – Wes Brown, English footballer
• 1979 – Mamadou Niang, Senegalese footballer
• 1980 – Ashanti, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1980 – David Haye, English boxer
• 1980 – Magne Hoseth, Norwegian footballer
• 1980 – Scott Parker, English footballer
• 1981 – Taylor Buchholz, American baseball player
• 1982 – Antonio Pavanello, Italian rugby player
• 1982 – Ian Thorpe, Australian swimmer
• 1985 – Brian Hoyer, American football player
• 1985 – Andrej Meszároš, Slovak ice hockey player
• 1986 – Gabriel Agbonlahor, English footballer
• 1986 – Sergio Pérez Moya, Mexican footballer
• 1987 – Adrian Poparadu, Romanian footballer
• 1987 – Tochinoshin Tsuyoshi, Georgian sumo wrestler
• 1988 – Norris Cole, American basketball player
• 1988 – Scott Jamieson, Australian footballer
• 1989 – Brace Belden, American communist and trade union activist, volunteer in the People's Protection Units
• 1989 – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, American politician
• 1989 – Clive Rose, Australian cricketer
• 1990 – Andrej Rendla, Slovak footballer
• 1990 – Adrián Sardinero, Spanish footballer
• 1990 – Jakob Silfverberg, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1992 – Igor Ozhiganov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1992 – Shelby Rogers, American tennis player
• 1993 – Tiffany Trump, American socialite
• 1994 – Ryan Matterson, Australian rugby league player
• 1994 – Yuta Watanabe, Japanese basketball player
• 1995 – Jimin, South Korean singer
• 1996 – Joshua Wong, Hong Kong pro-democracy activist
• 1999 – Andrew Capobianco. American diver
• 2001 – Caleb McLaughlin, American actor
• 2001 – Cam Thomas, American basketball player

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 54 – Claudius, Roman emperor (b. 10 BC)
• 807 – Simpert, bishop of Augsburg
• 982 – Jing Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty (b. 948)
• 1093 – Robert I, count of Flanders (b. 1035)
• 1100 – Guy I, count of Ponthieu
• 1195 – Gualdim Pais, Portuguese crusader (b. 1118)
• 1282 – Nichiren, Japanese Buddhist priest (b. 1222)
• 1382 – Peter II, king of Cyprus
• 1415 – Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel, English politician, Lord High Treasurer of England (b. 1381)
• 1435 – Hermann II, count of Croatia
• 1562 – Claudin de Sermisy, French composer (b. 1495)

1601–1900

• 1605 – Theodore Beza, French theologian and scholar (b. 1519)
• 1673 – Christoffer Gabel, German-Danish accountant and politician (b. 1617)
• 1687 – Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer and lens maker (b. 1633)
• 1694 – Samuel von Pufendorf, German historian, economist, and jurist (b. 1632)
• 1706 – Iyasu I, emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1654)
• 1715 – Nicolas Malebranche, French priest and philosopher (b. 1638)
• 1759 – John Henley, English clergyman and author (b. 1692)
• 1788 – Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent, Irish poet and politician (b. 1702)
• 1812 – Isaac Brock, English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (b. 1769)
• 1815 – Joachim Murat, French general (b. 1767)
• 1822 – Antonio Canova, Italian sculptor (b. 1757)
• 1825 – Maximilian I Joseph, king of Bavaria (b. 1756)
• 1841 – Patrick Campbell, Scottish admiral (b. 1773)
• 1869 – Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French poet, author, and critic (b. 1804)
• 1882 – Arthur de Gobineau, French philosopher and author (b. 1816)
• 1890 – Samuel Freeman Miller, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1816)

1901–present

• 1904 – Pavlos Melas, French-Greek captain (b. 1870)
• 1905 – Henry Irving, English actor and manager (b. 1838)
• 1909 – Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, Spanish philosopher and academic (b. 1849)
• 1911 – Sister Nivedita, Irish-Indian social worker, author, and educator (b. 1867)
• 1917 – Florence La Badie, American actress (b. 1888)
• 1919 – Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Danish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
• 1926 – Hans E. Kinck, Norwegian philologist and author (b. 1865)
• 1930 – T. Alexander Harrison, American painter and educator (b. 1853)
• 1931 – Ernst Didring, Swedish author (b. 1868)
• 1938 – E. C. Segar, American cartoonist, created Popeye (b. 1894)
• 1945 – Milton S. Hershey, American businessman, founded The Hershey Company (b. 1857)
• 1950 – Ernest Haycox, American soldier and author (b. 1899)
• 1955 – Manuel Ávila Camacho, Mexican general and politician, 45th President of Mexico (b. 1897)
• 1956 – Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı, Turkish poet and author (b. 1910)
• 1961 – Prince Louis Rwagasore, Burundi politician, Prime Minister of Burundi (b. 1932)
• 1966 – Clifton Webb, American actor and dancer (b. 1889)
• 1968 – Bea Benaderet, American actress and voice artist (b. 1906)
• 1973 – Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı, Turkish ethnographer and author (b. 1886)
• 1973 – Albert Mandler, Austrian-Israeli general (b. 1929)
• 1974 – Otto Binder, American author (b. 1911)
• 1974 – Anatoli Kozhemyakin, Soviet footballer (b. 1953)
• 1974 – Ed Sullivan, American journalist and talk show host (b. 1901)
• 1979 – Rebecca Clarke, English viola player and composer (b. 1886)
• 1981 – Antonio Berni, Argentinian painter, illustrator, and engraver (b. 1905)
• 1985 – Tage Danielsson, Swedish author, actor, and director (b. 1928)
• 1987 – Walter Houser Brattain, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
• 1987 – Kishore Kumar, Indian singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director (b. 1929)
• 1987 – Nilgün Marmara, Turkish poet and author (b. 1958)
• 1990 – Hans Namuth, German-American photographer (b. 1915)
• 1990 – Lê Đức Thọ, Vietnamese general and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
• 1992 – James Marshall, American author and illustrator (b. 1942)
• 1993 – Otmar Gutmann, German filmmaker (b. 1937)
• 1996 – Beryl Reid, English actress (b. 1919)
• 1998 – Dmitry Nikolayevich Filippov, Russian businessman and politician (b. 1944)
• 1999 – Michael Hartnett, Irish poet (b. 1941)
• 2000 – Jean Peters, American actress (b. 1926)
• 2001 – Peter Doyle, Australian singer-songwriter (b. 1949)
• 2002 – Stephen Ambrose, American historian and author (b. 1936)
• 2002 – Keene Curtis, American actor (b. 1923)
• 2003 – Bertram Brockhouse, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
• 2004 – Enrique Fernando, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 13th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (b. 1915)
• 2004 – Bernice Rubens, Welsh author (b. 1928)
• 2005 – Vivian Malone Jones, American activist (b. 1942)
• 2006 – Wang Guangmei, Chinese philanthropist and politician, 2nd Spouse of the President of the People's Republic of China (b. 1921)
• 2007 – Bob Denard, French soldier and academic (b. 1929)
• 2008 – Alexei Cherepanov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1989)
• 2009 – Stephen Barnett, American scholar and academic (b. 1935)
• 2010 – Vernon Biever, American photographer (b. 1923)
• 2011 – Barbara Kent, Canadian-born American actress (b. 1907)
• 2012 – Stuart Bell, English lawyer and politician (b. 1938)
• 2012 – Gary Collins, American actor (b. 1938)
• 2012 – Tomonobu Imamichi, Japanese philosopher and academic (b. 1922)
• 2013 – Martin Drewes, German soldier and pilot (b. 1918)
• 2013 – Joe Meriweather, American basketball player and coach (b. 1953)
• 2013 – Tommy Whittle, Scottish-English saxophonist (b. 1926)
• 2013 – Takashi Yanase, Japanese poet and illustrator, created Anpanman (b. 1919)
• 2014 – John Bradfield, English biologist and businessman, founded Cambridge Science Park (b. 1925)
• 2014 – Antonio Cafiero, Argentinian accountant and politician, Governor of Buenos Aires Province (b. 1922)
• 2014 – Margaret Hillert, American author and poet (b. 1920)
• 2014 – Mohammad Sarengat, Indonesian sprinter (b. 1939)
• 2014 – Pontus Segerström, Swedish footballer (b. 1981)
• 2015 – Rosalyn Baxandall, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1939)
• 2015 – Bruce Hyde, American academic and actor (b. 1941)
• 2015 – Michael J. H. Walsh, English general (b. 1927)
• 2016 – Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), King of Thailand (b. 1927)
• 2016 – Dario Fo, Italian playwright, actor, director, and composer Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926)
• 2016 – Jim Prentice, Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Premier of Alberta (b. 1956)
• 2017 – Albert Zafy, Malagasy politician (b. 1927)
• 2018 – Annapurna Devi, Indian surbahar (bass sitar) player (b. 1927)
• 2023 – Louise Glück, American poet and essayist (b. 1943)

Holidays and observances

• Azerbaijani Railway Day (Azerbaijan)
• Christian feast day:
  • Blessed Alexandrina of Balasar
  • Daniel and companions, of Ceuta
  • Edward the Confessor (translation)
  • Gerald of Aurillac
  • Blessed Maddalena Panattieri (OP)
  • Theophilus of Antioch
  • 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)

See also

In Spanish: 13 de octubre para niños