Today in History

October 13

1914 - Garrett Morgan invents and patents gas mask.

1923 - Ankara becomes new capital of Turkey.

1943 - Italy declares war on former Axis partner Germany.

1952 - Egypt reaches agreement with Sudan on Nile waters.

1968 - New military government in Panama names civilian cabinet.

1970 - Canada and China announce they will establish diplomatic relations. 1981 - Vice-president Hosni Mubarak is elected Egypt’s President.

1988 - Egyptian author Najeeb Mahfouz wins the Nobel Prize in Literature. 1997 - British Prime Minister Tony Blair has a historic handshake with Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams.

2016 - Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej dies at the age of 88.