Historical Events on October 13.

1. International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction

2. 54, 13th October: Nero became the Roman emperor at age 17.

3. 1773, 13th October: Charles Messier discovers the Whirlpool Galaxy.

4. 1884, 13th October: The timeline of all the world was determined according to international standards, with the line passing near Greenwich being zero.

5. 1923, 13th October: The Turkish capital was moved from Istanbul to Ankara.

6. 1946, 13th October: France adopted a new constitution.

7. 1970, 13th October: Fiji entered the United Nations.

8. 1976, 13th October: The first electron micrograph of an Ebola virus was taken at the Centres of disease control and prevention by Dr. F. A. Murphy. 

9. 1983, 13th October: Ameritech Mobile Communications (now AT&T) launched the first cellular system in the United States.

10. 2013, 13th October: 115 killed and 110 injured in riots in Madhya Pradesh.

11. 2016, 13th October: The Maldives announced its decision to withdraw from the Commonwealth of Nations.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on October 13.

1. 1877: Bhulabhai Desai, an Indian activist in the freedom fighters’ home rule movement.

2. 1911: Ashok Kumar Ganguly (Dadamuni), Indian film actor.

3. 1924: Motiru Udayam, Indian politician.

4. 1925: Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s first female Prime Minister.

5. 1936: Chitti Babu, Indian harpist, and composer.

6. 1943: Peter Sauber, founder of Sauber F1.

7. 1948: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani Sufi singer.

8. 1967: C Vijayakumar, the president, and chief executive officer of HCL Technologies.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on October 13.

1. 54 AD: Claudius, Roman emperor.

2. 1240: Razia Sultana, the first female Sultan of Delhi.

3. 1282: Nichiren Daishonin, founder of the Nichiren Buddhist sect in Japan.

4. 1866: William Hopkins, an English mathematician, and geologist.

5. 1900: Ameer Minai, an Indian poet.

6. 1911: Margaret Noble Sister Nivedita, a disciple of Swami Vivekananda.

7. 1938: E. C. Segar, American cartoonist, creators of the Popeye cartoon.

8. 1945: Milton Hershey, founder of The Hershey Chocolate Company.

9. 1965: Paul Hermann Muller, Swiss chemist, winner of the Nobel Prize for his discovery of the toxic effects of DDT on many insects.

10. 1987: Kishore Kumar (Abhas Kumar Ganguly), Indian playback singer, composer, lyricist, producer, director, actor, and screenwriter.

11. 1995: Dr. Rameshwar Shukla (Anchal), Indian Hindi writer.

12. 2001: Dr. Jal Minocher Mehta, an Indian doctor, a renowned leprosy surgeon.

13. 2003: Bertram Brockhouse, Canadian physicist and Nobel laureate.

14. 2004: Nirupa Roy was an Indian actress.

15. 2018: Annapurna Devi, an Indian surbahar player of Hindustani classical music. 

13-October-1240

Radiya Sultan, first lady ruler of Delhi throne, passed away in a battle.

13-October-1679

More than 20,000 lives were claimed near Massurla Pattanam city, costal area of South India, in a severe storm.

13-October-1781

A treaty was singed between the Britishers and ruler of Gwalior, Scindia.

13-October-1877

Bhulabhai Desai, politician, was born.

13-October-1905

Sister Nivedita died.

13-October-1911

Ashok Kumar Ganguly, famous film actor, was born. He is the recipient of Dada Saheb Phalke Award.

13-October-1911

Sister Nivedita, follower of Vivekanand, died.

13-October-1967

Vasant Prabhu, famous music director, died.

13-October-1971

Hitesh Modi, cricketer (Kenyan left-handed batsman 1996 World Cup), was born.

13-October-1978

Maharashtra branch of Forward Block Party merged in Indira Congress.

13-October-1987

Kishore Kumar Ganguly, well known singer, died in Bombay.

13-October-1989

Panchayati Raj and Nagarpalika Bills defeated in Rajya Sabha.

13-October-1991

Captain Satish Sharma nominated to contest from Amethi.

13-October-1991

PM Rao leaves for Harare to attend the Commonwealth heads of government meeting.

13-October-1991

Shatrughan Sinha, film star, decides to contest New Delhi Lok Sabha seat on a BJP ticket against Rajesh Khanna, the Congress nominee.

13-October-1998

Salman Khan, Hindi film actor who was arrested on charges of killing protected wild animals near Jodhpur, is remanded to the custody of the Forest department.

13-October-1998

India, Mauritius sign an agreement on civil aviation in New Delhi in the presence of its two Prime Ministers.

13-October-1999

Atal Krishna Bihari Vajpayee became the Prime Minister of India.

13-October-1999

Janata Dal (United) snap ties with the BJP in Karnataka.

13-October-1999

No change in portfolios of Advani, Yashwant Sinha, Jaswant Singh and Fernandes.

13-October-1999

Chandrababu Naidu, TDP leader, said that his party would support the NDA Government unconditionally.