Important Events From This day in History October 13th

 

1960 Nixon - Kennedy Debate TV

1960 : Television sets across the United States showed a split screen with Republican presidential nominee Richard M. Nixon on one side and Democratic presidential nominee John F. Kennedy on the other during their third televised debate. They were actually thousands of miles apart and not in the same studio.

1972 Uruguay Cannibalism

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.

1921 World Series

1921 : New York Giants beat the Yankees in the World series in New York today.

1938 Chinese Japanese Fighting

1938 : Heavy Chinese reinforcements are being rushed to Watchow to engage the new large Japanese expeditionary force numbering over 35,000. Fighting is intensifying as the Japanese proceed further inland trying to gain control over major transport routes including railway lines.

1941 World War II Soviets in Trouble

1941 : The Soviet Union has lost two more army divisions and are demanding British army aid to help stop the Germans from reaching Moscow, Hitler in the meantime continues to make overtures to Britain and the British people that he wants peace between Germany and England and the only reason Germany and England are at war is because of Churchill.

1943 Italy Declares War On Germany

1943 : Italy declared war on Germany, its one-time ally, and was granted the status of a co-belligerent by the United Nations.

1952 U.S.A. Public Debt

1952 : Concerns are growing over the mounting public debt which is predicted to reach 268 billion dollars by the end of the financial year.

1958 UK Paddington Bear

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. The books are written by Michael Bond and illustrated by Peggy Fortnum. The much loved stuffed Paddington Bear toy with his Wellington boots did not appear until 1972 / 1973.

1966 South Africa Strict New Apartheid Laws

October 13th, 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.

1971 Northern Ireland Border Security

1971 : British Army engineers are blowing up several minor roads crossing from the Republic of Ireland into Northern Ireland, currently the Terrorists are using these roads to hop across the border undetected as most are just small tracks on farmland.

1976 Bolivia Plane Crash

October 13th, 1976 : A chartered Boeing 707 crashed into a busy street in Santa Cruz, a city in the west of Bolivia, plowing into buildings in the city's main avenue and people leaving over 100 dead.

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