October 13: What Happened on This Day in History (High_school Level)?

(Page last edited 10/12/2017)

1. 1773 - The Whirlpool Galaxy is discovered by Charles Messier.
2. 1775 - The United States Continental Congress orders the establishment of the Continental Navy (later renamed the United States Navy).
3. 1792 - In Washington, D.C., the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid.
4. 1843 - In New York City, Henry Jones and 11 others found B'nai B'rith (the oldest Jewish service organization in the world).
5. 1884 - Greenwich, in London, England, is established as Universal Time meridian of longitude.
6. 1892 - Edward Emerson Barnard discovers D/1892 T1, the first comet discovered by photographic means, on the night of October 13-14.
7. 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.
8. 1976 - The first electron micrograph of an Ebola viral particle is obtained by Dr. F.A. Murphy, now at U.C. Davis, who was then working at the C.D.C.
9. 1983 - Ameritech Mobile Communications (now AT&T) launched the first US cellular network in Chicago, Illinois.
10. 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.
11. Famous Birthdays: Herbert "Herblock" Block (American cartoonist), Margaret Thatcher (English politician), Ian Thorpe (Australian swimmer), Arna Wendell Bontemps (American writer), John William Dawson (Canadian geologist)

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