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Police officers and soldiers inspect a shopping area following a Russian missile attack earlier in the day, #OTD October 13, 2022 in Kupiansk, Kharkiv oblast, Ukraine.

A soldier searches for bodies in the rubble of a building hit by a Russian missile

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People wait for a bus to leave Kupiansk #OTD October 13, 2022 Kharkiv oblast, Ukraine.

Josep Borrell, the EU's Foreign Policy Chief, has warned Vladimir Putin that Russia's army would be "annihilated" by the West's military response if he uses nuclear weapons against Ukraine.

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A church destroyed by the russian shelling near the Donetsk Airport, in Donetsk, Ukraine, #OTD October 13, 2015.

Ukrainian volunteers and members of the Red Cross and OSCE search for remains of fallen soldiers in destroyed Donetsk international Airport

#OTD 2023 #TransformersEarthSpark-Expedition a #3D #action-#adventure #videogame with #hackandslash elements. Developed by Tessera Studios for #PlayStation5 #NintendoSwitch #PlayStation4 #Windows #XboxOne #XboxSeriesXS Played on a #PS4 trophyunlocked.blogspot.com/2024/02/tran...

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Ukraine's National Guard take part in a protest next to the administration building in Kyiv #OTD October 13, 2014.

Hundreds of Ukrainian conscripts of former interior troops left their barracks and protested to demand their demobilization due to the expiration of their military service term.

"Investor May Marry Screen Star"
October 13, 1930
#OTD #MarieMosquini #1930s

Happy 55th anniversary to #TheFrenchConnection starring Gene Hackman which was released #OTD 9/10/71. Directed by William Friedkin.

#OTD 2004 #TYtheTasmanianTiger2:BushRescue a #3D #platforming #videogame developed by #KromeStudios distributed by #EAGames for #Xbox trophyunlocked.blogspot.com/2017/12/ty-t...

Hans Holbein the Younger

Edward VI [b. #otd 12 Oct 1537] as a - very small - Child probably 1538 (National Gallery of Art, Washington)

The Psyche spacecraft to the metallic main belt asteroid 16 Psyche was launched #OTD in 2023. Psyche will begin its prime mission in August 2029. The spacecraft will spend two years orbiting the asteroid to take pictures, map the surface, and collect data to determine its composition.

#OTD 13 October 1307 Hundreds of the Knights Templar in France are arrested at dawn by King Philippe the Fair, and later confess under torture to heresy. Philippe later burned the last grandmaster of the Templars alive.

#OTD 13 October 1943 #WW2 Naples. Newly installed in a palazzo on Riviera de Chiaia, Intelligence Field Officer Norman Lewis is declining with alarms and scares and denunciations ... most of which are 'wild-goose chases'.
Norman Lewis, Naples '44, p.31

#OTD in 1998, the SPLC filed a landmark case for an unhoused Black student in Alabama who was denied admission to two public schools.

Within two weeks, the case was settled and the student was enrolled, reinforcing the right of unhoused youth to an education. #TheMarchContinues

#OTD in 1859, a fire broke out at the Theatre Royal in Humber Street. After only a few hours it was an "Unsightly heap of ruins…". It would not be reconstructed for 6 years.
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