WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO OCTOBER 1913
Find out what all happened February to October 1913

Second Balkan War: delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war. (10. August 1913)

Pedro Lascuráin becomes President of Mexico for 45 minutes; this is the shortest term to date of any person as president of any country. (18. February 1913)

Ioannina is incorporated into the Greek state after the Balkan Wars. (21. February 1913)

Otto Witte, an acrobat, is purportedly crowned King of Albania. (13. August 1913)

Thousands of women march in a suffrage parade in Washington, D.C. (3. March 1913)

The Battle of Bud Bagsak in the Philippines ends. (15. June 1913)

Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett's Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors. (3. July 1913)

First Balkan War: the Treaty of London (1913), is signed ending the war. Albania becomes an independent nation. (30. May 1913)

Second Balkan War: The Greeks defeat the Bulgarians in the Battle of Doiran. (23. June 1913)

President Woodrow Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike thus ending construction on the Panama Canal. (10. October 1913)

The United States Department of Labor is formed (4. March 1913)

First Balkan War: The Greek army engages the Turks at Bizani, resulting in victory two days later. (4. March 1913)

The Vienna Concert Society rioted during a performance of mordernist music by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Alexander von Zemlinsky, and Anton von Webern, causing a premature end to the concert due to violence. This concert became known as the Skandalkonzert. (31. March 1913)

Senghenydd Colliery Disaster, the United Kingdom's worst coal mining accident, occurs, and it claims the lives of 439 miners. (14. October 1913)

Death Valley, California, hits 134 °F (~56.7 °C), the highest temperature recorded in the United States. (10. July 1913)

The Greek aviator Emmanouil Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot to die in the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes. (4. April 1913)

Guatemala becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty. (28. March 1913)

King O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Canberra. (20. February 1913)

First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley. (13. August 1913)

The Greek–Serbian Treaty of Alliance is signed, paving the way for the Second Balkan War. (1. June 1913)

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