October 13th

Posted by cpatsat     Category: On a Day like Today in History

Many great things happened on this day in History! Here, are just some:
1792
The White House cornerstone was laid by George Washington and Washington DC was declared the capital of the USA.
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1943
Italy joins the Allies and declares war on Germany.
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1934
Greek singer Nana Mouschouri is born. She has recorded songs in French, English, German and many more languages. She is a respected singer all over the world!
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1997
The No1 Hit song was “Candle in the wind”, written and performed by Elton John, dedicated to Princess Diana, who had died in a car crash that year.

(Sources: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/white-house-cornerstone-is-laid, http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/italy-declares-war-on-germany , https://www.google.com/search?site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1280&bih=699&q=white+house+cornerstone+laid&oq=white+house+cornerstone&gs_l=img.1.2.0j0i30l2j0i5i30j0i24l3.4408.9730.0.11863.23.20.0.2.2.0.252.2547.0j12j3.15.0….0…1ac.1.64.img..6.17.2554.mvG_KOgna3A#tbm=isch&q=italy+declares+war+on+germany&imgrc=y8EVZ0rCb636yM%3A, https://www.google.com/search?site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1280&bih=699&q=white+house+cornerstone+laid&oq=white+house+cornerstone&gs_l=img.1.2.0j0i30l2j0i5i30j0i24l3.4408.9730.0.11863.23.20.0.2.2.0.252.2547.0j12j3.15.0….0…1ac.1.64.img..6.17.2554.mvG_KOgna3A#tbm=isch&q=nana+mouskouri&imgrc=f8CWjptIPrpNvM%3Ahttp://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/nana-mouskouri.html, http://playback.fm/birthday-song)

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