On October 13, 1775, the Whirlpool Galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Charles Messier.
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Margaret Thatcher was born on October 13, 1925. She was the UK’s first female Prime Minister. She died in 2013.
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On October 13, 1972, A flight chartered by a Uruguayan rugby team crashed in the Andes Mountains of Argentina, and the wreckage was not located for more than two months; the incident garnered international attention, especially after it was revealed that the survivors had resorted to cannibalism.