9th » Steamship SS Volturno 1906 6 catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.
10th » President of the United States known as President Woodrow Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike thus ending construction on the Panama Canal.
31st » Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States.
31st » The Indianapolis Street Car Strike of 1913 called Indianapolis Street Car Strike and subsequent riot begins.
Famous Birthdays on October in 1913
1st » Hélio Gracie, Brazilian martial artist (d. 2009)
1st » Harry Lookofsky, American violinist and producer (d. 1998)
2nd » Karl Miller (footballer) named Karl Miller, German footballer (d. 1967)
4th » Martial Célestin, Haitian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Haiti (d. 2011)
5th » Eugene B. Fluckey American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2007)
5th » Lois January, American actress (d. 2006)
6th » Méret Oppenheim, German-Swiss artist. (d. 1985)
7th » Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist and author (d. 1987)
7th » Raimond Valgre, Estonian composer (d. 1949)
8th » Robert R. Gilruth, American pilot and engineer (d. 2000)
10th » Claude Simon, Malagasy-French author, Nobel Prize in Literature known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005)
11th » Joe Simon, American author and illustrator (d. 2011)
11th » Dorothy Woolfolk, American author (d. 2000)
12th » T. Ahambaram, Ceylonese politician (d. 1962)
12th » Alice Chetwynd Ley, English author and educator (d. 2004)
13th » Igor Torkar, Slovenian poet and playwright (d. 2004)
19th » Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian poet, playwright, and composer (d. 1980)
20th » Grandpa Jones, American singer-songwriter and banjo player (d. 1998)
20th » J. Michael Hagopian, Turkish-American director and producer (d. 2010)
22nd » Robert Capa, Hungarian-American photographer and journalist (d. 1954)
22nd » Bao Dai, Vietnamese emperor (d. 1997)
22nd » Tamara Desni, German-English actress (d. 2008)
22nd » Hans-Peter Tschudi, Swiss politician, 63rd President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2002)