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On Oct. 13, 1943, Italy declared war on Germany.
In 1960, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon held the third televised debate of their presidential campaign.
In 1974, longtime television host Ed Sullivan died.
In 1999, the Senate rejected the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
In 2000, South Korean President Kim Dae-jung was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
In 2006, banker Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh won the Nobel Peace Prize for using microcredit to lift people out of poverty.
In 2010, rescuers in Chile using a missile-like escape capsule pulled 33 men one by one to fresh air and freedom 69 days after they were trapped in a collapsed mine a half-mile underground.
In 2016, Bob Dylan was named winner of the Nobel Prize in literature.