October 13[edit]

1978: The TIROS-N weather satellite was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.

1998: Typhoon Zeb reached peak intensity east of the Philippines, with maximum sustained winds of 180 miles per hour (290 km/h). The storm would make landfall near Ilagan the next day, killing more than 100 people.

2006: A lake-effect snow storm, nicknamed "Aphid" by the local National Weather Service office, dumped as much as 60 inches (150 cm) of heavy, wet snow on Buffalo, New York, damaging 90% of the city's trees and resulting in 13 deaths.