October 13 in history — What Happened Today in History

The flag of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, was officially adopted.

France adopts the constitution of the Fourth Republic.

World War II: The Soviet Riga Offensive captures the city.

World War II: Marshal Pietro Badoglio announces that Italy has officially declared war on Germany.

Ankara becomes the capital of Turkey.

Soviet republics sign the Treaty of Kars to formalize the borders between Turkey and the South Caucasus states.

The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.

First World War: The Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt marks the end of the Battle of Loos.

Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.

Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and becomes the first woman to speak there.

The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.

Edward Emerson Barnard is first to discover a comet by photographic means.

The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.

First known conversation in modern Hebrew by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends.

In New York City, B'nai B'rith, the oldest Jewish service organization in the world, is founded.

The Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire is publicly proclaimed.

War of 1812: Sir Isaac Brock's British and native forces repel an invasion of Canada by General Rensselaer's United States forces.

French Revolutionary Wars: Austro-Prussian victory over Republican France at the First Battle of Wissembourg.

In Washington, D.C., the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid.

The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Navy (predecessor of the United States Navy).

Port Royal, the capital of French Acadia, falls in a siege by British forces.

A Swedish–Dutch fleet defeats the Danish fleet at Fehmarn and captures about 1,000 prisoners.

Adrián Sardinero, Spanish footballer

Jakob Silfverberg, Swedish ice hockey player

Brace Belden, American communist and trade union activist, volunteer in the People's Protection Units

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, American politician

Clive Rose, Australian cricketer

Norris Cole, American basketball player

Scott Jamieson, Australian footballer

Adrian Poparadu, Romanian footballer

Tochinoshin Tsuyoshi, Georgian sumo wrestler

Gabriel Agbonlahor, English footballer

Sergio Pérez Moya, Mexican footballer

Brian Hoyer, American football player

Andrej Meszároš, Slovak ice hockey player

John Bradfield, English biologist and businessman, founded Cambridge Science Park (born 1925)

Antonio Cafiero, Argentinian accountant and politician, Governor of Buenos Aires Province (born 1922)

Margaret Hillert, American author and poet (born 1920)

Mohammad Sarengat, Indonesian sprinter (born 1939)

Pontus Segerström, Swedish footballer (born 1981)

Martin Drewes, German soldier and pilot (born 1918)

Joe Meriweather, American basketball player and coach (born 1953)

Tommy Whittle, Scottish-English saxophonist (born 1926)

Takashi Yanase, Japanese poet and illustrator, created Anpanman (born 1919)

Stuart Bell, English lawyer and politician (born 1938)

Gary Collins, American actor (born 1938)

Tomonobu Imamichi, Japanese philosopher and academic (born 1922)

Barbara Kent, Canadian-born American actress (born 1907)