- 1884 13 Oct Greenwich is voted the universal meridian of longitude by an international conference in Washington, US.
- 1943 13 Oct Under new leader Marshal Pietro Badoglio, Italy abandons the Axis and declares war on Germany.
- 1988 13 Oct The Turin Shroud, believed to have covered the body of Christ, is carbon dated to the Middle Ages.
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