Historical Events for 13th October 2019

1716 – Hungarian Emperor Karel VI’s troops occupy Temesvar
1864 – Battle at Darbytown Road, Virginia (337 casualties)
1964 – US sweeps medals in the men’s 200m backstroke at the Tokyo Olympics; Jed Graef swims world record 2:10.3 to win gold ahead of team mates Gary Dilley and Bob Bennett
1966 – 173 US aircraft bomb North Vietnam
1972 – Commish Bowie Kuhn allows Bert Campaneris to play in World Series
1980 – 14th Country Music Association Award: Barbara Mandrell, Emmylou Harris and George Jones wins
1987 – West Indies score 4-360 in 50 overs in Cricket World Cup v Sri Lanka
1993 – Mighty Ducks win their 1st NHL game
1996 – MLB American League Championship: New York Yankees beat Baltimore Orioles, 4 games to 1
1996 – British Williams driver Damon Hill wins season ending Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka; becomes first son of a F1 World Drivers Champion (Graham Hill 1962, 68) to win title himself; wins by 19 points from Jacques Villeneuve

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