October 13th Major News Events

13 Oct, 1958 UK Paddington Bear

1958 : The first of a series of books featuring Paddington Bear is published "A Bear Called Paddington," the first story is about a bear who is found at Paddington railway station in London by the Brown family. The books are written by Michael Bond and illustrated by Peggy Fortnum. The much loved stuffed Paddington Bear toy with his Wellington boots did not appear until 1972 / 1973.

13 Oct, 1966 South Africa Strict New Apartheid Laws

October 13th, 1966 : New laws passed in white controlled South Africa allow for detention without trial or warrant by a Police Lieutenant Colonel or other high ranking Police Officer anywhere, any person he suspects of security offences without trial or charge for 28 days.

13 Oct, 1971 Northern Ireland Border Security

1971 : British Army engineers are blowing up several minor roads crossing from the Republic of Ireland into Northern Ireland, currently the Terrorists are using these roads to hop across the border undetected as most are just small tracks on farmland.

13 Oct, 1976 Bolivia Plane Crash

October 13th, 1976 : A chartered Boeing 707 crashed into a busy street in Santa Cruz, a city in the west of Bolivia, plowing into buildings in the city's main avenue and people leaving over 100 dead.

13 Oct, 1977 Germany Airliner Hijack

1977 : Four Palestinian hijackers hijack a Lufthansa airliner demanding the release of 11 imprisoned members of Germany's Baader-Meinhof terrorist group, also known as the Red Army Faction.

13 Oct, 1983 U.S.A. Mobile Phone Service

October 13th, 1983 : Ameritech Mobile Communications, LLC provides cellular mobile phone service to the general public in Chicago. This was the first mobile phone service for public use in the United States.

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13 Oct, 1988 England Spycatcher Book

1988 : The British Government has lost its battle to stop the publication of the controversial book Spycatcher, written by a former secret service agent.

13 Oct, 1992 England Coal Mines Close

October 13th, 1992 : The government is planning to close a 31 out of 50 of Britain's deep coal mines, with the loss of 31,000 jobs. In the mid-40's coal mining in Britain employed one million miners working in 958 mines.

13 Oct, 1997 U.S.A. Thrust Record

1997 : British fighter pilot Andy Green set a new land speed record of 764.168 mph in the Thrust Supersonic vehicle, going through the sound barrier along a one-mile course in Nevada's Black Rock Desert.

13 Oct, 1999 U.S.A. Rejects Nuclear Test Ban

October 13th, 1999 : America became the first country to reject the 154 nation Nuclear test ban treaty with a vote of 51-48 in the US Senate. It should be remembered that most of the countries who signed the agreement do not have Nuclear capabilities so have nothing to lose and everything to gain by banning nuclear testing.

13 Oct, 2005 U.S.A. iPod

2005 : Apple introduce new iPod capable of playing video at a resolution of 320x240 starting at $299.00.

13 Oct, 2006 U.S.A. Snow Storm

October 13th, 2006 : A State of Emergency is issued in Buffalo, New York following nearly 2 feet of snow falling during the afternoon and last night. 400,000 are without power and most schools in the area are closed, in the worst hit areas of Tonawanda, New York, Buffalo and Amherst a driving ban has also been issued as up to 80% of roads are impassable including parts of I-90.

13 Oct, 2006 DR Congo Pneumonic Plague

2006 : The Democratic Republic of Congo faced an outbreak of the pneumonic plague, killing over one hundred people and infecting hundreds of others.

13 Oct, 2008 U.S.A. Dow Jones

October 13th, 2008 : After suffering a meltdown in the markets in the preceding weeks with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling below 7900 markets rally with a gain of 936 points, its highest ever one day gain.

13 Oct, 2008 Iceland Markets Stay Closed

2008 : Iceland's stock exchange will remain suspended because of continuing "unusual market conditions."

13 Oct, 2011 Bali Hit by Strong Earthquake

October 13th, 2011 : An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 struck the Indonesian island of Bali. The earthquake caused damage to some buildings and falling debris injured around fifty people.

13 Oct, 2011 King of Bhutan Marries a Commoner

2011 : King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk, of Bhutan, married a common twenty-one year old student Jetsun Pema during a lavish Buddhist ceremony. The ceremony was broadcast on state television within the country.

13 Oct, 2012 Pakistan Tourist Bus Fire in China

October 13th, 2012 : A car bomb in a market in Darra Adam Khel, Pakistan killed fifteen people and injured another thirty people. The attack had not been claimed officially by any group but the Taliban was being blamed for the blast.

13 Oct, 2013 Cyclone Phailin Hits India

2013 : Cyclone Phailin strikes parts of India in the Andhra Pradesh and Orissa states. Eighteen people were reported dead and hundreds of millions of dollars worth of damage was done to homes, fields, and infrastructure in the areas.