TODAY IN HISTORY
TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, OCT. 13, the 286th day of 2021. There are 79 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORY:
On this date in 1792, the cornerstone of the executive mansion, later known as the White House, was laid by President George Washington during a ceremony in the District of Columbia.
In 1775, the U.S. Navy had its origins as the Continental Congress ordered the construction of a naval fleet.
In 1845, Texas voters ratified a state constitution.
In 1943, Italy declared war on Germany, its onetime Axis partner. In 1944, during World War II, American troops entered Aachen, Germany.
In 1960, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon held the third televised debate of their presidential campaign (Nixon was in Los Angeles, Kennedy in New York).
In 1972, a Uruguayan chartered flight carrying 45 people crashed in the Andes; survivors resorted to feeding off the remains of some of the dead to stay alive until they were rescued more than two months later.
In 1974, longtime television host Ed Sullivan died in New York City at age 73.
In 1999, the Senate rejected the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, with 48 senators voting in favor and 51 against; 67 “yes” votes were needed for ratification.
In 2000, South Korean President Kim Dae-jung was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. Longtime American communist Gus Hall died in New York at age 90.
In 2003, the U.N. Security Council approved a resolution expanding the NATO-led peacekeeping force in Afghanistan.
In 2006, The U.N. General Assembly appointed South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon U.N. secretary-general. Banker Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh won the Nobel Peace Prize for using microcredit to lift people out of poverty.
In 2010, rescuers in Chile using a missile-like escape capsule pulled 33 men one by one to fresh air and freedom 69 days after they were trapped in a collapsed mine a half-mile underground.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Gospel singer Shirley Caesar is 84. Actor Melinda Dillon is 82. Singer-musician Paul Simon is 80. Musician Robert Lamm (Chicago) is 77. Country singer Lacy J. Dalton and actor Demond Wilson are 75. Singermusician Sammy Hagar is 74. Pop singer John Ford Coley is 73. Actor John Lone and model Beverly Johnson are 69. Producer-writer Chris Carter is 65. Actor and former NBA star Reggie Theus is 64. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., is 63. R&B singer Cherrelle and singer/ TV personality Marie Osmond are 62. Rock singer Joey Belladonna and former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer are 61. NBA coach Doc Rivers is 60. Actor T’Keyah Crystal Keymah and College and Pro Football Hall-of-Famer Jerry Rice are 59. Actors Christopher Judge and Matt Walsh are 57. Actor Reginald Ballard is 56. Actor Kate Walsh is 54. R&B musician Jeff Allen (Mint Condition), actor Tisha Campbell-Martin and classical singer Carlos Marin (Il Divo) are 53. Olympic silver-medal figure skater Nancy Kerrigan and country singer Rhett Akins are 52. Classical crossover singer Paul Potts is 51. TV personality Billy Bush and actor Sacha Baron Cohen are 50. R&B singers Brandon and Brian Casey (Jagged Edge) are 46. Actor Kiele Sanchez is 45. Former NBA All-Star Paul Pierce is 44. DJ Vice is 43. Singer Ashanti, R&B singer Lumidee and Christian rock singer Jon Micah Sumrall (Kutless) are 41. Olympic gold medal swimmer Ian Thorpe is 39. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is 32. Actor Caleb McLaughlin (TV: “Stranger Things”) is 20.