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Today in History For 13th September 2015
Today in History For 13th September 2015
Today in History For 13th September 2015
Historical Events
Events 1 - 100 of 243
509 BC - The temple of Jupiter on Rome's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September.
122 - Building begins on Hadrian's Wall
533 - General Belisarius of the Byzantine Empire defeats Gelimer and the Vandals at the Battle of Ad
Decimium, near Carthage, North Africa.
604 - Sabinian begins his reign as Pope replacing Pope Gregory the Great
1125 - Duke Lotharius of Supplinburg crowned as German king Lotharius III
1224 - Francis of Assisi is afflicted with stigmata.
1440 - Gilles de Rais is finally taken into custody upon an accusation brought against him by the
Bishop of Nantes.
1503 - Michelangelo begins work on his statue of David.
1504 - Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand issue a Royal Warrant for the construction of a Royal
Chapel (Capilla Real) to be built.
1515 - -14] Battle at Marignano: France beats Habsburgers & Pope Leo X
1549 - Pope Paul III signs Council of Bologna
1553 - English bishop Hugh Latimer arrested
1556 - Charles V & Maria of Hungary march into Spain
1574 - Turkish fleet recaptures Tunis
Pope Leo X1579 - Breda forms Union of Utrecht
1625 - 16 Rabbis (including Isiah Horowitz) are imprisoned in Jerusalem
1631 - Admiral Tholen conquerors 30+ Spanish frigates
1663 - 1st serious slave conspiracy in colonial America (Virginia)
1743 - Britain, Austria & Savoye-Sardinia sign Treaty of Worms
1751 - Britain signs Austrian & Russian alliance
1759 - British beat French forces at Plains of Abrahams (Quebec)
1935 - Rockslide near Whirlpool Rapids Bridge ends the Great Gorge and International Railway.
1936 - Cleve Bob Feller strikes out then record 17 in a game (vs Phila A's)
Mobster Louis Buchalter1936 - Acting on the orders of Louis Buchalter, Murder Inc. killers gun
down Joseph Rosen, a Brooklyn candy store owner
1938 - Alexander Cartwright selects to Baseball's Hall of Fame
1940 - Buckingham Palace damaged by German bombs
1940 - Italian troops under Marshal Graziani attack Egypt
1942 - Battle of Edson's Ridge (2nd Japanese assault) at Guadalcanal
1942 - Cubs shortstop Leonard Merullo makes 4 errors in 1 inning
1942 - German forces attack Stalingrad
1943 - German counter attack at Salerno
1943 - The Municipal Theatre of Corfu is destroyed during an aerial bombardment by Luftwaffe.
1944 - 30th Infantry division of US 1st Army frees Margraten
1944 - Last transport out camp Westerbork to Bergen Belsen
1944 - US 28th Infantry division opens assault on Siegfried line/Westwall
1946 - Boston Red Sox clinch AL pennant
1947 - WPVI TV channel 6 in Philadelphia, PA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1948 - Margaret Chase Smith (R-Me) elected senator, 1st woman to serve in both houses of
Congress
1949 - Ladies Pro Golf Association of America formed in NYC
1951 - St Louis Cards beat NY Giants 6-4 (rescheduled from 9/12) then at night lose to Boston
Braves 2-0
1952 - Adolfo Ruiz Cortinez elected president of Mexico
1953 - Pitcher Bob Trice is 1st black to play on Phila A's
1953 - 4th Formula One WDC: Alberto Ascari wins by 6.5 points
1954 - Reds Ted Kluszewski scores a run in record 17 consecutive games
1954 - WPBN TV channel 7 in Traverse City, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting
1924 - Scott Brady, American actor (China Syndrome, Gremlins, Johnny Guitar), born in Brooklyn,
New York
1924 - Harold Blair, Australian tenor, Aboriginal activist (d. 1976)
1925 - Gabriel Charpentier, composer
1925 - Mel Torm, American singer (d. 1999)
1926 - Emile Francis, NHL player/coach/GM (Rangers, Blues, Whalers)
1928 - Ernest L Boyer, educator/chancellor (NY's State Universities-SUNY)
1929 - Nicolai Ghiaurov, Bulgarian opera singer (d. 2004)
1930 - James McLane, US, 1500m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1948)
1930 - Robert Gavron, Baron Gavron, English publisher/multi-millionaire (St Ives)
1931 - Barbara Bain, Chic, actress (Cinnamon-Mission Impossible, Space 1999)
1931 - Marjorie Jackson, Australia, sprinter (Olympic-gold-1952) [or Feb 13]
Famous Weddings
Weddings 1 - 7 of 7
Microbiologist Robert Koch (1893)1893 Microbiologist Robert Koch (49) weds
actress Hedwig Freiberg (20)
1963 - Singer Barbra Striesand & actor Elliot
Gould marry
1975 - Novelist Danielle Steel (28) weds
Danny Zugelder in the prison canteen
1998 - "Spice Girls" pop singer Melanie
Brown (23) weds Jimmy Gulzar in Little
Marlow, Buckinghamshire
2000 - Wrestler "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
(35) weds WWE Diva Debra Marshall (40) at
the Little White Chapel in Las Vegas
2008 - "Curb Your Enthusiasm" comedian actress Susie Essman (53) weds real-estate broker Jim
Harder (51) at the Friars Club in Manhattan
2014 - Paper Crown fashion designer Lauren Conrad (28) weds musician William Tell (34) in
California
Famous Divorces
Divorces 1 - 1 of 1
Composer & Singer Quincy Jones Jr (1974)1974 - Singer-composer Quincy Jones Jr (28) divorces
actress Ulla Andersson (41) after 5 years of marriage
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 85 of 85