October 13

Today in History
• 1307 - Jacques de Molay and Knights Templar arrested and charged with corruption
• 1773 - The Whirlpool Galaxy discovered by astronomer Charles Messier
• 1775 - First US Navy forms when Continental Congress orders construction of a naval fleet
• 1792 - "Old Farmer's Almanac" is 1st published and edited by Robert Thomas
• 1792 - Cornerstone laid for the Executive Mansion (White House) in Washington
• 1843 - B'nai B'rith founded (NY)
• 1860 - 1st aerial photo taken in US (from a balloon) of Boston
• 1914 - Garrett Morgan patents his safety hood device, later be refined into the gas mask


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Ancestors' Day
• Disaster Day
• English Language Day
• National MandM Day
• National Train Your Brain Day
• Pchum Ben
• Prince Louis Rwagasore Day
• Vet Nurse Day

Birthdays
• 1162 - Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile
• 1244 - Jacques de Molay, French last Grand Master of the Knights Templar
• 1537 - Jane Grey, Queen of England in 1553 for 9 days
• 1563 - Francesco Caracciolo, Italian priest and saint (Caracciolini)
• 1769 - Horace H. Hayden, 1st American licensed dentist
• 1863 - Auguste Rateau, French mining engineer and inventor (Rateau steam turbine)
• 1902 - Arna Bontemps, American poet and novelist who was part of the Harlem Renaissance
• 1925 - Margaret Thatcher, British Prime Minister (Conservative: 1979-90)