Major Events
- 509 BC The temple of Jupiter on Rome's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September
- 335 Church of Holy Sepulchre consecrated in Jerusalem
- 1224 Francis of Assisi is afflicted with stigmata after a vision praying on Mount Verna
- 1501 Michelangelo begins work on his statue of David, a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture
- 1782 The Grand Assault on Gibraltar by the allied French and Spanish fleets including ten floating batteries and land forces is heavily defeated by the British garrison with all of the floating batteries destroyed and allied casualties of 1,473 compared to only 83 for the British
- 1845 English chemist Michael Faraday discovers the 'Faraday effect', the influence of a magnetic field on polarized light
- 1847 Battle of Chapultepec: American forces capture Chapultepec Castle during the Mexican–American War allowing US General Winfield Scott to go on to take Mexico City
- 1993 Public unveiling of the Oslo Accords, an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement initiated by Norway, signed by Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Shimon Peres and PLO official Mahmoud Abbas
- More September 13 Events
Sep 13 in Film & TV
- 1969 "Scooby-Doo Where are You" by Hanna-Barbera debuts on CBS in the US
Sep 13 in Music
- 1965 Beatles release single "Yesterday" - just Paul, with a strings arranged by George Martin
Sep 13 in Sport
Did You Know?
Daniel Defoe
Laura Secord
Milton S. Hershey
John J. Pershing
Roald Dahl
Sitiveni Rabuka
Claudette Colbert
Shane Warne
Clara Schumann
Arnold Schoenberg
Goran Ivanišević
Thomas Müller
Fun Fact About September 13
"Straw Hat Riot" begins in New York City as youths aggressively taunt men wearing straw hats, getting an early jump on unofficial season's end date of September 15; confrontations continue longer than usual, lasting 8 days
Famous Weddings
- 1893 Microbiologist Robert Koch (49) weds actress Hedwig Freiberg (20)
- 1975 Novelist Danielle Steel (28) weds Danny Zugelder in the prison canteen
- 1981 Television producer Lorne Michaels (36) weds model Susan Forristal
Famous Divorces
- 1974 American producer Quincy Jones Jr (41) divorces actress Ulla Andersson (28) after 5 years of marriage
More September 13 Weddings
Titus
Philip II of Spain
Ambrose Burnside
Amon Göth
Tupac Shakur
George WallaceArticles, Photos and Quiz
Grand Assault on Gibraltar
View of the north part of Gibraltar, with the attack by land and sea showing 1 ship exploding
September 13, 1782
Fiery Birth for Star Spangled Banner
The national anthem of the United States, the Star Spangled Banner, is set to music written by a British composer and was originally an old drinking song.
September 13, 1814
IBM 305 RAMAC
IBM 305 RAMAC at the U.S. Army Red River Arsenal; foreground: two 350 disk drives; background: 380 console and 305 processing unit
September 13, 1956
