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October 13
posted 10/13/1980 12:00AM
October 13, 1605: Theodore Beza, Calvin's successor as leader of the Swiss Reformation, dies (see issue 12: John Calvin).
October 13, 1670: Virginia bans slavery for Negroes who arrive in the American colonies as Christians. The colony repealed the law 12 years later (see issue 62: Bound for Canaan).
October 13, 1917: Three shepherd children near Fatima, Portugal, report visions of the Virgin Mary.
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