page_title: October 1913
section_title: October 6, 1913 (Monday)
hierarchical_section_title: October 1913 / October 6, 1913 (Monday)
caption_attribution_description: 袁世凱於1913年10月10日正式就任中華民國大總統之後，各國駐中使節覲見合影。
context_page_description: The following events occurred in October 1913:
context_section_description: Barely receiving the two-thirds majority required, Yuan Shikai was formally elected by the National Assembly after three rounds of voting, to a five-year term as the President of China. A total of 759 of the 850 Chinese Senators and Representatives participated in Beijing.  With a candidate needing 506 votes, Yuan received 507 on the third ballot.  Li Yuan-Heng, who had already said that he would not be a candidate for the office, received 179 votes, while the other legislators abstained. The votes for Yan and Li were 471-153 on the first round, and 497-162 on the second. After the second round, a mob of Yuan's supporters surrounded the legislative building and blocked the exits. Li was elected Vice-President the next day. President Yuan would dissolve the legislature four weeks later and assume dictatorial powers, then proclaim himself the Emperor.
  Chicago became the first major American city to pass a resolution declaring the immorality of the tango, a dance which had recently become popular in the United States after originating in Argentina. The tango differed from acceptable dances because of the contact between the upper thighs of the dancers.
  At his inauguration as the new American Governor-General of the Philippines, Francis Burton Harrison delivered a promise, from U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, that Filipinos would be granted a majority of the seats on the Philippine Commission, the appointed group that had to approve bills passed by the Philippine legislature.
  Heavy rains killed more than 600 people in the Bosphorous straits around Istanbul.
  Born: Inga Arvad, Danish journalist, known for her romantic relationship with U.S. President John F. Kennedy, in Copenhagen (d. 1973); Alfred Harvey, American comic book publisher, founder of Harvey Comics, in New York City (d. 1994)
caption: President Yuan receiving dignitaries
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