Today in HistoryToday is Friday, October 13, the 286th day of 2006. There are 79 days left in the year.

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In A.D. 54, Roman emperor Claudius I died, after being poisoned by his wife, Agrippina.

In 1960, Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy participated in the third televised debate of their presidential campaign.

In 1962, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” by Edward Albee opened on Broadway.

In 1974, longtime television host Ed Sullivan died in New York City at age 72.

In 1981, voters in Egypt participated in a referendum to elect Vice President Hosni Mubarak the new president, one week after the assassination of Anwar Sadat.

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

“Children are the true connoisseurs. What’s precious to them has no price — only value.” — Bel Kaufman, American author and educator.