October 13th in History

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The marriage of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd and Eleanor de Montfort was celebrated on the Feast of St Edward (13th October) 1278 at Worcester Cathedral.

Eleanor' was the granddaughter of King John of England, the niece of Henry III and the cousin of Edward I. Her father was Simon De Montfort, the leader of the Second Barons War against his brother in law, Henry III.

Edward, who had paid for the ceremony, gave Eleanor away and among the guests were Alexander III, King of Scots and Edward’s brother, Edmund of Lancaster. Following the ceremony, Eleanor became officially known as Princess of Wales and Lady of Snowdon.
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On 13th October 1910, the crew of the St David's lifeboat on board the 'Gem' went to rescue three crew stranded in terrible weather aboard Democrat, a coal ship delivering to Ramsey Island. The rescue was a success, but the sail-assisted rowing boat crashed onto the rocks on the return journey, killing three crew members. Yet somewhat miraculously given the conditions, the 12 remaining lifeboatmen and the three rescued sailors survived by clinging to rocks for over 12 hours. They were eventually rescued when Will Thomas managed to dry out matches sufficiently enough to set fire to his oilskins to alert help from nearby Porthclais harbour.
In the aftermath of the disaster Sydney Mortimer, aged just 16, who had sailed one of the Porthclais rescue boats and saved 10 of the survivors, received the RNLI's Silver Medal.

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1902 US President Theodore Roosevelt threatens to start using army troops to work coal mines struck since 12 may; this brings the owners to agree to abide by a Commission of Arbitration.

1924 Labour Party leader Ramsay MacDonald became the first Prime Minister to make an election broadcast on BBC radio.

1963 The term "Beatlemania" is coined after Beatles appear at the London Palladium.

13 Oct 1965
The Who recorded 'My Generation' at Pye studios, London. When released as a single it reached No.2 on the UK chart, held off the No.1 position by The Seekers 'The Carnival Is Over'. Roger Daltrey would later say that he stuttered the lyrics to try to fit them to the music. The BBC initially refused to play the song because it did not want to offend people who stutter.