OCTOBER 13 | Birthdays and Events
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Notable Birthdays for October 13
Horace H. Hayden (1769-1844) - The first dentist to receive a dental license and a Co-founder of the first dental college.
Leon Leonwood Bean (1872-1967) - Founder of L.L.Bean.
Conrad Richter (1890- 1968) - Author of Light in the Forest.
Gerald Marks (1900-1997) - Singer-songwriter best know for the song All of Me.
Edith Sampson (1901-1979) - First Black delegate appointed to the United Nations.
Robert Walker (1918-1951) - Actor in the The Clock, The Man Who Walked Alone, and Since You Went Away.
Dorothy Bolden (1923-2005) - Founder of the National Domestic Workers' Union.
Melinda Dillon (1939-2023) - Actress in Close Encounters and A Christmas Story.
T. J. Cloutier (1939-Still Living) - One of the most skilled poker players in the U.S.
Paul Simon (1941-Still Living) - Part of the award-winning musical duo Simon and Garfunkel.
Demond Wilson (1946-Still Living) - Lamont in Sanford & Son.
Sammy Hagar (1947-Still Living) - Rock singer widely remembered for I Can't Drive 55.
John Ford Coley (1948-Still Living) - Musician and singer of I'd Really Love To See You Tonight.
Rick Vito (1949-Still Living) - Rock guitarist and singer who played with Fleetwood Mac.
Marie Osmond (1959-Still Living) - Former pop singer (Paper Roses) and entrepreneur.
Michael Lavine (1963-Still Living) - Grunge rock album artists known for album covers for Nirvana and Soundgarden.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (1989 -Still Living) - American politician.
Tiffany Trump (1993-Still Living) - Daughter of Marla Maples and Donald Trump.
Memorable Events for October 13
1775 - The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Navy (U.S. Navy).
1792 The first stone for the Executive Mansion is laid in Washington, D.C.
1792 - The first publication for the Old Farmer's Almanac is released.
1843 - The oldest Jewish service organization in the world, B'nai B'rith, is founded in New York City.
1860 - A balloon takes the first aerial photo of Boston, Massachusetts.
1871 - The Delphic Fraternity is founded at the State Normal School in Geneseo, New York.
1885 - The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.
1890 - The Delta Chi fraternity is founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
1903 - The Boston Red Sox beat the Pittsburgh Pirates in first modern World Series.
1914 - Garrett Morgan patents his safety hood device, which later would be used as a design for modern emergency gas masks.
1967 - The 3-point field goal is introduced by the American Basketball League.
1976 - A micrograph (small photograph) is taken of the Ebola virus at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
1983 - Ameritech Mobile Communications launches the first cellular network in Chicago, Illinois.
1987 - The Navy begins training dolphins as part of their military tactics.
2023 - Microsoft purchases the Call of Duty Activision Blizzard for $69 billion.