About October 13

October 13, 2025 is the 286th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 79 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

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Libra is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 127 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On October 13

  • 409 –
    Vandals and Alans cross the Pyrenees and appear in Hispania.
  • 1307 –
    Hundreds of Knights Templar in France are simultaneously arrested by agents of Phillip the Fair, to be later tortured into a “confession” of heresy.
  • 1332 –
    Rinchinbal Khan, Emperor Ningzong of Yuan becomes the Khagan of the Mongols and Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, reigning for only 53 days.
  • 1582 –
    Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
  • 1710 –
    Port Royal, the capital of French Acadia, falls in a siege by British forces.
  • 1775 –
    The United States Continental Congress orders the establishment of the Continental Navy (later renamed the United States Navy).
  • 1843 –
    In New York City, Henry Jones and 11 others found B'nai B'rith (the oldest Jewish service organization in the world).
  • 1885 –
    The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is founded in Atlanta, United States.
  • 1915 –
    The Battle for the Hohenzollern Redoubt marks the end of the Battle of Loos in northern France, World War I.
  • 1921 –
    The Soviet republics of Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia sign the Treaty of Kars with the Grand National Assembly of Turkey to establish the contemporary borders between Turkey and the South Caucasus states.
  • 1923 –
    Ankara replaces Istanbul as the capital of Turkey.
  • 1943 –
    World War II: The new government of Italy sides with the Allies and declares war on Germany.
  • 1944 –
    World War II: Riga, the capital of Latvia is occupied by the Red Army.
  • 1962 –
    The Pacific Northwest experiences a cyclone the equal of a Cat 3 hurricane. Winds measured above 150 mph at several locations; 46 people died.
  • 1967 –
    The first game in the history of the American Basketball Association is played as the Anaheim Amigos lose to the Oakland Oaks 134-129 in Oakland, California.
  • 1970 –
    Fiji joins the United Nations.
  • 1972 –
    An Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-62 crashes outside Moscow killing 176.
  • 1983 –
    Ameritech Mobile Communications (now AT&T) launched the first US cellular network in Chicago, Illinois.
  • 1999 –
    The United States Senate rejects ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).
  • 2010 –
    The 2010 Copiapó mining accident in Copiapó, Chile comes to an end as all 33 miners arrive at the surface after surviving a record 69 days underground awaiting rescue.

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