Oct 13th: Friday the 13th
1995 - Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida admitted its 500-millionth guest.
1992 - A commercial flight record was set by an Air France supersonic jetliner for circling the Earth in 33 hours and one minute.
1963 - The Beatles appeared on the BBC's "Sunday Night at the Palladium." It was their first appearance on a major TV show.
1943 - During World War II, Italy signed an armistice with the Allies and declared war on Germany. Christine Young (pornstar, left for Africa to do humanitarian work in April 2006) 1983 Jon Micah Sumrall (lead singer for rock band Kutless: "Run", "Tonight", "Not What You See", "Sea of Faces", "Treason", "Shut Me Out", "Smile", "Hearts of the Innocent", had a song on the "Narnia" soundtrack) 1980 Ashanti (R&B singer's debut in 2002) 1980 Marie Osmond (hosted, with her brother, a variety show and talk show) 1959 Chris Carter (creator of TV's "The X-Files", "Millenium" and 2 other, short-lived, TV series: "Harsh Realm", and "The Lone Gunmen" an X-Files spinoff) 1956 Sammy Hagar (replaced David Lee Roth as singer of Van Halen in mid-80s, most famous for singing "Right Now" and "I Can't Drive 55") 1947 Paul Simon (1/2 of Simon and Garfunkel: "The Bridge Over Troubled Water", "The Boxer", "Mrs. Robinson", solo sang: "You Can Call Me Al", "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover", "Graceland") 1941 Lenny Bruce (Foul-mouthed commedian arrested several times in 1950-60s, bannned from performing in several major cities in US and Australia) 1925 Margaret Thatcher (conservative Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1979-1990) 1925
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