Right this moment is Monday, Oct. 13, the 286th day of 2025. There are 79 days left within the 12 months.
Right this moment in historical past:
On Oct. 13, 2011, Raj Rajaratnam (rahj rah-juh-RUHT’-nuhm), the hedge fund billionaire on the heart of one of many largest insider-trading instances in U.S. historical past, was sentenced by a federal decide in New York to 11 years behind bars. He was launched early, in 2019.
Additionally on this date:
In 1792, the cornerstone of the manager mansion, later often known as the White Home, was laid by President George Washington throughout a ceremony within the District of Columbia.
In 1932, President Herbert Hoover and Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes laid the cornerstone for the U.S. Supreme Court docket constructing in Washington.
In 1943, Italy declared struggle on Germany, its one-time Axis accomplice.
In 1960, the Pittsburgh Pirates received the World Sequence, defeating the New York Yankees in Recreation 7, 10-9, on a house run hit by Invoice Mazeroski.
In 1972, a Uruguayan chartered flight carrying 45 individuals crashed within the Andes. So as to keep alive, survivors resorted to feeding off the stays of a few of the lifeless; 16 individuals had been rescued greater than two months later.
In 1999, in Boulder, Colorado, the JonBenet Ramsey grand jury was dismissed after 13 months of labor with prosecutors saying there wasn’t sufficient proof to cost anybody within the 6-year-old magnificence queen’s slaying.
In 2010, 33 males had been rescued from a collapsed Chilean mine after being lifted one after the other in capsules 69 days after they had been trapped 2,300 toes (700 meters) underground.
In 2016, Bob Dylan was named winner of the Nobel prize in literature.
In 2021, Hollywood’s Captain Kirk, 90-year-old William Shatner, blasted into house aboard a ship constructed by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin firm; the “Star Trek” actor and three fellow passengers reached an altitude of 66.5 miles (107 kilometers) throughout a flight lasting simply over 10 minutes.
Right this moment’s Birthdays:
- Gospel singer Shirley Caesar is 87.
- Singer-musician Paul Simon is 84.
- Dallas Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones is 83.
- Singer-musician Sammy Hagar is 78.
- Mannequin Beverly Johnson is 73.
- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., is 67.
- Singer/TV character Marie Osmond is 66.
- NBA coach Doc Rivers is 64.
- Actor T’Keyah Crystal Keymah (tuh-KEE’-ah KRYS’-tal kee-MAH’) is 63.
- Soccer Corridor of Famer Jerry Rice is 63.
- Comic and actor Matt Walsh is 61.
- Baseball Corridor of Famer Trevor Hoffman is 58.
- Actor Kate Walsh is 58.
- Actor Tisha Campbell is 57.
- Olympic silver medal determine skater Nancy Kerrigan is 56.
- Actor Sacha Baron Cohen is 54.
- Olympic gold medal swimmer and TV character Summer time Sanders is 53.
- Soccer Corridor of Famer Brian Dawkins is 52.
- Basketball Corridor of Famer Paul Pierce is 48.
- Singer Ashanti is 45.
- Olympic gold medal swimmer Ian Thorpe is 43.
- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is 36.
- First daughter Tiffany Trump is 32.
- Actor Caleb McLaughlin is 24.