Treasury Secretary and Texas Governor John B. Connally, said in a phone discussion with White House Chief of Staff Alexander Haig that he doubted that he could be confirmed by the U.S. Senate; Nixon's other three potential nominees under consideration were New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, California Governor Ronald Reagan, and U.S. Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson. A U.S. Senate subcommittee inadvertently revealed the existence of a federal intelligence agency so secret that even its name was classified. The disclosure came in a report by the Senate Committee on Secret and Confidential Documents and mentioned the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) as an example of an intelligence group that Congress should know about. One intelligence official said later, "Hell, even its initials were supposed to be classified." Born: Martin Corry, English rugby union flanker with 64 caps for the England national team; in Birmingham Died: Peter Aufschnaiter, 73, Austrian mountaineer and cartographer profiled in the book Seven Years in TibetOctober 13, 1973 (Saturday) All 122 passengers and crew on Aeroflot Flight 964 were killed when the Tu-104 jet crashed during its approach to Domodedovo Airport in Moscow following its departure from Kutaisi in the Georgian SSR. An electrical power failure on the aircraft disabled its navigation system. The jet struck power lines roughly from the runway while tilted to the left at a 70° angle. Among those killed was Lieutenant General Fyodor Bondarenko, Chief of the Soviet Union's anti-aircraft missile defense.Aviation Safety network The first father-son combination in major league U.S. sports was unveiled as ice hockey legend Gordie Howe was joined by his sons Marty Howe and Mark Howe for the Houston Aeros' opening game in the World Hockey Association against the Los Angeles Sharks. Born: Matt Hughes, American mixed martial artist and UFC welterweight champion 2001-2006; in Hillsboro, Illinois Seenu Ramasamy, Indian film director; in Madurai, Tamil Nadu state Brian Dawkins, American NFL defensive back; in Jacksonville, Florida Sebastián Beltrame, Uruguayan TV producer; in Montevideo Died: Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı (pen name for Musa Cevat Şakir), 87, Cretan Turkish novelist Israeli Defense Forces Major General Albert Mandler, 44, a native of Austria, was killed by an Egyptian artillery strike in the Yom Kippur War John Neville Wheeler, 87, American newspaper publisher Carlos Fariña, 13, the youngest victim of the political murders by Chile's Pinochet regime; in Huechuraba October 14, 1973 (Sunday) Soldiers in Thailand killed 77 protesters and wounded 857