What happened on October 13 ?

709 - Emperor K?nin Japan (d. 781)

1162 - Leonora of England, wife of Alfonso VIII of Castile (d. 1214)

1381 - Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1415)

1453 - Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (d. 1471)

1474 - Mariotto Albertinelli, Italian painter (d. 1515)

1566 - Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, Irish politician (d. 1643)

1696 - John Hervey, Lord Hervey, English statesman and writer (d. 1743)

1713 - Allan Ramsay, Scottish painter (d. 1784)

1714 - Pieter Burmann the Younger, Dutch philologist (d. 1778)

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

1853 - Lillie Langtry, British actress (d. 1929)

1862 - Mary Kingsley, English writer and explorer (d. 1900)

1876 - Rube Waddell, baseball player (d. 1914)

1880 - Sasha Cherny, Russian poet (d. 1932)

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

1909 - Herbert Block, American cartoonist (d. 2001)

1911 - Ashok Kumar, Indian actor (d. 2001)

1915 - Terry Frost, English artist (d. 2003)

1915 - Cornel Wilde, American actor (d. 1989)

1917 - Laraine Day, American actor

1917 - Burr Tillstrom, American puppeteer (d. 1985)

1918 - Robert Hudson Walker, American actor (d. 1951)

1921 - Yves Montand, Italian-born singer and actor (d. 1991)

1923 - Faas Wilkes, Dutch football (soccer) player

1924 - Nipsey Russell, American comedian, actor, and television personality (d. 2005)

1925 - Lenny Bruce, American comedian (d. 1966)

1925 - Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

1925 - Gustav Winckler, Danish singer (d. 1979)

1926 - Ray Brown, American jazz bassist (d. 2002)

1931 - Eddie Mathews, baseball player (d. 2001)

1931 - Raymond Kopa, French footballer

1932 - Jack Colvin, American actor (d. 2005)

1934 - Nana Mouskouri, Greek singer

1938 - Hugo Young, English journalist (d. 2003)

1939 - T. J. Cloutier, American poker player

1940 - Pharoah Sanders, American saxophonist

1941 - Paul Simon, American singer, songwriter, and guitarist

1942 - Jerry Jones, American football team owner

1944 - Robert Lamm, American musician (Chicago)

1946 - Edwina Currie, British politician

1947 - Sammy Hagar, American singer

1948 - Ted Poe, American politician

1950 - Dan Seals, American singer and songwriter

1953 - Pat Day, American jockey

1954 - Mordechai Vanunu, Israeli nuclear technician

1954 - Claude Ribbe, French historian

1956 - Chris Carter, American television producer

1958 - Jair-Rohm Parker Wells, American musician and composer

1959 - Marie Osmond, American singer, actress, and television personality

1960 - Ari Fleischer, White House Press Secretary

1962 - T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh, American actress and comedian

1962 - Kelly Preston, American actress

1962 - Jerry Rice, American football star

1964 - Niè H?ishèng, Chinese astronaut

1964 - Christopher Judge, American actor

1966 - Javier Lopez Cantu, American Latino painter

1969 - Nancy Kerrigan, American figure skater

1969 - Cady McClain, actress known for her roles on the soap operas (All My Children) and (As The World Turns)

1971 - Sacha Baron Cohen, British comedian

1971 - Pyrros Dimas, Albanian weightlifter

1971 - Billy Bush, American TV host (Access Hollywood)

1972 - Summer Sanders, American Olympic swimmer and television personality

1973 - Brian Dawkins, American football player

1973 - Nanako Matsushima, Japanese actress

1973 - Matt Hughes, Mixed Martial Fighter

1974 - Joseph Utsler, American rapper (Insane Clown Posse)

1975 - Tom Anderson, Creator of Myspace.com

1975 - David Kennedy, guitarist in Boxcar Racer and Angels and Airwaves

1977 - Paul Pierce, American Basketball player

1977 - Gareth Batty, English Cricketer

1978 - Jermaine O'Neal, American basketball player

1979 - Wes Brown, English footballer

1980 - Ashanti, American musician

1980 - Magne Hoset, Norwegian footballer

1980 - Scott Parker, English footballer

1981 - Ryan Ashford, English footballer

1982 - Ian Thorpe, Australian swimmer