THIS DATE IN HISTORY

Today is Friday, Oct. 13, the 286th day of 2023. There are 79 days left in the year. On this date in:

1775: The United States Navy had its origins as the Continental Congress ordered the construction of a fleet. 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. 1932: President Herbert Hoover and Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes laid the cornerstone for the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington. 1943: Italy declared war on Germany, its one-time Axis partner.

1960: The Pittsburgh Pirates won the World Series, defeating the New York Yankees in Game 7, 10-9, with a home run hit by Bill Mazeroski.

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. 1974: Longtime television host Ed Sullivan died in New York City at age 73. 1999: In Boulder, Colorado, the JonBenet Ramsey grand jury was dismissed after 13 months of work with prosecutors saying there wasn’t enough evidence to charge anyone in the 6-yearold beauty queen’s slaying.

2003: The U.N. Security Council approved a resolution expanding the NATO-led peacekeeping force in Afghanistan.

2007: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, after meeting with human-rights activists in Moscow, told reporters the Russian government under Vladimir Putin had amassed so much central authority that the power-grab could undermine its commitment to democracy.

2010: Rescuers in Chile using a missilelike 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.