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What happened in history on this day: September 13?
On September 13 in ...
- 1788 - New York City becomes capital of the United States.
- 1789 - First loan to US Government (from New York City banks).
- 1814 - Start of two-day bombardment of Fort McHenry (USA) by British naval forces.
- 1841 - Walter Froward takes office as US Treasury Secretary.
- 1867 - General E R S Canby orders South Carolina courts to impanel blacks jurors.
- 1930 - A fireball plunges into the sea near Eureka, California.
- 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.
- 1960 - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission bans the practice of record companies paying disc jockeys to play certain records.
- 1961 - Unmanned Mercury-Atlas 4 launched into Earth orbit.
- 1970 - IBM announces System 370 computer.
- 1971 - Nine hostages and 28 prisoners die in take-over at Attica State Prison.
- 1973 - US Congress passes and sends a bill to President Richard Nixon to lift football's blackout.
- 1982 - Public Law 97-358 reduces volume of United States notes in circulation to $300,000,000.
- 1983 - US mint strikes first gold coin in 50 years (Olympic Eagle).
- 1986 - Kellye Cash (Miss Tennessee) crowned Miss America.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2001 - Due the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Major League Baseball postpones all games through September 17.
- 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.
- 2008 - Hurricane Ike hits Galveston, Texas, as Category 2, causing estimated damage of US$27 billion, 3rd costliest in US history.
- 2017 - The International Olympic Committee awards Paris, France and Los Angeles, California the right to host the 2024 and 2028 Summer Olympics, respectively.
Births on September 13
- 1895 - Birth of Ruth McDevitt in Coldwater, Michigan, USA; actress (Jo - All in the Family).
- 1904 - Birth of Gladys George in Patten, Maine, USA; actress (Roaring Twenties).
- 1913 - Birth of Roy Engle in Missouri, USA; actor (Police Chief - My Favorite Martian).
- 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).
- 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").
- 1931 - Birth of Barbara Bain in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Cinnamon - Mission Impossible, Space 1999).
- 1933 - Birth of Eileen Fulton in Asheville, North Carolina, USA; actress (Our Private World, As The World Turns).
- 1939 - Birth of Richard Kiel in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actor (James Bond adversary, Barbary Coast, Wild Wild West).
- 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).
- 1952 - Birth of Karen Wyman in the Bronx, New York, USA; singer ("Long and Winding Road").
- 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").
- 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).
Deaths on September 13
- 1803 - Death of John Barry; first American commodore.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2006 - Death of Ann Richards, Governor of Texas, USA (born 1933).
- 2015 - Death of Moses Malone, American basketball player (born 1955).
- 2018 - Death of Marin Mazzie, American actress and singer (born 1960).
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