September 13

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is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years). There are 109 days remaining in the year.

Contents

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Holidays and observances
5 Fiction
6 External links

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 - Belisarius and the Roman Empire defeat Gelimer and the Vandals at the Battle of Ad Decimium near Carthage, North Africa.
604 - Pope Sabinian is consecrated.
1440 - Gilles de Rais is 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
1813 - The British fail to capture Baltimore, Maryland. Turning point in the War of 1812.
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 - Union soldiers find Robert E. Lee's battle plans in a field outside Frederick, Maryland.
1898 - Hannibal Williston Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film
1899 - Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
1900 - Filipino resistance fighters defeat a larger American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the Philippine-American War.
1906 - First airplane flight in Europe
1914 - During World War I, South African troops open hostilities in German SW Africa (Namibia) with an assault on the Ramansdrift police station.
1922 - The temperature (in the shade) at Al 'Aziziyah, Libya reaches a world record 136.4 °F (58 °C).
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 - German bombs damage Buckingham Palace.
1940 - Italy invades Egypt.
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 Soviet Union.
1956 - The dyke around the Dutch polder East Flevoland is closed.
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.
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).
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.
1994 - Ulysses probe passes the Sun's south pole.
1999 - Bomb explodes in Moscow, Russia. At least 119 people are killed.
2001 - Civilian airplane traffic in the U.S., which had been grounded following the September 11, 2001 attacks, is allowed to resume.
2002 - One Hour Photo by Mark Romanek is released.
2005 - Macromedia Flash Professional 8 is released.

Births

1087 - John II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1143)
1475 - Cesare Borgia, of France, Duke of Valentinois and Romagna, Prince of Andria and Venafri, Count of Dyois, Lord of Piombino, Camerino and Urbino, Gonfalonier and Captain-General of Holy Church (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 heroine of the War of 1812 (d. 1868)
1802 - Arnold Ruge, German philosopher and political 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 - Milton S. Hershey, American chocolate entrepreneur (d. 1945)
1857 - Michał Drzymała, Polish peasant rebel (d. 1937)
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 - Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian-born composer (d. 1951)
1876 - Sherwood Anderson, American writer (d. 1941)
1877 - Wilhelm Filchner, German explorer (d. 1957)
1885 - Wilhelm Blaschke, Austrian geometer (d. 1962)
1886 - Sir Robert Robinson, British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)
1887 - Lavoslav Ruzicka, Croatian chemist, Nobel Prize 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 athlete and 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, Welsh writer (d. 1990)
1918 - Dick Haymes, Argentine vocalist (d. 1980)
1917 - Robert Ward, American composer (d. 1994)
1922 - Charles Brown, American singer and pianist (d. 1999)
1923 - Edouard Boubat, French photographer
1924 - Maurice Jarre, French composer
1925 - Mel Torme, American singer (d. 1999)
1929 - Nicolai Ghiaurov, Bulgarian opera singer (d. 2004)
1932 - Barbara Bain, American actress
1936 - Stefano Delle Chiaie, Italian neo-Nazi
1937 - Don Bluth, American animator
1938 - Judith Martin, American etiquette writer
1939 - Richard Kiel, American actor
1940 - Óscar Arias, Costa Rican politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1941 - Tadao Ando, Japanese architect
1941 - David Clayton-Thomas, singer (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
1944 - Jacqueline Bisset, British actress
1944 - Peter Cetera, American singer and bass guitarist (Chicago)
1945 - Noël Godin, Belgian humorist
1948 - Nell Carter, American actress and singer (d. 2003)
1950 - Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz, Polish politician
1951 - Linda Wong, Asian pornographic actress (d. 1987)
1952 - Randy Jones, American musician (The Village People)
1952 - Raymond O'Connor, American actor
1952 - Don Was, American singer and composer
1955 - Joe Morris, American jazz guitar player
1959 - Jean Smart, American actress
1961 - Dave Mustaine, American musician (Megadeth)
1961 - KK Null, Japanese musician
1965 - Zak Starkey, British drummer
1966 - Maria Furtwängler, German physician and television actress
1967 - Michael Johnson, American athlete
1967 - Tim Owens, American singer (Iced Earth, ex-Judas Priest)
1968 - Emma Sjöberg, Swedish model and actress
1969 - Shane Warne, Australian cricketer
1970 - Jason Scott Sadofsky, creator/owner of textfiles.com
1971 - Goran Ivanisevic, Croatian tennis player
1971 - Stella McCartney, British fashion designer
1973 - Christine Arron, French runner
1973 - Fabio Cannavaro, Italian footballer
1976 - Craig McMillan, New Zealand cricketer
1976 - Jose Theodore, Canadian NHL player
1977 - Fiona Apple, American singer
1978 - Darren Kenton, English footballer
1979 - Geike Arnaert, lead singer of Hooverphonic
1979 - Ivan Miljković, Serbian volleyball player, Olympian
1980 - Viren Rasquinha, Indian hockey player
1980 - Ben Savage, American actor (Boy Meets World)
1982 - Nenê, Brazilian basketball player
1983 - James Bourne, English musician (Busted, Son Of Dork)

Deaths

81 - Roman Emperor Titus (b. 39)
1321 - Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (b. 1265)
1438 - King Duarte 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 - King Philip II of Spain (b. 1526)
1632 - Archduke Leopold V of Austria, 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)
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)
1949 - August Krogh, Danish zoophysiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (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)
1996 - Tupac Shakur, American rapper and actor (b. 1971)
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 contraceptive pill (b. 1925
2005 - Julio César Turbay Ayala, Colombian politician (b. 1916)
2005 - Toni Fritsch, Austrian soccer and American football player (b. 1945)

Holidays and observances

Roman festivals - epulum Iovis: banquet of Jupiter, on the ides during the Ludi Romani
RC Saints - St John Chrysostom
Also see September 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Fiction

1999 - Lunar nuclear waste dump explodes, sending the Moon hurtling into deep space in [[Space: 1999]]
2000 - Second Impact in Neon Genesis Evangelion

External links

[BBC: On This Day]

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