TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT Oct. 13, 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. ALSO ON THIS DATE

1307

King Philip IV of France ordered the arrests of Knights Templar on charges of heresy.

1775

The United States Navy had its origins as the Continental Congress ordered the construction of a naval fleet.

1843

The Jewish organization B’nai B’rith was founded in New York City.

1932

President Herbert Hoover and Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes laid the cornerstone for the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington.

1944

During World War II, American troops entered Aachen, Germany.

1957

CBS-TV broadcast “The Edsel Show,” a one-hour live special starring Bing Crosby designed to promote the new, ill-fated Ford automobile.

1962

Edward Albee’s four-character drama “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” opened on Broadway.

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.