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What happened in history on this day: September 13?
On September 13 in ...
- 122 - Building begins on Hadrian's Wall.
- 604 - Sabinian begins his reign as Catholic Pope.
- 1321 - Dante Alighieri author of the Divine Comedy, dies.
- 1598 - Philip II King of Spain (1556-98), dies at age 71.
- 1625 - Rabbi Isiah Horowith and 15 other rabbis arrested in Jerusalem.
- 1642 - King Charles of England arrives at Shester with an army of 13,500 men.
- 1663 - First serious slave conspiracy in colonial America (Virginia).
- 1739 - Birth of Grigory Potemkin army officer, statesman, Catherine II's lover, OS.
- 1755 - Birth of Oliver Evans pioneered high-pressure steam engine.
- 1759 - James Wolfe British general (Plains of Abraham), dies at age 32.
- 1759 - Wolfe defeats Montcalm on Plains of Abraham; Canada becomes English.
- 1788 - New York City becomes capital of the United States.
- 1789 - First loan to US Government (from New York City banks).
- 1803 - Death of John Barry; first American commodore.
- 1814 - Start of two-day bombardment of Fort McHenry (USA) by British naval forces.
- 1842 - In the USA, Chris Lilly and Tom McCoy bare-fist fight for 119 rounds, when McCoy falls dead in the ring, after 2 hours 43 minutes. During the fight he had received 100 square blows, and was knocked down 81 times.
- 1848 - Vermont, USA, railroad worker Phineas Gage survives a 3-foot-plus iron rod being driven through his head.
- 1849 - First US prize fight fatality (Tom McCoy).
- 1851 - Birth of Walter Reed; US Army Surgeon, proved mosquitoes transmit yellow fever.
- 1857 - Birth of Milton S Hershey; chocolate manufacturer/philanthropist.
- 1860 - Birth of General John J (Blackjack) Pershing; US commander in WW I.
- 1863 - Birth of Arthur Henderson in Britain; socialist/disarmament worker (Nobel Prize 1934).
- 1866 - Birth of Adolf Meyer; US psychiatrist/neurologist (pioneered mental hygiene).
- 1867 - General E R S Canby orders South Carolina courts to impanel blacks jurors.
- 1874 - Birth of Arnold Schonberg in Vienna, Austria; composer (Second Quartet).
- 1876 - Birth of Sherwood Anderson in Winesburg, Ohio, USA; author/publisher (Winesburg).
- 1882 - At 5:00AM, a British expedition surprise attacks Egyptian army of Colonel Ahmed Arabi at Tel-el-Kebir on road from Ismailia to Cairo, Egypt. They quickly succeed.
- 1885 - Birth of Albert Henry Harris in Croydon, England; philatelic publisher (Harris Publishing, HILATELIC Magazine, Philatelic Trader, Who's Who in Philately, Stamp Collectors' Annual).
- 1894 - Birth of J(ohn) B(oynton) Priestly; author (Good Companions), married Jessica Hawkes.
- 1895 - Birth of Ruth McDevitt in Coldwater, Michigan, USA; actress (Jo - All in the Family).
- 1896 - Birth of Morris Kirksey; US 4 X 100m runner (Olympic-gold-1920).
- 1904 - Birth of Gladys George in Patten, Maine, USA; actress (Roaring Twenties).
- 1906 - First airplane flight in Europe.
- 1907 - Ocean liner La Provence completes sailing from Le Havre, France, to New York in 6 days 1 hour 12 minutes, record time.
- 1912 - Birth of Reta Shaw in South Paris, Maine, USA; actress (The Ghost and Mrs Muir).
- 1913 - Birth of Roy Engle in Missouri, USA; actor (Police Chief - My Favorite Martian).
- 1916 - Birth of Dick Haymes in Buenos Aires, Argentina; singer ("I'll Get By", "You'll Never Know", "Mamselle", "Little White Lies").
- 1917 - Birth of Robert Ward in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; composer (Pantaloon).
- 1918 - Birth of Ray Charles in Chicago, Illinois, USA; orchestra leader (Perry Como).
- 1920 - Birth of Carole Mathews in Montgomery, Illinois, USA; actress (Wilma - The Californians).
- 1922 - 136.4 degrees F (58 degrees C), El Aziziyah, Libya in shade (world record).
- 1924 - Birth of Maurice Jarre in Lyons, France; composer (Dr Zhivago - Academy Award 1966).
- 1924 - Birth of Norman Alden in Fort Worth, Texas, USA; actor (Pilaski - Hennesey, Al - Fay).
- 1924 - Birth of Scott Brady in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (China Syndrome, Gremlins, Johnny Guitar).
- 1925 - Birth of Mel Tormé in Chicago, Illinois, USA; jazz singer "Velvet Fog" (Jet Set, Night Court, "The Christmas Song").
- 1925 - Brooklyn Dodgers' Dazzy Vance no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 10-1.
- 1926 - Birth of Emile Francis; NHL player/coach/general manager (New York Rangers, Saint Louis Blues, Hartford Whalers).
- 1927 - Waite Hoyt becomes the only 20-game winner of the 1927 New York Yankees.
- 1928 - Birth of Ernest L Boyer; educator/chancellor of New York's State Universities (SUNew York).
- 1930 - Birth of James McLane; American 1500m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1948).
- 1930 - A fireball plunges into the sea near Eureka, California.
- 1931 - Birth of Barbara Bain in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Cinnamon - Mission Impossible, Space 1999).
- 1932 - New York Yankees clinch their 7th pennant.
- 1933 - Birth of Eileen Fulton in Asheville, North Carolina, USA; actress (Our Private World, As The World Turns).
- 1936 - Cleveland Indians' Bob Feller strikes out then record 17 in a game (versus Philadelphia Athletics).
- 1937 - Birth of Fred Silverman; television program executive (NBC, ABC), producer (Matlock, In the Heat of the Night, Diagnosis Murder).
- 1939 - French Premier Edouard Daladier assumes functions of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Presidency of Council in Ministry of National Defence and War.
- 1939 - Birth of Larry Speakes; US presidential press secretary.
- 1939 - Birth of Richard Kiel in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actor (James Bond adversary, Barbary Coast, Wild Wild West).
- 1940 - The Italian 10th Army of over 200,000 men, commanded by Marshal Graziani, crosses the Libyan frontier into Egypt, to gain control of the Suez Canal. They venture fifty miles in, and set up defences at Sidi Barrani. This act begins the war in North Africa.
- 1941 - Birth of Oscar Arias Sánchez; president of Costa Rica (1986-) (Nobel Prize 1987).
- 1941 - Birth of David Clayton-Thomas; singer (Blood, Sweat and Tears).
- 1942 - Chicago Cubs shortstop Leonard Merullo makes four errors in one inning.
- 1942 - German forces attack Stalingrad.
- 1943 - Chiang Kai-shek became president of China.
- 1944 - Birth of (Winifred) Jacqueline Bisset in England; actress (Class, Deep, Secrets, Nip/Tuck).
- 1944 - Birth of Peter Cetera in Chicago, Illinois, USA; lead singer (Chicago - "25 or 6 to 4", "Old Days"). (Chicago - "25 or 6 to 4", "Old Days").
- 1948 - Birth of Clyde Kusatsu in Honolulu, Hawaii; actor (Ali - Bring 'em Back Alive).
- 1948 - Birth of Nell Carter in Birmingham, Alabama, USA; actress and singer (Nell - Gimme a Break, Lobo, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper).
- 1949 - Ladies Pro Golf Association of America formed in New York City, New York.
- 1950 - Sara Allgood, actress (Jane Eyre, Spiral Staircase), dies at age 56.
- 1951 - Birth of David Clayton-Thomas; singer (Blood Sweat and Tears - "You've Made Me So Very Happy", "Spinning Wheel").
- 1952 - Birth of Karen Wyman in the Bronx, New York, USA; singer ("Long and Winding Road").
- 1952 - Birth of Randy Jones; singer (Village People).
- 1953 - Birth of Taryn Power in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Maria).
- 1956 - Birth of Joni Sledge in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; vocalist (Sister Sledge - "We are Family").
- 1956 - Birth of Geri Jewell; actress (The Facts of Life, Deadwood).
- 1956 - In the USA, IBM introduces the IBM 350 Disk File, the first hard drive, as part of the IBM RAMAC 305 computer. The drive features fifty double-sided 24-inch diameter platters, served by one arm and one read/write head. Capacity is about 5MB, and transfer rate is 8800 characters per second.
- 1958 - Birth of Ann Dusenberry in Tucson, Arizona, USA; actress (Jaws 2, Lies, Basic Training).
- 1959 - Birth of Jean Smart in Seattle, Washington, USA; actress (24, Frasier, Designing Women).
- 1960 - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission bans the practice of record companies paying disc jockeys to play certain records.
- 1961 - Birth of Dave Mustaine; singer, guitarist (Megadeth).
- 1961 - NBC debuts the police sitcom Car 54 Where are You?.
- 1961 - Unmanned Mercury-Atlas 4 launched into Earth orbit.
- 1963 - New York Yankees clinch their 28th pennant.
- 1964 - Birth of Tavis Smiley; radio and TV personality (PBS).
- 1965 - Today Show's first totally color TV broadcast.
- 1965 - Willie Mays hits his 500th home run.
- 1967 - Birth of Steve Perkins; drummer (Porno for Pyros, Jane's Addiction.
- 1967 - Birth of Louis Mandylor; actor (Relic Hunter, My Big Fat Greek Life).
- 1969 - CBS begins airing The Monkees 30-minute comedy TV show.
- 1969 - NBC airs the last Get Smart TV show.
- 1970 - Birth of Louise Lombard; actress (CSI).
- 1970 - IBM announces System 370 computer.
- 1971 - Nine hostages and 28 prisoners die in take-over at Attica State Prison.
- 1971 - Frank Robinson hits his 500th home run.
- 1971 - World Hockey Association is formed.
- 1972 - ABC premieres The Julie Andrews Hour 60-minute variety TV show.
- 1973 - ABC announces it obtained TV rights for the 1976 Olympics.
- 1973 - US Congress passes and sends a bill to President Richard Nixon to lift football's blackout.
- 1974 - Philadelphia Phillies set National League record, using 27 players in a game, Saint Louis Cardinals uses 24, tying record of 51. Philadelphia Phillies win 7-3 in 17.
- 1974 - NBC-TV airs the first episode of The Rockford Files, starring James Garner.
- 1974 - NBC-TV airs the first episode of Police Woman, starring Angie Dickenson.
- 1975 - Birth of Scott Vickaryous in Port Alberni, BC, Canada; actor (Breaker High, Boston Public).
- 1975 - Birth of Joe Don Rooney; country guitarist (Rascal Flatts).
- 1977 - First TV "viewer discretion warning" - Soap.
- 1978 - New York Yankees win to gain sole possession of first place from 14 games back.
- 1979 - South Africa grants Venda independence (not recognized out of South Africa).
- 1980 - Birth of Hector Cervantes; guitarist (Casting Crowns).
- 1980 - Birth of Ben Savage; actor (Boy Meets World, Dear John).
- 1981 - April Moon sets women's handbow distance record of 1,039 yards, 13 inches.
- 1981 - Atlanta Falcons tie record of 31 points in fourth quarter (vs Green Bay Packers).
- 1981 - John McEnroe beats Björn Borg for US Open title.
- 1981 - William Loeb, publisher of Manchester Union Leader, New Hampshire, dies at age 75.
- 1982 - Fifty die in Spantax Airlines DC-10 on takeoff from Malaga, Spain.
- 1982 - Joe Lefevre gets six hits in one baseball game.
- 1982 - Death of Philip Ober at age 80 of heart failure; actor (General Stone - I Dream of Jeannie TV show, I Love Lucy TV show).
- 1983 - US mint strikes first gold coin in 50 years (Olympic Eagle).
- 1984 - In Honshu, Japan, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake occurs. At least 24 people killed and severe damage and landslides in the Otaki area.
- 1986 - Bert Blyleven gives up a record 44 home runs in a season.
- 1986 - In Southern Greece, a magnitude 5.7 earthquake occurs. At least twenty people killed, about 300 injured, 2,500 homeless and 1,500 buildings damaged or destroyed.
- 1986 - ABC begins airing the TV show The Wuzzles.
- 1986 - Kellye Cash (Miss Tennessee) crowned Miss America.
- 1987 - Paul Lynch of Great Britain does 32,573 push-ups in 24 hours.
- 1987 - A radiotherapy machine from an abandoned cancer treatment clinic in Goiânia, Brazil, is broken open, exposing cesium 137 blue powder to hundreds of people. Second worst nuclear accident in the world.
- 1988 - 10th time, four players hit baseball major-league record grand slams.
- 1988 - Hurricane Gilbert becomes strongest (26.13 barometer) hurricane in Western Hemisphere.
- 1989 - Fay Vincent becomes Major League Baseball's eighth commissioner when he succeeds the late Bart Giamatti.
- 1990 - Iraqi troops storm the residence of French ambassador in Kuwait.
- 1990 - NBC airs the first episode of TV show Law and Order.
- 1991 - A 55-ton concrete beam falls in Montreal's Olympic Stadium.
- 1991 - Joe Coleman's third 100 RBI season in a row with three teams (Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres, and Toronto Blue Jays).
- 1993 - Norwegian parliamentary election: The Labour Party wins a plurality of the seats, and Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland retains office.
- 1993 - Palistinian Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shake hands in Washington D.C., after signing the Oslo peace accord.
- 1993 - NBC debuts the Late Night with Conan O'Brien TV show.
- 1993 - Acclaim Entertainment releases the Mortal Kombat video game for the Super NES, Genesis, Game Boy, and Game Gear game systems in the US. Price for the Super NES is US$74.99, for the Game Boy US$34.99. Acclaim spent US$10 million on pre-release marketing, declaring the day "Mortal Monday".
- 1994 - US President Bill Clinton signs the Assault Weapons Ban, which bans the manufacture of new weapons with certain features for a period of ten years.
- 1995 - Birth of Mitch Holleman; actor (Reba).
- 1996 - CBS began airing the television series Everybody Loves Raymond.
- 2001 - Due the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Major League Baseball postpones all games through September 17.
- 2001 - Death of Dorothy McGuire at age 85 of heart disease; actress (Rich Man, Poor Man, Little Women, The Young and The Restless, St. Elsewhere, Highway to Heaven, The Love Boat).
- 2003 - Indiana Governor Frank O'Bannon dies after suffering a stroke on September 8 in Chicago, Illinois. Joe Kernan, the Lieutenant Governor, is sworn in as Indiana's 48th Governor.
- 2004 - The U.S. Assault Weapons Ban expires.
- 2006 - The Dawson College Shooting occurs in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, leaving one student dead and 19 others injured.
- 2006 - The solar system's largest dwarf planet, designated until now as 2003 UB313, is officially named "Eris"; its satellite is now known as "Dysnomia".
- 2006 - Death of Ann Richards, Governor of Texas, USA (born 1933).
- 2007 - Royal Caribbean Cruises launches new cruise line, CDF Croisières de France for the French market.
- 2007 - The Burj Dubai became the world's tallest free standing structure after surpassing the CN Tower in Toronto.
- 2008 - Hurricane Ike hits Galveston, Texas, as Category 2, causing estimated damage of US$27 billion, 3rd costliest in US history.
- 2009 - In Monza, Italy, round 13 of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship is won by Rubens Barrichello.
- 2010 - Rafael Nadal wins the U.S. Open tennis championship, defeating Novak Djokovic 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2.
- 2017 - The International Olympic Committee awards Paris, France and Los Angeles, California the right to host the 2024 and 2028 Summer Olympics, respectively.
- 2021 - Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and Anwar Ibrahim, the leader of the main Malaysian opposition coalition Pakatan Harapan, sign a confidence and supply agreement ending the 18-month political crisis that has led to the fall of two successive governments in Malaysia.
- 2021 - Death of Borisav Jovic, 12th President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia (born 1928).
- 2022 - Fighting breaks out on the disputed border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, with artillery barrages and drone attacks, resulting in about 100 soldiers killed.
- 2022 - Death of Jean-Luc Godard at age 91; French film-maker (À Bout de Souffle (1960), Le Mépris (1963), Bande à Part (1964), Une Femme Mariée (1964), Pierrot le Fou (1965), Two or Three Things I Know Abour Her (1967), Weekend (1967), Goodbye to Language (2014), Alphaville, Breathless).
- 2022 - Death of Jean-Luc Godard at age 91; Swiss film director (Breathless (1959), Contempt (1963), Pierrot le Fou (1965)).
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