On This Day October 13th

 OTD

October 13th is the 286th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 79 days remain until the end of the year.

 

Events

1269 – The present church building at Westminster Abbey is consecrated.

1775 – The Continental Congress established the Continental Navy (predecessor of the United States Navy).

1843 – In New York City, B'nai B'rith, the oldest Jewish service organization in the world, is founded.

1892 – Edward Emerson Barnard is the first to discover a comet by photographic means.

1903 – The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.

1962 – The Pacific Northwest experiences a cyclone equal to a Category 3 hurricane, with winds above 150 mph. Forty-six people died.

1983 – Ameritech Mobile Communications launches the first US cellular network in Chicago.

 

Birthdays

1703 – Andrea Belli, Maltese architect and businessman (d. 1772)

1821 – Rudolf Virchow, German physician, biologist, and politician (d. 1902)

1862 – Mary Kingsley, English explorer and author (d. 1900)

1909 – Art Tatum, American jazz pianist (d. 1956)

1925 – Lenny Bruce, American comedian, and actor (d. 1966)

1925 – Margaret Thatcher, English chemist and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2013)

1947 – Sammy Hagar, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1961 – Doc Rivers, American basketball player and coach

1969 – Nancy Kerrigan, American figure skater and actress

 

Holiday Spotlight

Disaster Day

The world first observed Disaster in 1989 after the U.N. General Assembly rolled out the initiative to promote a culture of awareness on disaster risk reduction. With this, the 1990s was declared the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction.

 

Although natural disasters are spontaneous, we can prepare to handle them and reduce the damage to a minimum through collaborative efforts. In this regard, the U.N. and many other organizations have created social work initiatives that have worked together to spread awareness on being prepared for any natural disaster. In America, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), a federal institute under the U.S. Department of Interior, leads the response to any disaster that hits any part of the country. Since its formation in 1979, it has worked to develop a preparedness strategy and response mechanism against any kind of emergency, natural or manmade.

 

Since the U.N. General Assembly’s declaration for every country to establish a disaster management and reduction department, FEMA has focused on spreading monitoring and situational awareness, pre-disaster evaluation, response, recovery strategy, and ways to return to state-level operations. As part of the observance of Disaster Day, FEMA has collaborated closely with the U.N.-sponsored bodies and has encouraged representatives from concerned organizations to arrange sessions to spread awareness on preparing for a disaster and tackling the situation after a disaster hits an area.

 

Others Include

English Language Day

Good Samaritan Day

International Day for Disaster Reduction

International Day for Failure

International Plain Language Day

International Suit Up Day

National Chess Day

National Family Bowling Day

National M & M Day

National Metastatic Breast Cancer Day

National No Bra Day - (In honor of Breast Cancer)

National Train Your Brain Day

National Yorkshire Pudding Day

Silly Sayings Day

Treat Yo' Self Day

US Navy Birthday (USN)

Vet Nurse Day

World Egg Day

World Thrombosis Day

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