Historical Events for 13th October 2023

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1282 - Nichiren Daishonin, founder of the Nichiren School of Buddhism, dies, his ashes are interred at Taisekiji Temple
1890 - The Delta Chi fraternity is founded by 11 law students at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
1921 - Baseball World Series: NY Giants beat NY Yankees, 1-0 at the Polo Grounds for a 5-3 series win; final WS played in best-of-nine format; Yankees first ever WS appearance
1949 - "Touch and Go" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 176 performances
1964 - Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser wins her third consecutive Olympic 100m freestyle gold medal at the Tokyo Games; Olympic record 59.05s
1975 - Rock vocalist Neil Young undergoes throat surgery
1975 - 9th Country Music Association Award: John Denver wins
1982 - IOC Executive Committee approves the reinstatement of Jim Thorpe's gold medals from the 1912 Olympics
1993 - Captured American Pilot Mike Durant is filmed in an interview in captivity by a CNN camera crew.
2019 - Kurdish forces make a deal with Syrian army for them to patrol border areas in north east Syria to combat Turkish offensive after US President Donald Trump pulls out US forces

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