Historical Events In October - 13
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1860 First aerial photo taken in US (from a balloon), Boston on October - 13.
1860 1st aerial photo taken in US (from a balloon), Boston on this day in history.
1862 On October - 13 bismarck's "Blood & Iron" speech
1863 Skirmish at Blountsville, Tennessee (50 casualties) on October - 13.
1863 C-E Auguste Rateau, French mining engineer (Rateau steam turbine) on this day in history.
1864 Battle at Darbytown Road Virginia (337 casualties) on October - 13.
1869 On this day in history charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Fren writer (Tableau Historique), dies
1870 Gustav Mahler (10) gives his 1st public piano concert on this day in history.
1871 On October - 13 the Delphic Fraternity is founded as the Delphic Society at the State Normal School in Geneseo, New York.
1877 Bernard Bosanquet, cricketer (pioneer of googly) on this day in history.
1879 Peter Van Anrooy, Dutch conductor/composer (Piet Hein Rhapsodie) on this day in history.
1881 Revival of Hebrew language as Eliezer Ben-Yehuda & friends agree to use Hebrew exclusively in their conversations on this day in history.
1881 George Bacovia, [Vasiliu], Romanian poet/composer/painter on October - 13.
1884 Greenwich established as universal time meridian of longitude on October - 13.
1885 The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is founded in Atlanta, Georgia on this day in history.
1889 On October - 13 douglass Dumbrille, Hamilton Ont, actor (Mr Deed Goes to Town)
1890 On this day in history the Delta Chi fraternity is founded by 11 law students at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
1890 Conrad Richter, writer (Light in the Forest) on this day in history.
1891 On October - 13 irene Rich, [Luther], Buffalo NY, actress (Beau Brummell, Champ)
1893 On this day in history vigilant (US) beats Valkyrie II (Engld) in 9th America's Cup
1895 On this day in history kurt Schumacher, German politicial chairman (SPD) [NS]
1899 On October - 13 7000 lay-offs black mine workers of South Africa reach Natal
1899 On this day in history marcelle de Manziarly, composer
1900 Marius-Francois Gaillard, composer on October - 13.
1901 Benjamin Merkelbach, architect/city builder of Amsterdam on this day in history.
1902 On October - 13 arna W Bontemps noted poet & librarian of Fisk University
1902 On October - 13 arna Bontemps, Louisiana, black author (100 years of negro freedom)
1903 Pirates beats Pilgrims (Red Sox) 5 games to 3 in 1st World Series on this day in history.
1903 Jens Bjerre, composer on this day in history.
1904 Jutta Hecker, writer on this day in history.
1905 Henry Irving, [John H Brodribb], English actor (Hamlet), dies at 67 on October - 13.
1908 On October - 13 john Grant, British rear-admiral
1909 Herblock, [Herbert L Block], Roosevelt, Utah, political cartoonist on October - 13.
1909 On this day in history francisco Ferrer, Spanish anarchist, executed
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