Holidays Calendar for October 13, 2026
Prince Louis Rwagasore was a national leader of Burundi and a hero fighting for independence of the nation from Belgian colonial rule. He was assassinated on October 13, 1961 and the anniversary of his death is known as Prince Rwagasore Day in Burundi.
On October 13, 2016, King of Thailand Bhumibol Adulyadej, also known as Rama IX, died at the age of 88, after a long illness. The next year, his death anniversary was declared a public holiday to honor the memory of the late monarch and his numerous accomplishments.
World Thrombosis Day is observed in many countries throughout the world on October 13. Its main goal is to raise public awareness of the deadly problem caused by defects in blood coagulation.
No Bra Day is observed annually on October 13. Its main goal is to raise awareness of breast cancer and the importance of its early detection. Additionally, many people celebrate No Bra Day to encourage gender equality and promote bodily autonomy.
For many centuries, women have traditionally played the role of mothers in society. Even now, considerably less women than men dedicate themselves to scientific research, and when they do so, their scientific achievements are often underestimated. Ada Lovelace Day was created to change this situation and increase the profile of women in STEM.
Vietnamese Entrepreneur’s Day is an official professional holiday celebrated on October 13 in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. It was created to honor the contribution of Vietnamese entrepreneurs to the country’s economy.
Paramedics’ Day, also known as Emergency Medical Services Day (Dzień Ratownictwa Medycznego) is an official professional holiday declared by statute in Poland. It is celebrated every year on October 13.
Military Hydrographer Day, also known as Naval Hydrographer Day or Russian Hydrographic Service Day, is an annual professional observance celebrated in the Russian Navy on October 13. It was established in 1997 by the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy.
Railway Employees Day is an official professional holiday in Azerbaijan. Celebrated annually on October 13, it was established by President Ilham Aliyev in 2005. The date was chosen to commemorate the formation of the Azerbaijan State Railways shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union and Azerbaijan’s independence.
The second Tuesday in October is Arbor Day in Guam. Celebration of this day is similar to the American tradition, that is why many trees are planted across Guam on this day.
October 13 is National Yorkshire Pudding Day in the United States. This food-related holiday is dedicated to an iconic British pastry which is a staple of the traditional British Sunday roast.
International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction is one of the United Nations international days. This day is observed by every member country of the UN every year on October 13.
National Herpes Awareness Day is observed annually on October 13. It was created to raise awareness about one of the most misunderstood and stigmatized infections and destroy the stigma around it.
Most people are aware that breast cancer is one of the most common types of cancer, but fewer know about the dangers of metastatic breast cancer (MBC). Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day, also referred to as National Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day, is observed annually on October 13 to raise awareness of MBC and support patients with stage IV breast cancer.
Festivals on October 13, 2026
This Day in History
- 2019 Kenyan long-distance runner Brigid Kosgei set a new marathon world record for women running in a mixed-sex race at the 2019 Chicago Marathon.
- 2016 Died: Bhumibol Adulyadej, titled Rama IX, the ninth king of Thailand from the Chakri dynasty. He reigned for more than six decades from 1946 until his death.
- 2013 A stampede broke out during the celebration of the Hindu festival Navratri near the Ratangarh Mata Temple in Datia district, Madhya Pradesh, India. 115 people were killed and over 110 were injured.
- 2010 33 Chilean miners arrived at the surface after the mining accident in Copiapó that occurred on August 5. The miners survived 69 days in the mine awaiting rescue.
- 2008 Died: Guillaume Depardieu, French actor, the second oldest child of Gérard Depardieu. He died at a hospital at the age of 37 after contracting severe viral pneumonia at a filming location.
- 2003 Died: Bertram Brockhouse, Canadian physicist, 1994 Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for his pioneering contributions to the development of neutron scattering techniques for studies of condensed matter.
- 1995 Born: Park Ji-min, known mononymously as Jimin, South Korean singer, songwriter, and dancer who rose to fame as a member of the South Korean boy band BTS.
- 1990 Born: Himesh Patel, British actor. He began his career portraying Tamwar Masood in the soap opera EastEnders, followed by roles in the films Yesterday and Tenet.
- 1989 Born: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, American politician and activist. She drew national recognition in 2018 upon winning the Democratic Party's primary election for New York's 14th congressional district.
- 1987 Died: Walter Houser Brattain, American physicist. He shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics with two fellow co-inventors of the point-contact transistor.
- 1981 Born: Ian Thorpe, Australian retired swimmer who specialized in freestyle. He won five Olympic gold medals, the second most won by any Australian after fellow swimmer Emma McKeon.
- 1980 Born: Ashanti, American singer, songwriter, and actress. She became the first female artist to simultaneously hold the top two spots on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart with "Foolish" and "What's Luv?".
- 1980 Born: David Haye, British former professional boxer who competed between 2002 and 2018. He held multiple world championships in two weight classes.
- 1976 A Bolivian Boeing 707 cargo jet crashed in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, into a residential neighborhood. All three crew on board were killed, along with 88 other fatalities on the ground.
- 1974 Died: Otto Binder, American author and comic book writer. He is best known as the co-creator of Supergirl and for his many scripts for Captain Marvel Adventures.
- 1972 Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashed in the Andes mountains, near the border between Argentina and Chile. 28 people survived the crash but all but 16 succumbed before rescue.
- 1971 Born: Sacha Baron Cohen, English comedian, actor, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for creating and portraying the fictional characters Ali G, Borat Sagdiyev, Brüno Gehard, and Admiral General Aladeen.
- 1969 Born: Nancy Kerrigan, American former figure skater who won a bronze medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics and a silver medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics. She is also remembered for her rivalry with Tonya Harding.
- 1968 Died: Bea Benaderet, American actress and comedienne. She was Warner Bros.' leading voice of female characters in their animated cartoons of the early 1940s through the mid-1950s.
- 1967 Born: Javier Sotomayor, Cuban former track and field athlete who specialized in the high jump and, a of 2024, is the current world record holder. He is the only person ever to have cleared eight feet.
- 1962 Born: Kelly Preston, American actress known for her roles in the films Mischief, SpaceCamp, Twins, The Experts, Jerry Maguire, For Love of the Game, and more.
- 1952 Born: Beverly Johnson, American model, actress, singer, and businesswoman. She rose to fame when she became the first Black model to appear on the cover of American Vogue in August 1974.
- 1946 France adopted the constitution of the Fourth Republic. It was replaced on October 4, 1958, when the constitution of the Fifth Republic was adopted, which is still the current constitution of France.
- 1943 A new government of Italy led by Pietro Badoglio sided with the Allies during World War II and declared war on Germany.
- 1941 Born: Robert Hunter, Canadian journalist, environmentalist and author, a co-founder of Greenpeace in 1971. He lead the first anti-whaling campaigns that helped to have commercial whaling banned.
- 1938 Died: E. C. Segar, American cartoonist best known as the creator of Popeye, a pop culture character that first appeared in Segar's comic strip Thimble Theatre.
- 1925 Born: Margaret Thatcher, British stateswoman and Conservative politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990.
- 1921 The contemporary borders between Turkey and the South Caucasus states were established by the Treaty of Kars, signed by Russia, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Turkey.
- 1919 Died: Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Danish poet and novelist who together with his compatriot Henrik Pontoppidan won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1917.
- 1917 An estimated 70,000 people in the field Cova da Iria in Fátima, Portugal witnessed the "Miracle of the Sun", reporting extraordinary solar activity, such as the Sun appearing to "dance" in the sky.
- 1887 Born: Jozef Tiso, Slovak priest and politician, the leader of the Slovak People's Party between 1939 and 1945 and the head of the First Slovak Republic. After the end of World War II he was convicted and hanged for treason.
- 1884 The Greenwich Meridian as the international standard for zero degrees longitude by voting at the International Meridian Conference in Washington, D.C.
- 1882 Died: Arthur de Gobineau, French aristocrat who is best known for helping introduce scientific race theory and "racial demography", and for developing the theory of the Aryan master race and Nordicism.
- 1862 Born: Mary Kingsley, English ethnographer, writer and explorer who made numerous travels through West Africa and wrote several books on her experiences there.
- 1822 Died: Antonio Canova, Italian sculptor, famous for his marble sculptures delicately rendering nude flesh. His notable works include Perseus Triumphant, Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker, etc.
- 1821 Born: German physician, anthropologist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist, writer, editor, and politician. He is known as "the father of modern pathology" and as the founder of social medicine.
- 1773 French astronomer Charles Messier discovered the Whirlpool Galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. It was the first galaxy to be classified as a spiral galaxy.
- 1605 Died: Theodore Beza, French Calvinist Protestant theologian, reformer and scholar who played an important role in the Protestant Reformation. He was a disciple of John Calvin.