On this day

October 13, 2015

Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.

Portrait 1080 × 1920 PNG · created on your device

Filter by:

Headlines from October 13, 2015

Nudes Are Old News at Playboy

By Ravi Somaiya

With the digital cornucopia of pornography, Playboy’s raison d’ĂȘtre has vanished. Its website dropped nudity last year and soon its magazine will still feature women, but not fully nude.

Business1216 words

Anheuser-Busch InBev and SABMiller to Join

By Chad Bray and Michael J. de la Merced

The deal, if completed, would combine the world’s two largest brewers, creating a behemoth that has annual revenue of $64 billion that commands 30 percent of global beer sales.

Business1228 words

Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 7, 2015, covering October 13, 2015.

  1. 1
    Album cover for What A Time To Be Alive by Drake & Future

    What A Time To Be Alive

    Drake & Future

    Last week
    —
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    1
  2. 2
    Album cover for Honeymoon by Lana Del Rey

    Honeymoon

    Lana Del Rey

    Last week
    —
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    1
  3. 3
    Album cover for Beauty Behind The Madness by The Weeknd

    Beauty Behind The Madness

    The Weeknd

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    4
  4. 4
    Album cover for GO:OD AM by Mac Miller

    GO:OD AM

    Mac Miller

    Last week
    —
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    1
  5. 5
    Album cover for Rattle That Lock by David Gilmour

    Rattle That Lock

    David Gilmour

    Last week
    —
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    1

Notable Deaths

2015Rosalyn Baxandall, American historian, author, and academic (born 1939)[†]

Rosalyn Baxandall was an American historian of women's activism and feminist activist.

Bruce Hyde (ontologist)

2015Bruce Hyde, American academic and actor (born 1941)[†]

Bruce Hyde was an American educator and actor. He was professor of communication studies at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota. His academic work mainly focused on ontology, specifically ontological approach to education, Martin Heidegger's contribution to communication studies, and the study of ontological rhetoric.

Michael Walsh (British Army officer)

2015Michael J. H. Walsh, English general (born 1927)[†]

Major General Michael John Hatley Walsh, was a British Army officer. He was the Scout Association's Chief Scout from 1982 to 1988.

Historical Context for October 13, 2015

In 2015, the world population was approximately 7,470,491,872 people[†]