October 13, 1972 (Friday)
- In the deadliest airline accident up to that time, a Soviet Aeroflot jet crashed on landing, killing all 174 persons on board.
- Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571: A Fairchild FH-227D passenger aircraft with 45 people on board, including the "Old Christians" rugby team, crashed into a mountain while flying from Montevideo to Santiago. Sixteen people survived for the next 72 days, and were forced to resort to cannibalism.
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Famous quotes containing the word october:
“Especially when the October wind
With frosty fingers punishes my hair,”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)