TODAY’S HISTORY LESSON – OCT 13
0054 Nero succeeds his great uncle Claudius, who was murdered by his wife, as the new emperor of Rome.
1307 Members of the Knights of Templar are arrested throughout France, imprisoned and tortured by the order of King Philip the Fair of France.
1670 Virginia passes a law that blacks arriving in the colonies as Christians cannot be used as slaves.
1792 Washington lays cornerstone of the Executive Mansion (White House)
1812 At the Battle of Queenston Heights, a Canadian and British army defeats the American who have tried to invade Canada.
1903 The first World Series Boston defeated Pittsburgh in the first World Series.
1943 Italy declares war on former Axis partner Germany
1953 Burglar alarm-ultrasonic or radio waves-patented-Samuel Bagn
1958 The first of a series of books featuring Paddington Bear is published “A Bear Called Paddington,” the first story is about a bear who is found at Paddington railway station in London by the Brown family.
1966 New laws passed in white controlled South Africa allow for detention without trial or warrant by a Police Lieutenant Colonel or other high ranking Police Officer anywhere, any person he suspects of security offences without trial or charge for 28 days.
1972 Plane crash survivors resort to cannibalism after being lost in the Andes for two months have admitted they ate the flesh of dead companions to stay alive, 16 of the original 45 passengers survived the ordeal and defended their cannibalism.
1976 Dr. F.A. Murphy at Center for Disease Control obtains the first electron micrograph of an Ebola viral particle.
1983 Ameritech Mobile Communications, LLC provides cellular mobile phone service to the general public in Chicago. This was the first mobile phone service for public use in the United States.
1988 The British Government has lost its battle to stop the publication of the controversial book Spycatcher, written by a former secret service agent
1990 The Lebanese Civil War ends when a Syrian attack removes Gen. Michel Aoun from power.
2010 After being underground for a record 69 days, all 33 miners trapped in a Copiapo, Chile, mine are rescued.
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