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Friday, 12 December 2025
1990 On this day in history hans Freudenthal, mathematician/director OW&OC (F Institution), dies 
1991 On October - 13 daniel Oduber Quiros, president of Costa Rica (1974-1978), dies
1992 On this day in history hughes Rudd, news anchor (CBS Morning News), dies of aneurysm at 71
1993 Gwen Wells, actress (Nashville), dies of cancer at 42 on this day in history.
1995 Golfredo Corradetti, conductor, dies at 79 on this day in history.
1996 Albert Hughes Williams, teacher/historian, dies at 89 on this day in history.
1997 On this day in history adil Carcani, prime minister of Albania (1982-91), dies
2005 On October - 13 the Franco-Indian Lawyers Association is founded in Paris.
2005 Veselin Topalov wins the FIDE World Chess Championship 205 on October - 13.
2006 On October - 13 ban Ki-moon (from South Korea) is elected as the new Secretary-General of the United Nations.
2007 Local Government Elections are held in New Zealand on October - 13.
2010 Thirty-three miners near Copiapó, Chile, trapped 700 metres underground in a mining accident in San José Mine, are brought back to the surface after surviving for a record 69 days on October - 13.
2012 15 people are killed by a market suicide bombing in Darra Adam Khel, Pakistan on this day in history.
2013 109 people are killed in a stampede on a bridge in  Datia district, Madhya Pradesh, India on this day in history.
2017 Archaeologists announce the discovery of Arabic characters "Allah†and “Ali†on Viking funeral costumes from a grave in Gamla Uppsala, Sweden on October - 13.
2017 On this day in history hungry bear crisis due to over-fishing leaves 2 people dead and 83 hostile bears shot on Sakhalin Island, Eastern Russia
2018 On this day in history oldest known human remains from Poland at 115,000 years from revealed to be Neanderthal child from Ciemna Cave eaten by a large bird
2018 Pope Francis defrocks two Chilean bishops for alleged sexual abuse of minors on October - 13.
2019 Simone Biles becomes the most decorated gymnast in history when she wins record 25th medal, for the balance beam, at the world championships in Stuttgart, Germany on October - 13.
2019 The 2019 Polish parliamentary election takes place, for all 460 seats in the Sejm and all 100 seats in the Senate on October - 13.
2021 William Shatner becomes the oldest person to reach space, travelling aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket on a 10 minute flight on October - 13.
2023 On October - 13 after British regulators' approval, Microsoft closes its $68.7 billion USD acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
2024 On October - 13 spaceX achieves the first successful return and capture of a Super Heavy booster from Starship, the biggest and most powerful rocket ever to fly.
