Talk: October 13
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October 13: Festival dedicated to Fontus (Roman Empire)
- 54 - Claudius I was fatally poisoned by his wife Agrippina the younger, making her 17-year old son Nero the next Roman Emperor.
- 1307 - Thousands of members of the Knights Templar were simultaneously arrested by agents of Phillip the Fair and subsequently tortured into "admitting" heresy.
- 1843 - The Independent Order of B'nai B'rith, the oldest continually-operating Jewish service organization in the world, was founded in New York City.
- 1943 - World War II: With a new government led by General Pietro Badoglio, parts of Italy switched sides to the Allies and declared war on Germany and Japan as well as Northern Italy.
- 1994 - Mosaic Netscape 0.9, soon called Netscape Navigator was released, an important product in the history of web browsers.
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Moved:
- 1981 - Vice President Hosni Mubarak is elected President of Egypt one week after Anwar Sadat was assassinated.
Nope. Happened on the 14th. --mav 03:09, 13 Oct 2003 (UTC)
Removed:
- 1982 - Lotus 1-2-3 introduced.
Could not be confirmed. --mav 03:09, 13 Oct 2003 (UTC)
