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September 13 is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 109 days remain until the end of the year.

Events[]

  • 585 BCLucius Tarquinius Priscus, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victories over the Sabines, and the surrender of Collatia.
  • 509 BC – The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on Rome's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September.
  • 379Yax Nuun Ahiin I is crowned as 15th Ajaw of Tikal
  • 533Belisarius of the Byzantine Empire defeats Gelimer and the Vandals at the Battle of Ad Decimum, near Carthage, North Africa.
  • 1229Ögedei Khan is proclaimed Khagan of the Mongol Empire in Kodoe Aral, Khentii: Mongolia.
  • 1437Battle of Tangier: a Portuguese expeditionary force initiates a failed attempt to seize the Moroccan citadel of Tangier.
  • 1501Italian Renaissance: Michelangelo begins work on his statue of David.
  • 1504Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand issue a Royal Warrant for the construction of a Royal Chapel (Capilla Real) to be built.
  • 1541 – After three years of exile, John Calvin returns to Geneva to reform the church under a body of doctrine known as Calvinism.
  • 1584San Lorenzo del Escorial Palace in Madrid is finished.
  • 1609Henry Hudson reaches the river that would later be named after him – the Hudson River.
  • 1645Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Scottish Royalists are defeated by Covenanters at the Battle of Philiphaugh.
  • 1743 – Great Britain, Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia sign the Treaty of Worms.
  • 1759Battle of the Plains of Abraham: the British defeat the French near Quebec City in the Seven Years' War, known in the United States as the French and Indian War.
  • 1782American Revolutionary War: Franco-Spanish troops launch the unsuccessful "grand assault" during the Great Siege of Gibraltar.
  • 1788 – The Philadelphia Convention sets the date for the first presidential election in the United States, and New York City becomes the country's temporary capital.
  • 1791 – King Louis XVI of France accepts the new constitution.
  • 1808Finnish War: In the Battle of Jutas, Swedish forces under Lieutenant General Georg Carl von Döbeln beat the Russians, making von Döbeln a Swedish war hero.
  • 1812War of 1812: A supply wagon sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows.
  • 1814 – In a turning point in the War of 1812, the British fail to capture Baltimore. During the battle, Francis Scott Key composes his poem "Defence of Fort McHenry", which is later set to music and becomes the United States' national anthem.
  • 1843 – The Greek Army rebels (OS date: September 3) against the autocratic rule of king Otto of Greece, demanding the granting of a constitution.
  • 1847Mexican–American War: Six teenage military cadets known as Niños Héroes die defending Chapultepec Castle in the Battle of Chapultepec. American troops under General Winfield Scott capture Mexico City in the Mexican–American War.
  • 1848 – Vermont railroad worker Phineas Gage survives an iron rod 1 14 inches (3.2 cm) in diameter being driven through his brain; the reported effects on his behavior and personality stimulate discussion of the nature of the brain and its functions.
  • 1862American Civil War: Union soldiers find a copy of Robert E. Lee's battle plans in a field outside Frederick, Maryland. It is the prelude to the Battle of Antietam.
  • 1882Anglo-Egyptian War: The Battle of Tel el-Kebir is fought.
  • 1898Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
  • 1899Henry 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 (5,199 m – 17,058 ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
  • 1900 – Filipino insurgents defeat a small American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the Philippine–American War.
  • 1906 – The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
  • 1914World War I: The Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France.
  • 1922 – The final act of the Greco-Turkish War, the Great Fire of Smyrna, commences.
  • 1923 – Following a military coup in Spain, Miguel Primo de Rivera takes over, setting up a dictatorship.
  • 1933Elizabeth McCombs becomes the first woman elected to the New Zealand Parliament.
  • 1942World War II: Second day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge in the Guadalcanal Campaign. U.S. Marines successfully defeated attacks by the Japanese with heavy losses for the Japanese forces.
  • 1944 – World War II: Start of the Battle of Meligalas between the Greek Resistance forces of the Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS) and the collaborationist security battalions.
  • 1948 – Deputy Prime Minister of India Vallabhbhai Patel orders the Army to move into Hyderabad to integrate it with the Indian Union.
  • 1948 – Margaret Chase Smith is elected United States senator, and becomes the first woman to serve in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
  • 1953Nikita Khrushchev is appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
  • 1956 – The IBM 305 RAMAC is introduced, the first commercial computer to use disk storage.[1]
  • 1956 – The dike around the Dutch polder East Flevoland is closed.
  • 1962 – An appeals court orders the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith, the first African-American student admitted to the segregated university.
  • 1964South Vietnamese Generals Lâm Văn Phát and Dương Văn Đức fail in a coup attempt against General Nguyễn Khánh.
  • 1964 – Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a crowd of 20,000 West Berliners on Sunday, in Waldbühne.[2]
  • 1968Cold War: Albania leaves the Warsaw Pact.
  • 1971 – State police and National Guardsmen storm New York's Attica Prison to quell a prison revolt, which claimed 43 lives.[3]
  • 1971 – Chairman Mao Zedong's second in command and successor Marshal Lin Biao flees the People's Republic of China after the failure of an alleged coup. His plane crashes in Mongolia, killing all aboard.
  • 1977General Motors introduces Diesel engine, with Oldsmobile Diesel engine, in the Delta 88, Oldsmobile 98, and Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser models amongst others.[4]
  • 1979 – South Africa grants independence to the "homeland" of Venda (not recognised outside South Africa).
  • 1985Super Mario Bros. is released in Japan for the NES, which starts the Super Mario series of platforming games.
  • 1987Goiânia accident: A radioactive object is stolen from an abandoned hospital in Goiânia, Brazil, contaminating many people in the following weeks and causing some to die from radiation poisoning.
  • 1988Hurricane Gilbert is the strongest recorded hurricane in the Western Hemisphere, later replaced by Hurricane Wilma in 2005 (based on barometric pressure).
  • 1989 – Largest anti-Apartheid march in South Africa, led by Desmond Tutu.
  • 1993 – Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shakes hands with Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat at the White House after signing the Oslo Accords granting limited Palestinian autonomy.
  • 2001 – Civilian aircraft traffic resumes in the United States after the September 11 attacks.
  • 2007 – The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is adopted by the United Nations General Assembly.
  • 2008Delhi, India, is hit by a series of bomb blasts, resulting in 30 deaths and 130 injuries.
  • 2008 – Hurricane Ike makes landfall on the Texas Gulf Coast of the United States, causing heavy damage to Galveston Island, Houston, and surrounding areas.
  • 2013Taliban insurgents attack the United States consulate in Herat, Afghanistan, with two members of the Afghan National Police reported dead and about 20 civilians injured.
  • 2018 – The Merrimack Valley gas explosions: One person is killed, 25 are injured, and 40 homes are destroyed when excessive natural gas pressure caused fires and explosions.

Births[]

  • AD 64Julia Flavia, Roman daughter of Titus (d. AD 91)
  • 678K'inich Ahkal Mo' Nahb III, Mayan ruler (d. 730)
  • 1087John II Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1143)
  • 1373Minkhaung I, King of Ava (d. 1421)[5]
  • 1475Cesare Borgia, Italian cardinal (d. 1507)
  • 1502John Leland, English poet and historian (d. 1552)
  • 1521William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, English academic and politician, Lord High Treasurer (d. 1598)
  • 1583Girolamo Frescobaldi, Italian pianist and composer (d. 1643)
  • 1594Francesco Manelli, Italian theorbo player and composer (d. 1667)
  • 1604Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet, English commander and politician (d. 1661)
  • 1755Oliver Evans, American inventor, engineer and businessman (d. 1819)
  • 1802Arnold Ruge, German philosopher and author (d. 1880)
  • 1813John Sedgwick, American general and educator (d. 1864)
  • 1818Lucy Goode Brooks, Former American slave and a founder of Friends' Asylum for Colored Orphans (d. 1900)[6]
  • 1819Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer (d. 1896)
  • 1830Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian author (d. 1916)
  • 1842John H. Bankhead, American soldier and politician (d. 1920)
  • 1851Walter Reed, American physician and biologist (d. 1902)
  • 1857Michał Drzymała, Polish rebel and activist (d. 1937)
  • 1857 – Milton S. Hershey, American businessman, founded The Hershey Company (d. 1945)
  • 1860John J. Pershing, American general and lawyer (d. 1948)
  • 1865William Birdwood, Indian-English field marshal (d. 1951)
  • 1872Kijūrō Shidehara, Japanese politician and diplomat, 44th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1951)
  • 1873Constantin Carathéodory, German mathematician and author (d. 1950)
  • 1874Henry F. Ashurst, American lawyer and politician (d. 1962)
  • 1874 – Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian composer and painter (d. 1951)
  • 1876Sherwood Anderson, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1941)
  • 1877Wilhelm Filchner, German-Swiss explorer (d. 1957)
  • 1877 – Stanley Lord, English captain (d. 1962)
  • 1880Jesse L. Lasky, American film producer, co-founded Famous Players-Lasky (d. 1958)
  • 1882Ramón Grau, Cuban physician and politician, 6th President of Cuba (d. 1969)
  • 1883LeRoy Samse, American pole vaulter (d. 1956)
  • 1883 – Petros Voulgaris, Greek admiral and politician, 136th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1957)[7]
  • 1885Wilhelm Blaschke, Austrian-German mathematician and academic (d. 1962)
  • 1886Amelie Beese, German pilot and sculptor (d. 1925)
  • 1886 – Robert Robinson, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)
  • 1887Leopold Ružička, Croatian-Swiss biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976)
  • 1890Antony Noghès, French-Monegasque businessman, founded the Monaco Grand Prix (d. 1978)
  • 1891Max Pruss, German captain and pilot (d. 1960)
  • 1893Larry Shields, American clarinet player (d. 1953)
  • 1894J. B. Priestley, English novelist and playwright (d. 1984)
  • 1894 – Julian Tuwim, Polish poet, playwright, and director (d. 1953)
  • 1895Morris Kirksey, American rugby player and sprinter (d. 1981)
  • 1898Roger Désormière, French conductor and composer (d. 1963)
  • 1898 – C. Sittampalam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (d. 1964)
  • 1899Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, Romanian politician (d. 1938)
  • 1903Claudette Colbert, French-American actress (d. 1996)
  • 1904 – Alberta Williams King, American civil rights organizer, mother of Martin Luther King, Jr. (d. 1974)
  • 1904Gladys George, American actress (d. 1954)
  • 1908Chu Berry, American saxophonist (d. 1941)
  • 1908 – Karolos Koun, Greek director and playwright (d. 1987)
  • 1908 – Sicco Mansholt, Dutch farmer and politician, 4th President of the European Commission (d. 1995)
  • 1908 – Mae Questel, American actress and vocal artist (d. 1998)
  • 1909Ray Bowden, English footballer (d. 1998)
  • 1909 – Frits Thors, Dutch journalist and radio host (d. 2014)
  • 1911Bill Monroe, American singer-songwriter and mandolin player (d. 1996)
  • 1912Maurice K. Goddard, American colonel and politician (d. 1995)
  • 1912 – Reta Shaw, American actress (d. 1982)
  • 1914Leonard Feather, English-American pianist, composer, producer, and journalist (d. 1994)
  • 1916Roald Dahl, British novelist, poet, and screenwriter (d. 1990)
  • 1917Carol Kendall, American historian and author (d. 2012)
  • 1917 – Robert Ward, American soldier, composer, and educator (d. 2013)
  • 1918Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter and conductor (d. 2015)
  • 1918 – Dick Haymes, Argentinian actor and singer (d. 1980)
  • 1919Mary Midgley, English philosopher and author (d. 2018)
  • 1919 – George Weidenfeld, Baron Weidenfeld, Austrian-English journalist, publisher, and philanthropist (d. 2016)
  • 1920Else Holmelund Minarik, Danish-American journalist and author (d. 2012)
  • 1922Charles Brown, American singer and pianist (d. 1999)
  • 1922 – Caroline Duby Glassman, American lawyer and jurist (d. 2013)
  • 1923Édouard Boubat, French photographer and journalist (d. 1999)
  • 1924Harold Blair, Australian tenor and educator (d. 1976)
  • 1924 – Scott Brady, American actor (d. 1985)
  • 1924 – Maurice Jarre, French composer and conductor (d. 2009)
  • 1925Mel Tormé, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1999)
  • 1926Andrew Brimmer, American economist and academic (d. 2012)
  • 1926 – Emile Francis, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
  • 1926 – J. Frank Raley Jr., American soldier and politician (d. 2012)
  • 1927Laura Cardoso, Brazilian actress
  • 1928Robert Indiana, American painter and sculptor (d. 2018)
  • 1928 – Tzannis Tzannetakis, Greek soldier and politician, 175th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2010)
  • 1930Robert Gavron, Baron Gavron, English publisher and philanthropist (d. 2015)
  • 1931Barbara Bain, American actress
  • 1931 – Robert Bédard, Canadian tennis player and sportscaster
  • 1931 – Marjorie Jackson-Nelson, Australian sprinter and politician, 33rd Governor of South Australia
  • 1931 – Rein Maran, Estonian cinematographer
  • 1931 – Lauretta Ngcobo, South African novelist and essayist (d. 2015)
  • 1932Fernando González Pacheco, Spanish-Colombian journalist and actor (d. 2014)
  • 1932 – Radoslav Brzobohatý, Czech actor (d. 2012)
  • 1932 – Bengt Hallberg, Swedish pianist and composer (d. 2013)
  • 1933Eileen Fulton, American actress
  • 1933 – Donald Mackay, Australian businessman and activist (d. 1977)
  • 1933 – Lewie Steinberg, American bass player (d. 2016)
  • 1934Tony Pickard, English tennis player and coach
  • 1936Stefano Delle Chiaie, Italian activist, founded National Vanguard
  • 1937Don Bluth, American animator, director, and producer, co-founded Sullivan Bluth Studios and Fox Animation Studios
  • 1938John Smith, Scottish lawyer and politician, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 1994)
  • 1939Arleen Auger, American soprano and educator (d. 1993)
  • 1939 – Richard Kiel, American actor and voice artist (d. 2014)[8]
  • 1939 – Guntis Ulmanis, Latvian economist and politician, 5th President of Latvia
  • 1939 – Joel-Peter Witkin, American photographer
  • 1940Óscar Arias, Costa Rican politician, President of Costa Rica, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1940 – Kerry Stokes, Australian businessman
  • 1941Tadao Ando, Japanese architect and academic, designed Piccadilly Gardens
  • 1941 – David Clayton-Thomas, English-Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1941 – Ahmet Necdet Sezer, Turkish judge and politician, 10th President of the Republic of Turkey
  • 1942Michel Côté, Canadian businessman and politician
  • 1943Mildred D. Taylor, American author
  • 1944Carol Barnes, English journalist (d. 2008)
  • 1944 – Jacqueline Bisset, English actress and producer
  • 1944 – Peter Cetera, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
  • 1944 – Midget Farrelly, Australian surfer (d. 2016)
  • 1944 – Leslie Harvey, Scottish guitarist (d. 1972)
  • 1945Noël Godin, Belgian actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 1945 – Andres Küng, Swedish journalist and politician (d. 2002)
  • 1946Frank Marshall, American director and producer
  • 1946 – Henri Kuprashvili, Georgian swimmer
  • 1948Nell Carter, American actress and singer (d. 2003)
  • 1948 – Dimitri Nanopoulos, Greek physicist and academic
  • 1948 – Sitiveni Rabuka, Fijian general and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Fiji
  • 1949John W. Henry, American businessman
  • 1950Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, Polish lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Poland
  • 1950 – Pat Holland, English footballer and manager
  • 1950 – Jeff Lowe, American mountaineer
  • 1951Anne Devlin, Irish author, playwright, and screenwriter
  • 1951 – Salva Kiir Mayardit, South Sudanese politician, 1st President of South Sudan
  • 1951 – Jean Smart, American actress
  • 1952Réjean Giroux, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1952 – Randy Jones, American pop and disco singer
  • 1952 – Don Was, American bass player and producer
  • 1954Steve Kilbey, English-Australian singer-songwriter and bass player
  • 1955Colin Moynihan, 4th Baron Moynihan, English rower and politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics
  • 1955 – Joe Morris, American guitarist and composer
  • 1956Alain Ducasse, French-Monégasque chef
  • 1956 – Anne Geddes, Australian-New Zealand photographer and fashion designer
  • 1956 – Joni Sledge, American singer and songwriter (d. 2017)
  • 1957Vinny Appice, American rock drummer
  • 1957 – Judy Blumberg, American ice dancer and sportscaster
  • 1957 – Mal Donaghy, Irish footballer and manager
  • 1957 – Brad Hooker, English-American philosopher and academic
  • 1957 – Eleanor King, English lawyer and judge
  • 1957 – John G. Trueschler, American lawyer and politician
  • 1957 – Mark Wiebe, American golfer
  • 1957 – Keith Black, American neurosurgeon and academic
  • 1958Bobby Davro, English comedian and actor
  • 1958 – Paweł Przytocki, Polish conductor and academic
  • 1958 – Kōji Tamaki, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor
  • 1959Tatyana Mitkova, Russian journalist
  • 1960Kevin Carter, South African photojournalist (d. 1994)
  • 1961Dave Mustaine, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1961 – KK Null, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1961 – Peter Roskam, American lawyer and politician
  • 1962Neal Lancaster, American golfer
  • 1962 – Tõnu Õnnepalu, Estonian author
  • 1963Yuri Alexandrov, Russian boxer (d. 2013)
  • 1963 – Antony Galione, Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Oxford
  • 1963 – Theodoros Roussopoulos, Greek journalist and politician
  • 1963 – Robin Smith, South African-English cricketer
  • 1964Tavis Smiley, American talk show host, journalist, and author
  • 1965Annie Duke, American poker player and author
  • 1965 – Jeff Ross, American comedian, director, and author
  • 1965 – Zak Starkey, English drummer
  • 1966Maria Furtwängler, German physician and actress
  • 1966 – Brendan Hall, Australian rugby league player
  • 1967Michael Johnson, American former sprinter and journalist
  • 1967 – Tim "Ripper" Owens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1967 – Stephen Perkins, American drummer and songwriter
  • 1968Brad Johnson, American football player
  • 1968 – Bernie Williams, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and guitarist
  • 1969Daniel Fonseca, Uruguayan footballer
  • 1969 – Tyler Perry, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1969 – Shane Warne, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
  • 1970Lee Abramson, American bass player and composer (d. 2016)
  • 1970 – Martín Herrera, Argentinian footballer
  • 1970 – Louise Lombard, English actress
  • 1971Ben Alexander, Australian rugby league player (d. 1992)
  • 1971 – Goran Ivanišević, Croatian tennis player and coach
  • 1971 – Stella McCartney, English fashion designer
  • 1971 – Manabu Namiki, Japanese pianist and composer
  • 1973Christine Arron, French runner
  • 1973 – Fabio Cannavaro, Italian footballer and manager
  • 1973 – Carlo Nash, English footballer and photographer
  • 1974Travis Knight, American basketball player
  • 1974 – Éric Lapointe, Canadian football player
  • 1974 – Craig Rivet, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1975Akihiro Asai, Japanese race car driver
  • 1975 – Joe Don Rooney, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1976Ro Khanna, American politician
  • 1976 – Craig McMillan, New Zealand cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
  • 1976 – Elvis Mihailenko, Latvian boxer, trainer, and sportscaster
  • 1976 – José Théodore, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
  • 1976 – Puma Swede, Swedish pornographic actress
  • 1977Fiona Apple, American singer-songwriter, producer, and pianist
  • 1977 – Ivan De Battista, Maltese actor, singer, director, and producer
  • 1977 – Daisuke Tsuda, Japanese singer-songwriter and drummer
  • 1978Swizz Beatz, American rapper and producer
  • 1978 – Peter Sunde, Swedish businessman
  • 1978 – Masato Shibata, Japanese wrestler
  • 1979Geike Arnaert, Belgian singer
  • 1979 – Tony Henry, English footballer
  • 1980Andreas Biermann, German footballer (d. 2014)
  • 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
  • 1981Koldo Fernández, Spanish cyclist
  • 1981 – Angelina Love, Canadian-American wrestler
  • 1982Lloyd Dyer, English footballer
  • 1982 – Nenê, Brazilian basketball player
  • 1982 – Rickie Weeks, American baseball player
  • 1982 – Colin Marston, American guitarist, bassist, and producer/engineer
  • 1982 – Miha Zupan, Slovenian basketball player
  • 1983James Bourne, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1983 – Molly Crabapple, American illustrator and journalist
  • 1983 – Ryan Del Monte, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1983 – Eduard Ratnikov, Estonian footballer
  • 1984Nabil Abou-Harb, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1984 – Baron Corbin, American wrestler
  • 1985David Jordan, English singer-songwriter
  • 1985 – Tom Learoyd-Lahrs, Australian rugby league player
  • 1986Steve Colpaert, Belgian footballer
  • 1986 – Derek Hardman, American football player
  • 1986 – Kamui Kobayashi, Japanese race car driver
  • 1986 – Sean Williams, American basketball player
  • 1987Edenilson Bergonsi, Brazilian footballer
  • 1987 – Jonathan de Guzmán, Canadian-Dutch footballer
  • 1987 – Luke Fitzgerald, Irish rugby player
  • 1987 – Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgarian tennis player
  • 1988Luis Rentería, Panamanian footballer (d. 2014)
  • 1988 – Keith Treacy, Irish footballer
  • 1989Elysée Irié Bi Séhi, Ivorian footballer
  • 1989 – Kenny Edwards, New Zealand rugby league player
  • 1989 – Jon Mannah, Australian rugby league player (d. 2013)
  • 1989 – Thomas Müller, German footballer
  • 1989 – William Owusu, Ghanaian footballer
  • 1990Aoi Nakabeppu, Japanese model and actress
  • 1990 – Luciano Narsingh, Dutch footballer
  • 1991Ksenia Afanasyeva, Russian gymnast
  • 1993Niall Horan, Irish singer
  • 1993 – Alice Merton, German-Canadian-English singer and songwriter
  • 1994Leonor Andrade, Portuguese singer
  • 1994 – Cameron Munster, Australian rugby league player
  • 1995Robbie Kay, English actor
  • 1995 – Jerry Tollbring, Swedish handball player
  • 1995 – João Carlos Almeida Leandro, Portuguese footballer
  • 1995 – Shubham Khajuria, Indian cricketer
  • 1996Playboi Carti, American rapper
  • 1996 – Joseph Boyce, actor and filmmaker

Deaths[]

  • AD 81Titus, Roman emperor (b. AD 39)
  • 413Marcellinus of Carthage, martyr and saint
  • 531Kavad I, Sasanian King of Kings of Iran (b. 473)[9]
  • 864Pietro Tradonico, doge of Venice
  • 908Cormac mac Cuilennáin, king of Munster (Ireland)
  • 1313Notburga, Austrian saint (b. 1265)
  • 1409Isabella of Valois, queen consort of England (b. 1387)
  • 1488Charles II, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1434)
  • 1506Andrea Mantegna, Italian painter and engraver (b. 1431)
  • 1557John Cheke, English scholar and politician, Secretary of State for England (b. 1514)
  • 1592Michel de Montaigne, French philosopher and author (b. 1533)
  • 1598Philip II of Spain (b. 1526)
  • 1612Karin Månsdotter, Queen of Sweden (b. 1550)
  • 1632Leopold V, Archduke of Austria (b. 1586)
  • 1759James Wolfe, English general (b. 1727)
  • 1766Benjamin Heath, English scholar and author (b. 1704)
  • 1800Claude Martin, French-English general and explorer (b. 1735)
  • 1806Charles James Fox, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (b. 1749)
  • 1808Saverio Bettinelli, Italian poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1718)
  • 1813Hezqeyas, Ethiopian emperor
  • 1847Nicolas Oudinot, French general (b. 1767)
  • 1871İbrahim Şinasi, Turkish journalist, author, and translator (b. 1826)
  • 1872Ludwig Feuerbach, German anthropologist and philosopher (b. 1804)
  • 1881Ambrose Burnside, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1824)
  • 1885Friedrich Kiel, German composer and educator (b. 1821)
  • 1894Emmanuel Chabrier, French pianist and composer (b. 1841)
  • 1905René Goblet, French lawyer and politician, 52nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
  • 1910Rajanikanta Sen, Bangladeshi poet and composer (b. 1865)
  • 1912Joseph Furphy, Australian author and poet (b. 1843)
  • 1912 – Nogi Maresuke, Japanese general (b. 1849)
  • 1913Aurel Vlaicu, Romanian pilot and engineer (b. 1882)
  • 1915Andrew L. Harris, American general and politician, 44th Governor of Ohio (b. 1835)
  • 1918Frederic Crowninshield, American artist and author (b. 1845)
  • 1928Italo Svevo, Italian author and playwright (b. 1861)
  • 1929Jatindra Nath Das, Indian activist (b. 1904)
  • 1931Lili Elbe, Danish model and painter (b. 1882)
  • 1937David Robertson, Scottish rugby player and golfer (b. 1869)
  • 1941Elias Disney, Canadian-American farmer and businessman (b. 1859)
  • 1944W. Heath Robinson, English cartoonist (b. 1872)
  • 1946Amon Göth, Austrian captain (b. 1908)
  • 1946 – Eugene Lanceray, Russian painter, sculptor, and illustrator (b. 1875)
  • 1946 – William Watt, Australian lawyer and politician, 24th Premier of Victoria (b. 1871)
  • 1949August Krogh, Danish physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
  • 1953Mary Brewster Hazelton, American painter (b. 1868)
  • 1960Leó Weiner, Hungarian composer and educator (b. 1885)
  • 1967Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, Yemeni-Saudi Arabian businessman, founded Saudi Binladin Group (b. 1903)
  • 1967 – Robert George, English air marshal and politician, 24th Governor of South Australia (b. 1896)
  • 1967 – Leonard Lord, English businessman (b. 1896)
  • 1971Lin Biao, Chinese general and politician, 2nd Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1907)
  • 1973Betty Field, American actress (b. 1913)
  • 1973 – Sajjad Zaheer, Indian poet and philosopher (b. 1905)
  • 1975Mudicondan Venkatarama Iyer, Indian singer and musicologist (b. 1897)
  • 1976Armand Mondou, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1905)
  • 1976 – Albert Tessier, Canadian priest, historian, and director (b. 1895)
  • 1977Leopold Stokowski, English conductor (b. 1882)
  • 1982Reed Crandall, American illustrator (b. 1917)
  • 1985Dane Rudhyar, French-American astrologer, composer, and author (b. 1895)
  • 1987Mervyn LeRoy, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1900)
  • 1991Robert Irving, English soldier and conductor (b. 1913)
  • 1991 – Metin Oktay, Turkish footballer and manager (b. 1936)
  • 1991 – Joe Pasternak, Hungarian-American production manager and producer (b. 1901)
  • 1993Carl Voss, American ice hockey player and referee (b. 1907)
  • 1996Tupac Shakur, American rapper, producer, and actor (b. 1971)
  • 1997Georges Guétary, Egyptian-French actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1915)
  • 1997 – Georgios Mitsibonas, Greek footballer (b. 1962)
  • 1998Necdet Calp, Turkish civil servant and politician (b. 1922)
  • 1998 – Harry Lumley, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1926)
  • 1998 – Frank Renouf, New Zealand businessman (b. 1918)
  • 1998 – George Wallace, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 45th Governor of Alabama (b. 1919)
  • 1999Benjamin Bloom, American psychologist and academic (b. 1913)
  • 2000Betty Jeffrey, Australian nurse and author (b. 1908)
  • 2001Johnny Craig, American sailor and illustrator (b. 1926)
  • 2001 – Jaroslav Drobný, Czech-English ice hockey player and tennis player (b. 1921)
  • 2001 – Dorothy McGuire, American actress (b. 1916)
  • 2002George Stanley, Canadian soldier, historian, and author, designed the Flag of Canada (b. 1907)
  • 2003Frank O'Bannon, American publisher, lawyer, and politician, 47th Governor of Indiana (b. 1930)
  • 2004Luis E. Miramontes, Mexican chemist, co-invented the birth-control pill (b. 1925)
  • 2005Toni Fritsch, Austrian footballer (b. 1945)
  • 2005 – Julio César Turbay Ayala, Colombian lawyer and politician, 25th President of Colombia (b. 1916)
  • 2006Ann Richards, American educator and politician, 45th Governor of Texas (b. 1933)
  • 2007Whakahuihui Vercoe, New Zealand archbishop (b. 1928)
  • 2009Paul Burke, American actor (b. 1926)
  • 2011Walter Bonatti, Italian mountaineer and journalist (b. 1930)
  • 2012William Duckworth, American composer and author (b. 1943)
  • 2012 – Peter Lougheed, Canadian football player, lawyer, and politician, 10th Premier of Alberta (b. 1928)
  • 2012 – Edgar Metcalfe, English-Australian actor and director (b. 1933)
  • 2012 – Ranganath Misra, Indian lawyer and jurist, 21st Chief Justice of India (b. 1926)
  • 2013Olusegun Agagu, Nigerian politician, 15th Governor of Ondo State (b. 1948)
  • 2013 – Robert J. Behnke, American biologist and academic (b. 1929)
  • 2013 – Rick Casares, American football player (b. 1931)
  • 2013 – Luiz Gushiken, Brazilian trade union leader and politician (b. 1950)
  • 2014Benjamin Adekunle, Nigerian general (b. 1936)
  • 2014 – Helen Filarski, American baseball player (b. 1924)
  • 2014 – Milan Galić, Serbian footballer (b. 1938)
  • 2014 – Frank Torre, American baseball player and manager (b. 1931)
  • 2015Vivinho, Brazilian footballer (b. 1961)
  • 2015 – Erma Bergmann, American baseball player (b. 1924)
  • 2015 – Brian Close, English cricketer and coach (b. 1931)
  • 2015 – Moses Malone, American basketball player and sportscaster (b. 1955)
  • 2016Jonathan Riley-Smith, British historian (b. 1938)
  • 2017Pete Domenici, American politician, senator of New Mexico (b. 1932)

Holidays and observances[]

  • Christian feast day:
    • Feast of the Cross (Assyrian Church of the East)
    • Aimé (Amatus)
    • Ame
    • Eulogius of Alexandria
    • John Chrysostom
    • Marcellinus of Carthage
    • Maurilius (Maurille) of Angers
    • Nectarius of Autun
    • Venerius the Hermit
    • Wulfthryth (Wilfrida) of Wilton
    • September 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).
  • Day of the Programmer, during a non-leap year. (International)
  • Día de los Niños Héroes (Mexico)
  • Engineer's Day (Mauritius)
  • Roald Dahl Day (Africa, United Kingdom, Latin America)

References[]

  1. https://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/650/650_pr2.html
  2. Martin Luther King and the Berlin Wall[1]
  3. The Riot and the Retaking[2][3]
  4. September 13, 1977 Oldsmobile Diesel engine[4]
  5. (Maha Yazawin Vol. 2 2006: 55): Tuesday, 12th waning of Thadingyut 735 ME = 13 September 1373; Kala, U (1724). Maha Yazawin (in Burmese). 1–3 (2006, 4th printing ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.
  6. "Mrs. Brooks Is Gone, Richmond Planet, (Richmond, Virginia), 13 October 1900 p1". Richmond Planet. 1900-10-13. p. 1. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
  7. "Διατελέσαντες Αρχηγοί ΓΕΝ: Βούλγαρης, Πέτρος" (in Greek). Hellenic Navy. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  8. "Richard Kiel, Actor Who Played James Bond Villain Jaws, Dies". NBC News. September 10, 2014. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
  9. Procopius, XXI.

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