TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Saturday, Oct. 13, the 286th day of 2018. There are 79 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Oct. 13, 1999, the Senate rejected the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, with 48 senators voting in favor and 51 against, far short of the 67 needed for ratification.
On this date:
In A.D. 54, Roman Emperor Claudius I died, poisoned apparently at the behest of his wife, Agrippina (ag-rih-PEE’-nuh).
In 1775, the United States Navy had its origins as the Continental Congress ordered the construction of a naval fleet.
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 1845, Texas voters ratified a state constitution.
In 1932, President Herbert Hoover and Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes laid the cornerstone for the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington.
In 1943, Italy declared war on Germany, its one-time Axis partner.
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 in order to stay alive until they were rescued more than two months later.
In 1981, voters in Egypt participated in a referendum to elect Vice President Hosni Mubarak the new president, one week after the assassination of Anwar Sadat.
Today’s Birthdays: Gospel singer Shirley Caesar is 81. Singer-musician Paul Simon is 77. Country singer Lacy J. Dalton is 72. Producer-writer Chris Carter is 62. Actor Reggie Theus is 61. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., is 60. Singer Marie Osmond is 59. Rock singer Joey Belladonna is 58. College and Pro Football Hall of Famer Jerry Rice is 56. Actor Matt Walsh is
54. Actress Kate Walsh is 51. Country singer Rhett Akins is 49. Actor Sacha Baron Cohen is 47. Rock musician Jan Van Sichem Jr. (K’s Choice) is 46. Rhythmand-blues singers Brandon and Brian Casey (Jagged Edge) are
43. Christian rock singer Jon Micah Sumrall (Kutless) is 38.
Thought for Today: “Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don’t.”
—Pete Seeger, American folk singer and activist (1919-2014).