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What happened on September 13 - World events by date
Births1087 - 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)
Deaths81 - 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)
Events509 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.
HolidaysRoman 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) 1999 - Lunar nuclear waste dump explodes, sending the Moon hurtling into deep space in Space: 1999 2000 - Second Impact in Neon Genesis Evangelion |
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