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Birthday September 13, 1755 Oliver Evans, pioneered high-pressure steam engine |
Birthday September 13, 1819 Clara Wieck Schumann, German pianist, composer |
Birthday September 13, 1851 Walter Reed, who proved mosquitoes transmit yellow fever |
Birthday September 13, 1857 Milton S. Hershey, US chocolate manufacturer, philanthropist |
Birthday September 13, 1860 Gen. John J. (Blackjack) Pershing, US commander in World War I |
Birthday September 13, 1863 Arthur Henderson, British socialist, disarmament worker (Nobel '34) |
Birthday September 13, 1874 Arnold Schoenberg, composer |
Birthday September 13, 1876 Sherwood Anderson, American author, publisher (Winesburg, Ohio) |
Birthday September 13, 1916 Children's author Roald Dahl is born |
Birthday September 13, 1925 Mel Torme, singer (Velvet Fog) |
Birthday September 13, 1933 Eileen Fulton |
Birthday September 13, 1934 Barbara Bain, in Chicago Ill - Mission Impossible |
Birthday September 13, 1937 Fred Silverman, broadcasting executive (NBC) |
Birthday September 13, 1938 Judith Martin, Miss Manners |
Birthday September 13, 1941 Oscar Arias S nchez, president of Costa Rica (1986-, ) (Nobel 1987) |
Birthday September 13, 1946 Jacqueline Bisset, in England, Actress (Deep) |
Birthday September 13, 1948 Nell Carter |
Birthday September 13, 1952 Karen Wyman, in Bronx NY |
History September 13, 1321 death of Dante Alighieri author of the Divine Comedy. |
History September 13, 1583 Dante Alighieri Day |
History September 13, 1759 Wolfe defeats Montcalm on Plains of Abraham; Canada becomes English. |
History September 13, 1759 Britain victorious on the Plains of Abraham |
History September 13, 1788 NYC becomes the capitol of the US |
History September 13, 1806 American sympathizer Charles James Fox dies in Britain |
History September 13, 1847 General Winfield Scott storms the Chapultepec fortress |
History September 13, 1862 Union troops discover Rebels' Antietam battle plan |
History September 13, 1882 Britain invades Egypt. |
History September 13, 1906 1st airplane flight in Europe. |
History September 13, 1914 Irish nationalist seeks German support |
History September 13, 1927 Waite Hoyt became the only 20 game winner of the '27 Yankees |
History September 13, 1932 Yanks clinch their 7th pennant |
History September 13, 1936 Bob Feller strikes out 17 at 17 |
History September 13, 1940 Italy invades Egypt |
History September 13, 1945 British troops arrive to disarm the Japanese |
History September 13, 1959 Soviet Lunik 2 becomes 1st human-made object to crash on moon. |
History September 13, 1961 Car 54 Where are You? premiers |
History September 13, 1963 The Outer Limits premiers |
History September 13, 1963 Yanks clinch their 28th pennant |
History September 13, 1964 Attempted coup against Khanh government fails |
History September 13, 1965 Beatles release "Yesterday" |
History September 13, 1968 Large operation begins in the DMZ |
History September 13, 1970 IBM announces System 370 computer. |
History September 13, 1971 Attica prison riot ends |
History September 13, 1971 9 hostages and 28 prisoners die in take over a Attica State Prison |
History September 13, 1971 Massacre at Attica Prison |
History September 13, 1976 New book says war with Russia is greatest U.S. threat |
History September 13, 1977 2nd test of the Space Shuttle Enterprise |
History September 13, 1977 1st TV viewer discretion warning - Soap |
History September 13, 1979 According to South Africa Venda gains independence. Not recognized as an independent country outside of South Africa. |
History September 13, 1980 President Carter attends Willie Nelson concert at White House |
History September 13, 1982 Princess Grace of Monaco dies at 52 in a car crash |
History September 13, 1989 Devastating storm heads toward Caribbean |
History September 13, 1990 Law & Order debuts |
History September 13, 1993 Israel-Palestine peace accord signed |
History September 13, 1996 Tupac Shakur dies |
History September 13, 1998 George Wallace dies |
History September 13, 2004 Oprah gives away nearly 300 new cars |