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September 13 is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 109 days remaining.
[edit] Events
- 509 BC - The temple of Jupiter on Rome's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September.
- 122 - The building of Hadrian's Wall begins.
- 533 - General Belisarius of the Byzantine Empire defeats Gelimer and the Vandals at the Battle of Ad Decimium, near Carthage, North Africa.
- 604 - Pope Sabinian is consecrated.
- 1224 - Francis of Assisi is afflicted with stigmata.
- 1440 - Gilles de Rais is finally taken into custody upon an accusation brought against him by the Bishop of Nantes.
- 1503 - Michelangelo begins work on his David.
- 1609 - Henry Hudson reaches the river that will later be named after him - the Hudson River.
- 1743 - Great Britain, Austria and Savoy-Sardinia sign the Treaty of Worms (1743).
- 1759 - Battle of the Plains of Abraham: British defeat French near Quebec City in the Seven Years' War, known in the United States as the French and Indian War.
- 1788 - The United States Constitutional Convention sets the date for the country's first presidential election, and New York City becomes the temporary capital of the U.S..
- 1791 - King Louis XVI of France accepts the new constitution.
- 1814 - The British fail to capture Baltimore, Maryland. Turning point in the War of 1812.
- 1814 - Francis Scott Key writes The Star-Spangled Banner
- 1847 - Mexican-American War: Six teenage military cadets known as Niños Héroes die defending Chapultepec Castle in the Battle of Chapultepec. American General Winfield Scott captures Mexico City in the Mexican-American War.
- 1862 - American Civil War: Union soldiers find Robert E. Lee's battle plans in a field outside Frederick, Maryland. It is the prelude to the Battle of Antietam.
- 1882 - The important Battle of Tall al Kabir is fought in the Anglo-Egyptian War.
- 1898 - Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
- 1899 - Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
- 1899 - Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199m - 17,058 ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
- 1900 - Filipino resistance fighters defeat a small American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the Philippine-American War.
- 1906 - First fixed-wing aircraft flight in Europe.
- 1914 - During World War I, South African troops open hostilities in German south-west Africa (Namibia) with an assault on the Ramansdrift police station.
- 1922 - The temperature (in the shade) at Al 'Aziziyah, Libya reaches a world record 57.7°C (135.9°F).
- 1923 - Military coup in Spain - Miguel Primo de Rivera takes over, setting up a dictatorship.
- 1935 - Rockslide near Whirlpool Rapids Bridge ends the Great Gorge and International Railway.
- 1939 - Canada enters World War II.
- 1940 - World War II: German bombs damage Buckingham Palace.
- 1940 - World War II: Italy invades Egypt.
- 1942 - World War II: Second day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge in the Guadalcanal campaign. U.S. Marines successfully defeated attacks by the Imperial Japanese Army with heavy losses for the Japanese forces.
- 1943 - Chiang Kai-shek elected president of the Republic of China.
- 1948 - Margaret Chase Smith is elected senator, and becomes the first woman to serve in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
- 1953 - Nikita Khrushchev appointed secretary-general of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
- 1956 - The dike around the Dutch polder East Flevoland is closed.
- 1956 - IBM introduces the first computer disk storage unit, the RAMAC 305.
- 1965 - Baseball: Willie Mays becomes the fifth member of the 500 home run club with a home run at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas.
- 1968 - Albania leaves the Warsaw Pact.
- 1969 - The Premiere Episode of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?
- 1971 - State police and National Guardsmen storm New York's Attica Prison to end a prison revolt. 42 people die in the assault.
- 1979 - South Africa grants independence to the "homeland" of Venda (not recognized outside South Africa).
- 1985 - Nintendo releases Super Mario Bros.
- 1987 - Goiânia accident: A radioactive object is stolen from an abandoned hospital in Goiânia, Brazil, contaminating many people in the following weeks and leading some to die from radiation poisoning.
- 1988 - Hurricane Gilbert is the strongest recorded hurricane in the Western Hemisphere (based on barometric pressure).
- 1989 - Largest anti-Apartheid march in South Africa, led by Desmond Tutu.
- 1993 - Public unveiling of the Oslo Accords, an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement initiated by Norway.
- 1993 - Premiere of Late Night with Conan O'Brien on NBC
- 1994 - Ulysses probe passes the Sun's south pole.
- 1996 - Rapper Tupac Shakur dies in the hospital from gunshot wounds sustained September 7.
- 1999 - Bomb explodes in Moscow, Russia. At least 119 people are killed.
- 2001 - Civilian aircraft traffic resumes in the U.S. after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
- 2006 - At Dawson College (Montreal), Kimveer Gill kills one student and wounds 19 others before committing suicide.
[edit] Births
- 1087 - John II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1143)
- 1475 - Cesare Borgia, Italian aristocrat (d. 1507)
- 1502 - John Leland, English antiquarian (d. 1552)
- 1520 - William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, English statesman (d. 1598)
- 1604 - William Brereton, English soldier and politician (d. 1661)
- 1739 - Grigori Potemkin, Russian statesman (d. 1791)
- 1766 - Samuel Wilson, possible namesake of Uncle Sam (d. 1854)
- 1775 - Laura Secord, Canadian war heroine (d. 1868)
- 1802 - Arnold Ruge, German philosopher and writer (d. 1880)
- 1813 - John Sedgwick, American Civil War general (d. 1864)
- 1819 - Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer (d. 1896)
- 1830 - Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian writer (d. 1916)
- 1842 - John H. Bankhead, U.S. Senator (d. 1920)
- 1851 - Walter Reed, American physician and biologist (d. 1902)
- 1857 - Michał Drzymała, Polish peasant rebel (d. 1937)
- 1857 - Milton S. Hershey, American confectioner (d. 1945)
- 1860 - John J. Pershing, American general (d. 1948)
- 1863 - Arthur Henderson, British politician and union leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1935)
- 1873 - Constantin Carathéodory, Greek mathematician (d. 1950)
- 1874 - Henry Fountain Ashurst, American politician (d. 1962)
- 1874 - Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian-born composer (d. 1951)
- 1876 - Sherwood Anderson, American writer (d. 1941)
- 1877 - Wilhelm Filchner, German explorer (d. 1957)
- 1877 - Stanley Lord, captain of the SS Californian the night of the Titanic disaster (d. 1962)
- 1882 - Ramón Grau, Cuban president (d. 1969)
- 1885 - Wilhelm Blaschke, Austrian geometer (d. 1962)
- 1886 - Sir Robert Robinson, British chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1975)
- 1886 - Amelie Beese, German aviator and sculptor. (d. 1925)
- 1887 - Lavoslav Ruzicka, Croatian chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1976)
- 1893 - Larry Shields, American musician (d. 1953)
- 1894 - J.B. Priestley, English playwright and novelist (d. 1984)
- 1894 - Julian Tuwim, Polish poet (d. 1953)
- 1895 - Morris Kirksey, American rugby player (d. 1981)
- 1899 - Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, leader of the Iron Guard (d. 1938)
- 1903 - Claudette Colbert, French-born actress (d. 1996)
- 1911 - Bill Monroe, American singer (d. 1996)
- 1916 - Roald Dahl, British writer (d. 1990)
- 1918 - Dick Haymes, Argentine vocalist (d. 1980)
- 1917 - Robert Ward, American composer
- 1922 - Charles Brown, American singer and pianist (d. 1999)
- 1923 - Edouard Boubat, French photographer (d. 1999)
- 1924 - Scott Brady, American film actor (d. 1985)
- 1924 - Maurice Jarre, French composer
- 1925 - Mel Tormé, American singer (d. 1999)
- 1926 - Emile Francis, Canadian ice hockey player and executive
- 1929 - Nicolai Ghiaurov, Bulgarian opera singer (d. 2004)
- 1930 - Robert Gavron, Baron Gavron, British printing millionaire
- 1931 - Barbara Bain, American actress
- 1936 - Stefano Delle Chiaie, Italian neo-Nazi
- 1937 - Don Bluth, American animator
- 1938 - Judith Martin, American etiquette writer
- 1938 - John Smith, Labour Party Leader 1992 - 1994.
- 1939 - Richard Kiel, American actor
- 1940 - Óscar Arias, Costa Rican politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- 1941 - Tadao Ando, Japanese architect
- 1941 - Ahmet Necdet Sezer, 10th President of Turkey
- 1941 - David Clayton-Thomas, Canadian singer (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
- 1944 - Jacqueline Bisset, British actress
- 1944 - Peter Cetera, American musician (Chicago)
- 1945 - Noël Godin, Belgian humorist
- 1945 - Andres Küng, Swedish-Estonian politician, journalist (d. 2002)
- 1946 - Frank Marshall, American film producer
- 1948 - Nell Carter, American actress (d. 2003)
- 1948 - Dimitri Nanopoulos, Greek physicist
- 1949 - Fred Sonic Smith, American musician (MC5) (d. 1994)
- 1950 - Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz, Polish politician
- 1951 - Jean Smart, American actress
- 1951 - Linda Wong, Asian adult actress (d. 1987)
- 1952 - Randy Jones, American musician (The Village People)
- 1952 - Raymond O'Connor, American actor
- 1952 - Don Was, American singer
- 1955 - Joe Morris, American musician
- 1957 - John G. Trueschler, American politician.
- 1961 - Dave Mustaine, American musician (Megadeth)
- 1961 - KK Null, Japanese musician
- 1962 - Tõnu Õnnepalu, Estonian poet and author
- 1965 - Zak Starkey, British musician
- 1965 - Annie Duke, American poker player
- 1966 - Maria Furtwängler, German physician
- 1967 - Michael Johnson, American athlete
- 1967 - Tim 'Ripper' Owens, American singer (Iced Earth, ex-Judas Priest)
- 1968 - Emma Sjöberg, Swedish model
- 1968 - Bernie Williams, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1969 - Shane Warne, Australian cricketer
- 1970 - Jason Scott Sadofsky, American programmer
- 1971 - Goran Ivanišević, Croatian tennis player
- 1971 - Manabu Namiki, Japanese composer
- 1971 - Stella McCartney, English activist
- 1973 - Christine Arron, French runner
- 1973 - Fabio Cannavaro, Italian footballer
- 1973 - Kelly Chen, Chinese singer
- 1973 - Marcelinho Paulista, Brazilian footballer
- 1974 - Craig Rivet, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1974 - Keith Murray, American rapper
- 1975 - Joe Don Rooney, American musician (Rascal Flatts)
- 1976 - Giorgos Koltzos, Greek footballer
- 1976 - Craig McMillan, New Zealand cricketer
- 1976 - José Théodore, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1977 - Fiona Apple, American singer
- 1977 - Daisuke Tsuda, Japanese singer (Maximum the Hormone)
- 1978 - Megan Henning, American actress
- 1978 - Darren Kenton, English footballer
- 1979 - Geike Arnaert, Belgian singer (Hooverphonic)
- 1979 - Ivan Miljković, Serbian volleyball player
- 1980 - Han Chae Young, South Korean actress
- 1980 - Daisuke Matsuzaka, Japanese baseball player
- 1980 - Evangelos Nastos, Greek footballer
- 1980 - Viren Rasquinha, Indian field hockey player
- 1980 - Ben Savage, American actor
- 1980 - Michelle Nolan, American musician (Straylight Run)
- 1980 - Teppei Teranishi, American guitarist (Thrice)
- 1981 - Koldo Fernández, Spanish cyclist
- 1982 - Nenê, Brazilian basketball player
- 1982 - Rickie Weeks, American baseball player
- 1983 - James Bourne, English musician
- 1986 - Sean Williams, American basketball player
- 1987 - Luke Fitzgerald, Irish rugby union International
[edit] Deaths
- 81 - Titus, Roman emperor (b. 39)
- 1321 - Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (b. 1265)
- 1438 - Duarte, King of Portugal (b. 1391)
- 1506 - Andrea Mantegna, Italian painter
- 1557 - John Cheke, English classical scholar and statesman (b. 1514)
- 1592 - Michel de Montaigne, French writer (b. 1533)
- 1598 - Philip II, King of Spain (b. 1526)
- 1632 - Leopold V, regent of the Tyrol (b. 1586)
- 1759 - James Wolfe, British general (b. 1727)
- 1766 - Benjamin Heath, English classical scholar (b. 1704)
- 1806 - Charles James Fox, English politician (b. 1749)
- 1808 - Saverio Bettinelli, Italian writer (b. 1718)
- 1847 - Nicolas Oudinot, French marshal (b. 1767)
- 1872 - Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach, German philosopher (b. 1804)
- 1881 - Ambrose Burnside, American Civil War general and politician (b. 1824)
- 1885 - Friedrich Kiel, Austrian composer (b. 1821)
- 1894 - Emmanuel Chabrier, French composer (b. 1841)
- 1904 - Raden Ayu Kartini, Indonesian national heroine (b. 1879)
- 1905 - René Goblet, French politician (b. 1828)
- 1912 - Maresuke Nogi, Japanese general (b. 1849)
- 1915 - Andrew L. Harris, American Civil War hero and Governor of Ohio (b. 1835)
- 1928 - Italo Svevo, Italian author (b. 1861)
- 1946 - Eugene Lanceray, Russian painter (b. 1875)
- 1946 - Amon Göth, commandant of Nazi concentration camp (b. 1908)
- 1949 - August Krogh, Danish zoophysiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1874)
- 1965 - Jean B. Fletcher, American architect (b. 1915)
- 1973 - Betty Field, American actress (b. 1913)
- 1977 - Leopold Stokowski, English conductor (b. 1882)
- 1987 - Mervyn LeRoy, American film director (b. 1900)
- 1991 - Joe Pasternak, American film director (b. 1901)
- 1996 - Tupac Shakur (2Pac), American rapper and actor (b. 1971)
- 1998 - Harry Lumley, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1926)
- 1998 - George Wallace, American politician (b. 1919)
- 1999 - Benjamin Bloom, American educational theorist (b. 1913)
- 2001 - Dorothy McGuire, American actress (b. 1916)
- 2003 - Frank O'Bannon, Governor of Indiana (b. 1930)
- 2004 - Luis E. Miramontes, Mexican chemist, co-inventor of the combined oral contraceptive pill (b. 1925)
- 2005 - Toni Fritsch, Austrian soccer and American football player (b. 1945)
- 2005 - Julio César Turbay Ayala, Colombian politician (b. 1916)
- 2006 - Ann Richards, 46th Governor of Texas (b. 1933)
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