aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/on_this_day/2023/10-13.html
blob: cf43d3390020f54e81dead45f791a933e4f7b49a (plain) (blame)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_13" title="October 13">October 13</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/645" title="645">645</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goguryeo%E2%80%93Tang_War" title="Goguryeo–Tang War">Goguryeo–Tang War</a>: Led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Taizong_of_Tang" title="Emperor Taizong of Tang">Emperor Taizong</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_dynasty" title="Tang dynasty">Tang</a> army was forced to <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_conflict_of_the_Goguryeo%E2%80%93Tang_War" title="First conflict of the Goguryeo–Tang War">abandon a siege</a></b> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansi_City" title="Ansi City">Ansi Fortress</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1843" title="1843">1843</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%27nai_B%27rith" title="B'nai B'rith">B'nai B'rith</a></b>, the world's oldest continually operating Jewish <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_club" title="Service club">service organization</a>, was founded in New York City.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917" title="1917">1917</a> – At least 30,000 people witnessed the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_of_the_Sun" title="Miracle of the Sun">Miracle of the Sun</a></b> in the fields of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cova_da_Iria" title="Cova da Iria">Cova da Iria</a> near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A1tima,_Portugal" title="Fátima, Portugal">Fátima, Portugal</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961" title="1961">1961</a> – Newly elected Burundian prime minister <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Rwagasore" title="Louis Rwagasore">Louis Rwagasore</a></b> was assassinated by his political rivals.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013" title="2013">2013</a> – During the Hindu festival of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navaratri" title="Navaratri">Navaratri</a> at a temple in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a>, India, rumours about an impending bridge collapse caused <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Madhya_Pradesh_stampede" title="2013 Madhya Pradesh stampede">a stampede</a></b> that resulted in 115 deaths.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_I,_Count_of_Flanders" title="Robert I, Count of Flanders">Robert I, Count of Flanders</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1093); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Bosanquet_(cricketer)" title="Bernard Bosanquet (cricketer)">Bernard Bosanquet</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1877); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_White_(Australian_politician)" title="Thomas White (Australian politician)">Thomas White</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1957); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Clarke_(composer)" title="Rebecca Clarke (composer)">Rebecca Clarke</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1979)</p>