What Happened in October 2013

Historical Events

Maritime Silk Road

Oct 3 Chinese President Xi Jinping announces plans for a "21st Century Maritime Silk Road", linking China to Southeast Asia and the Mediterranean (Belt and Road Initiative / One Belt One Road) while in Indonesia

Oct 4 German singer Helene Fischer releases "Farbenspiel", most successful album ever by a German female artist, over 2.4 million sold
Oct 5 New Zealand beats South Africa, 38-27 in Johannesburg to retain the Rugby Championship with an undefeated record; All Black flanker Liam Messam crosses for 2 tries

Klitschko vs. Povetkin

Oct 5 Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko beats Russian Alexander Povetkin in a 12 round unanimous points decision in Moscow to retain his WBA, WBO, IBF, IBO heavyweight titles

Oct 6 53 people are killed in political clashes in Egypt
Oct 6 Presidents Cup Golf, Muirfield Village GC: US wins for 5th successive time with an 18½–15½ victory over the International team
Oct 7 James Rothman, Randy Schekman and Thomas C. Südhof win the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work on transport systems in cells
Oct 7 Mulatu Teshome becomes president of Ethiopia
Oct 8 Peter Higgs and François Englert win the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on the origin of the mass of subatomic particles
Oct 9 60 people are killed in clashes between militias and Seleka rebels in the Central African Republic
Oct 9 Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel win the 2013 Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work on multiscale models for complex chemical systems
Oct 10 Alice Munro is awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize for Literature
Oct 11 10 people are killed and a hospital fire in Fukuoka prefecture, Japan
Oct 11 27 people are killed after a migrant boat sinks in the Channel of Sicily
Oct 11 The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons wins the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize
Oct 12 15 people are killed by a series of explosions in a fireworks factory in Vietnam
Oct 12 50 people are killed after a truck veers off of a cliff in La Convencion Province, Peru
Oct 12 Timothy Bradley defeats Juan Manuel Márquez to win the WBA Welterweight boxing title
Oct 13 109 people are killed in a stampede on a bridge in Datia district, Madhya Pradesh, India
Oct 14 Eugene Fama, Lars Peter Hansen, and Robert Shiller win the 2013 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their work on asset prices

Better In Stereo

Oct 15 Dove Cameron releases single "Better In Stereo"

Event of Interest

Oct 15 Walmart announces that Doug McMillon, head of their International Division, will become its next CEO

Oct 16 18 people are killed after Typhoon Wipha strikes Japan
Oct 16 21 people are killed after a minibus hits a land mine in Nawa, Syria
Oct 16 49 people are killed after Lao Airlines Flight 301 crashes in the Mekong River, Laos
Oct 16 The United States ends its 16-day government shut down and avoids default in a Bi-partisan deal in the Senate
Oct 17 59 people are killed in a wave of attacks on Shia Muslims in Iraq
Oct 18 MLB National League Championship: St. Louis Cardinals beat Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 2
Oct 18 Saudi Arabia becomes the first country to turn down a seat on the UN Security Council in protest over Syria
Oct 19 11 people are killed after a plane crashes in Namur, Belgium
Oct 19 16 people are killed and 30 are wounded by a suicide bombing Beledweyne, Somalia
Oct 19 MLB American League Championship: Boston Red Sox beat Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 2
Oct 20 30 people are killed by a suicide truck bomber in Hama, Syria
Oct 20 37 people are killed in a suicide bombing in Baghdad, Iraq
Oct 20 78 people are killed by cattle raiders in Jonglei, Sudan

Event of Interest

Oct 21 The Parliament of Canada confers Honorary Canadian citizenship on women's rights and education activist Malala Yousafzai

Oct 22 "Lego Marvel Super Heroes" first released in North America for some formats including Xbox and Wii - Lego's best-selling video game

Thor: The Dark World

Oct 22 "Thor: The Dark World", directed by Alan Taylor, starring Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman, premieres in London

Oct 22 22 security force personal are killed in attacks on military checkpoints in Anbar Province, Iraq
Oct 22 37 Boko Harem Islamist militants are killed by air and ground strikes in Nigeria
Oct 25 74 Boko Harem members killed in a coordinated assault in Borno State, Nigeria
Oct 27 18 people are killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan
Oct 27 38 people are killed in a series of car bombings in Bagdhad, Iraq

Sports History

Oct 27 American Serena Williams wins her 4th season ending tennis title; beats Li Na of China 2–6, 6–3, 6–0 in the WTA Championship final in Istanbul, Turkey

F1 World Champion

Oct 27 German Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel wins the Indian Grand Prix at the Buddh International Circuit to clinch his 4th straight F1 World Drivers Championship; 6th consecutive GP victory

Oct 27 Giorgi Margvelashvili wins the Georgian Presidential election in a landslide victory
Oct 30 44 people are killed after a bus catches fire in Mahbubnagar, India

World Series

Oct 30 Baseball World Series: Boston Red Sox beat St Louis Cardinals, 6-1 in Game 6 at Fenway Park to win title; MVP: Boston slugger David Ortiz

Baseball Designated Hitter and First Baseman David Ortiz

Events in 2013

Famous Weddings

Oct 5 Skateboarder and actor Bam Margera (34) weds Nicole Boyd in Reykjavík, Iceland

Abby Wambach

Oct 5 Soccer player Abby Wambach (33) weds longtime partner Sarah Huffman (29) in Hawaii

Oct 12 "30 Rock" actor Keith Powell weds visual artist Jill Knox at Tribeca Rooftop in NYC, New York

Rose McGowan

Oct 12 "Charmed" tv actress Rose McGowan (40) weds artist Davey Detail at the Paramour Mansion in Los Angeles, California

Ben Feldman

Oct 12 Actor Ben Feldman (33) weds longtime girlfriend Michelle Mulitz at Smokey Glen Farm in Gaithersburg, Maryland

Pharrell Williams

Oct 12 American Grammy Award-winning "Happy" singer-songwriter and record producer Pharrell Williams (40) weds model Helen Lasichanh at the Kampong National Tropical Botanical Gardens in Coconut Grove, i, Florida

Oct 12 Former Guns N' Roses Matt Sorum (52) weds singer and dancer Adriane Harper in Palm Springs, California

Greg Louganis

Oct 12 Olympic diving champion Greg Louganis (53) weds paralegal Johnny Chaillot in Malibu, California

Kristen Bell

Oct 16 American actress and singer Kristen Bell (30) weds American actor Dax Shepard (38) at the Beverly Hills County Clerk's Office in California

Oct 19 Actress Danielle Fishel (32) weds Tim Belusko in Los Angeles
Oct 20 Actor Rider Strong (33) weds actress Alexandra Barreto (31) in Oregon

Kelly Clarkson

Oct 20 American singer and television personality Kelly Clarkson (31) weds talent manager Brandon Blackstock at Blackberry Farm in Walland, Tennessee; divorce 2021

Oct 24 Country music singer-songwriter Ashley Monroe (27) weds MLB pitcher John Danks (28) at Blackberry Farm in Walland, Tennessee

Christina Ricci

Oct 26 Actress Christina Ricci (33) weds camera dolly grip James Heerdegen in Manhattan, New York

Famous Deaths

Oct 1 Tom Clancy, American author (Rainbow Six, The Hunt for Red October), dies aged 66
Oct 2 Bob Rozario, American pianist (Louis Prima), and orchestra leader (Bobby Darin; Tony Orlando; Donny & Marie), dies of cancer at 80
Oct 4 Akira Miyoshi, Japanese composer (Conversations; A Diary of the Sea), dies at 80

Võ Nguyên Giáp (1911-2013)

Oct 4 Vietnamese general (Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam War) and politician, dies at 102

Oct 6 Will Ogdon, American composer, dies at 92
Oct 7 Patrice Chéreau, French opera director and actor (Danton), dies from lung cancer at 68
Oct 8 Andy Pafko, American baseball player, dies at 92
Oct 8 Larry Verne, American novelty song singer (Mr. Custer), dies of heart failure at 77
Oct 8 Philip Chevron, Irish musician (Pogues - "Peace & Love"), dies from esophageal cancer at 56
Oct 8 Rod Grams, American politician (Senator-R-Minnesota 1995-2001, Rep-R-Minnesota 1993-95), and television anchor, dies from cancer at 65
Oct 9 Mark "Chopper" Read, Australian criminal and crime author (Chopper: From the Inside), dies from liver cancer at 58
Oct 9 Stanley Kauffmann, American playwright (Red Handkerchief Man), dies at 97
Oct 9 Wilfried Martens, 44th Prime Minister of Belgium (1979-81, 1981-92), dies from pancreatic cancer at 77
Oct 10 Janice Lynn Kuehnemund, American rock guitarist (Vixen - "Edge of a Broken Heart"), dies of cancer at 59
Oct 10 Kumar Pallana, Indian character actor and vaudevillian (Bottle Rocket, Rushmore), dies at 94

Scott Carpenter (1925-2013)

Oct 10 American astronaut (Mercury 7-Aurora 7), dies from complications from a stroke at 88

Erich Priebke (1913-2013)

Oct 11 German Nazi SS commander and war criminal responsible for the Ardeatine massacre of 335 Italians in Rome, dies in prison of natural causes at 100 [1]

Oct 11 Stu Gilliam, American actor and comedian (Roll Out, Harris & Company), dies at 80
Oct 12 Eduard Martsevich, Soviet-Russian actor and People's Artist of the RSFSR, dies at 76
Oct 12 Oscar Hijuelos, American novelist (The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love), dies from a heart attack at 62
Oct 13 Tommy Whittle, British jazz tenor saxophonist (Ted Heath; BBC Show Band), and bandleader, dies of pneumonia on his 87th birthday
Oct 15 Gloria Lynne [Wilson], American jazz vocalist (Dell Tones), dies of a heart attack at 83
Oct 15 Peter Miles, British Army officer, businessman and courtier in the Household of Elizabeth II, dies at 89
Oct 15 Rudolf Friedrich, Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1982-84), dies at 90
Oct 16 Ed Lauter, American actor (The Artist, The Number 23), dies from mesothelioma at 74
Oct 18 Allan Stanley, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman (Stanley Cup 1962-64, 67; NHL All-Star 1960, 61, 66; Toronto Maple Leafs), dies at 87
Oct 18 Bill Young, American politician, dies from complications from a back injury at 82
Oct 18 Bum Phillips, American football coach (Houston Oilers, New Orleans Saints), dies at 90
Oct 18 Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Polish-German influential literary critic, dies at 93
Oct 18 Mary Carver [Carvellas], American actress (Simon & Simon, Star Trek: Enterprise), dies at 89
Oct 18 Tom Foley, American politician (Rep-D-Washington 1965-1995) and speaker of the house (1989-95), dies from complications from a stroke at 84
Oct 19 Noel Harrison, British singer and actor, dies of a heart attack at 79
Oct 19 Ronald Shannon Jackson, American avant-garde jazz and funk drummer, and composer (Cecil Taylor; Last Exit; Decoding Society), dies of leukemia at 73
Oct 19 Roy Elihu Travis, American composer (Passion of Oedipus), dies at 91
Oct 20 Lawrence Klein, American economist who created computer models to forecast economic trends (1980 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences), dies at 93
Oct 21 Bud Adams Jr., American NFL team owner (Tennessee Titans), dies at 90
Oct 21 Major Owens, American politician (Rep-D-NY, 1983-2007), dies at 77
Oct 21 Marion Morgan (née Swires), American big band jazz singer (Harry James; Stop the Music), dies at 89
Oct 23 Bill Mazer, American sports broadcaster (New York institution in sports reporting; sports trivia expert), dies at 92
Oct 24 Frank Perconte, American sergeant from Easy Company during WWII (portrayed in Band of Brothers), dies at 96
Oct 24 Héctor Quintanar, Mexican composer, dies at 77
Oct 24 [Prabodh] "Manna" Dey, Indian playback singer, music director, and musician, dies at 94

Bill Sharman (1926-2013)

Oct 25 American Basketball HOF guard (8 × NBA All-Star; 4 x NBA C'ship; Boston Celtics) and coach (NBA C'ship 1972 LA Lakers), dies from stroke complications at 87

Oct 25 Hal Needham, American stuntman, dies from cancer at 82
Oct 25 Marcia Wallace, American actress (The Bob Newhart Show - "Carol"), dies from pneumonia at 70
Oct 25 Nigel Davenport, British actor (Without a Clue, Masada), dies at 85
Oct 27 Lou Reed, American rock singer-songwriter (Velvet Underground - "Sweet Jane"; solo -"Take A Walk On The Wild Side"), dies from liver disease at 71
Oct 28 Ike Skelton, American politician, dies from pneumonia at 81
Oct 28 Tadeusz Mazowiecki, 1st Prime Minister of Poland (1989-90), dies at 86
Oct 28 Tetsuharu Kawakami, Japanese Baseball HOF first baseman (JBL MVP 1941, 51, 55 Tokyo Kyojin/Yomiuri Giants) and manager (11×Japan Series C'ship; Yomiuri Giants), dies at 93
Oct 29 Rudolf Kehrer, Soviet classical pianist of German heritage, dies at 90
Oct 30 Frank Wess, American jazz flutist, saxophonist (Duke Ellington, 1953-64; New York Jazz Quartet, 1974-82) and composer, dies of a heart attack related to kidney failure at 91
Oct 30 Pete Haycock, British blues-rock guitarist, vocalist, and composer (Climax Blues Band - "Couldn't Get It Right"), dies of a heart attack at 62