13th October anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1909
  • "Or 1910? Birth of Art Tatum, American jazz pianist virtuoso"
  • 1909
  • "Birth of Herbert Block (Herblock), Pulitzer Prize-winning American newspaper cartoonist"
• event
  • 1884
  • Standard Meridian Conference – Greenwich made prime meridian of the world
  • 1988
  • Radiocarbon dating tests on the Shroud of Turin dated it to between 1260 and 1390 A.D. The press immediately branded it a ‘Medieval fake’.
  • 1988
  • "The British Government failed in its bid to prevent the publication of the controversial book ‘Spycatcher’ by Peter Wright, a former MI5 secret."
  • 1994
  • Three main loyalist paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland announced a ceasefire following the IRA ceasefire announcement on 31st August
• Death