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October 13

Whirlpool Galaxy

645 – Goguryeo–Tang War: Led by Emperor Taizong, the Tang army was forced to abandon a siege of Ansi Fortress.
1773 – French astronomer Charles Messier discovered the Whirlpool Galaxy (pictured), an interacting, grand design spiral galaxy located an estimated 31 million light-years away.
1917 – At least 30,000 people witnessed the Miracle of the Sun in the fields of Cova da Iria near Fátima, Portugal.
1961 – Newly elected Burundian prime minister Louis Rwagasore was assassinated by his political rivals.
2013 – During the Hindu festival of Navaratri at a temple in Madhya Pradesh, India, rumours about an impending bridge collapse caused a stampede that resulted in 115 deaths.

Robert I, Count of Flanders (d. 1093)
Bernard Bosanquet (b. 1877)
Thomas White (d. 1957)
Rebecca Clarke (d. 1979)

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