TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY IS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2018

On this day in history:

1307 - King Philip IV of France arrests all the Knights Templars, spawning the superstition which surrounds Friday the 13th.

1792 - The cornerstone is laid for the White House in Washington DC.

1836 - One of Mitchell’s men drowns as his expedition returns from the successful ‘Australia Felix’ discovery.

1933 - Australia’s first traffic lights begin operating in Sydney.

1943 - During World War II, Italy signed an armistice with the Allies and declared war on Germany.

1944 - American troops entered Aachen, Germany, during World War II.

1944 - During World War II, British and Greek advance units landed at Piraeus.

1981 - Egyptian voters elected Vice President Hosni Mubarak as the new president one week after Anwar Sadat was assassinated.

2010 - Near Copiapó, Chile, 33 miners were trapped underground in San José Mine. The miners were rescued after 69 days underground. Birthdays

Rudolf Carl Virchow 1821 Doctor, pathologist, biologist

Cornel Wilde 1912 - Actor, director

Laraine Day 1920 - Actress Yves Montand 1921 - Actor Nipsey Russell 1924 Comedian

Margaret Thatcher 1925 Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Cliff Gorman 1936 - Actor Melinda Dillon 1939 - Actress Paul Simon 1941 - Musician Pamela Tiffin 1942 - Actress Karen Akers 1945 - Actress, singer

Demond Wilson 1946 - Actor Lacy J. Dalton 1946 - Singer, songwriter

Sammy Hagar 1947 Musician (Van Halen, Chickenfoot)

John Lone 1952 - Actor Beverly Johnson 1952 Model, actress

Marie Osmond 1959 - Singer John Wiggins 1962 Musician

Kelly Preston 1962 - Actress Kate Walsh 1967 - Actress Rhett Akins 1969 - Singer, songwriter

Nancy Kerrigan 1969 - Figure skater