Today in History for 13th October 1988

Historical Events

Events 1 - 4 of 4

- Concert at Masada ends Israel's 40th-anniversary fest
- Nobel prize for literature awarded to Naguib Mahfouz
- Shroud of Turin, revered by many Christians as Christ's burial cloth, is shown by carbon-dating tests to be a fake from the Middle Ages
- US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 1 of 1

- Mike Venezia, jockey, dies in 5th-race fall at Belmont Race Track, NY

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