Updated October 12, 2012, 2:29 pm
On Oct. 13, 1943, Italy declared war on Germany, its one-time Axis partner.
On Oct. 13, 1925, Lenny Bruce, the controversial American comedian, was born. Following his death on Aug. 3, 1966, his obituary appeared in The Times.
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On This Date
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1775 The Continental Congress ordered the construction of a naval fleet. 1843 The Jewish organization B’nai B’rith was founded in New York City. 1845 Texas ratified a state constitution. 1903 The Boston Americans beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-0 to win the first World Series five games to three. 1943 Italy declared war on Germany, its one-time Axis partner. 1960 Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy participated in the third televised debate of the presidential campaign, with Nixon in Hollywood, Calif., and Kennedy in New York. 1960 The World Series ended with a home run for the first time as Bill Mazeroski of the Pittsburgh Pirates hit a round-tripper in the ninth inning of Game 7 against the New York Yankees. 1962 “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” by Edward Albee opened on Broadway. 1981 Egyptians voted in a referendum to elect Vice President Hosni Mubarak the new president, one week after the assassination of Anwar Sadat. 1998 The NBA canceled the first two weeks of its regular season because of a lockout. 1999 The JonBenet Ramsey grand jury was dismissed after 13 months; prosecutors said there wasn’t enough evidence to charge anyone in the 6-year-old’s strangulation. 2005 British playwright Harold Pinter won the Nobel Prize in literature. 2006 The United Nations General Assembly appointed South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon the next U.N. secretary-general. 2008 The Dow Jones industrial average soared 936.42 points – it’s largest one-day increase – ending eight consecutive days of stock market declines. 2010 Rescuers in Chile pulled 33 men one by one to freedom 69 days after they were trapped in a collapsed mine a half-mile underground. Current Birthdays
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Singer-songwriter Paul Simon turns 71 years old today.
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Actor Sacha Baron Cohen (“Borat”) turns 41 years old today.
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1925 Margaret Thatcher, Former British prime minister, turns 87 1946 Demond Wilson, Actor (“Sanford and Son”), turns 66 1947 Sammy Hagar, Rock singer, turns 65 1958 Maria Cantwell, U.S. senator, D- Wash., turns 54 1959 Marie Osmond, Singer, turns 53 1961 Doc Rivers, Basketball coach, turns 51 1962 Kelly Preston, Actress, turns 50 1962 Jerry Rice, Football Hall of Famer, turns 50 1967 Trevor Hoffman, Baseball player, turns 45 1967 Kate Walsh, Actress (“Grey’s Anatomy,” “Private Practice”), turns 45 1969 Nancy Kerrigan, Figure skater, turns 43 1977 Paul Pierce, Basketball player, turns 35 1980 Ashanti, R&B singer, turns 32
Historic Birthdays
Lenny Bruce 10/13/1925 – 8/3/1966 American entertainer of the Beat Generation.Go to obituary »
77 Molly Pitcher 10/13/1754 – 1/22/1832
American patriot85 Peter Barlow 10/13/1776 – 3/1/1862
British physicist80 Rudolf Virchow 10/13/1821 – 9/5/1902
German pathologist75 Lillie Langtry 10/13/1853 – 2/12/1929
British actress69 Theodore Bilbo 10/13/1877 – 8/21/1947
American politician; senator from Mississippi (1935-47)79 Yves Allegret 10/13/1907 – 1/31/1987
French motion-picture director47 Art Tatum 10/13/1909 – 11/5/1956
American jazz pianist68 Burr Tillstrom 10/13/1917 – 12/6/1985
American puppeteer70 Yves Montand 10/13/1921 – 11/9/1991
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