21 Mehr 1402

Events

• 54 (1972 years ago) Roman emperor Claudius dies from poisoning under mysterious circumstances. He is succeeded by his adopted son Nero, rather than by Britannicus, his son with Messalina.
• 409 (1617 years ago) Vandals and Alans cross the Pyrenees and appear in Hispania.
• 1269 (757 years ago) The present church building at Westminster Abbey is consecrated.
• 1307 (719 years ago) Hundreds of the Knights Templar in France are arrested at dawn by King Philip the Fair, and later confess under torture to heresy.
• 1792 (234 years ago) In Washington, D.C., the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid.
• 1923 (103 years ago) Ankara becomes the capital of Turkey.
• 1976 (50 years ago) A Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano Boeing 707 crashes after takeoff from El Trompillo Airport in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, killing 91.
• 2016 (10 years ago) The Maldives announces its decision to withdraw from the Commonwealth of Nations.

Births

• 1821 (205 years ago) Rudolf Virchow, German physician, biologist, and politician (died 1902)
• 1921 (105 years ago) Yves Montand, Italian-French actor and singer (died 1991)
• 1925 (101 years ago) Margaret Thatcher, English chemist and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 2013)
• 1927 (99 years ago) Turgut Özal, Turkish engineer and politician, 8th President of Turkey (died 1993)
• 1934 (92 years ago) Nana Mouskouri, Greek singer and politician
• 1941 (85 years ago) Paul Simon, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1971 (55 years ago) Sacha Baron Cohen, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1989 (37 years ago) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, American politician

Deaths

• 54 (1972 years ago) Claudius, Roman emperor (born 10 BC)
• 1815 (211 years ago) Joachim Murat, French general (born 1767)
• 1919 (107 years ago) Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Danish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1857)
• 1987 (39 years ago) Walter Houser Brattain, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1902)
• 2003 (23 years ago) Bertram Brockhouse, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)
• 2016 (10 years ago) Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), King of Thailand (born 1927)
• 2016 (10 years ago) Dario Fo, Italian playwright, actor, director, and composer Nobel Prize laureate (born 1926)
• 2023 (3 years ago) Louise Glück, American poet and essayist (born 1943)

All 349 events, births and deaths of October 13