September 13 in history
Events on September 13
Notable events that happened on September 13 in past years.
- 2013
Taliban insurgents attack the United States consulate in Herat, Afghanistan, with two members of the Afghan National Police reported dead and about 20 civilians injured.
Wikipedia article: Taliban - 2001
Civilian aircraft traffic resumes in the United States after the September 11 attacks.
Wikipedia article: September 11 attacks - 1988
Hurricane Gilbert is the strongest recorded hurricane in the Western Hemisphere, later replaced by Hurricane Wilma in 2005 (based on barometric pressure).
Wikipedia article: Hurricane Gilbert - 1982
Spantax Flight 995 crashes at Málaga Airport during a rejected takeoff, killing 50 of the 394 people on board.
Wikipedia article: Spantax Flight 995 - 1964
South Vietnamese Generals Lâm Văn Phát and Dương Văn Đức fail in a coup attempt against General Nguyễn Khánh.
Wikipedia article: Army of the Republic of Vietnam - 1956
The dike around the Dutch polder East Flevoland is closed.
Wikipedia article: Levee - 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.
Wikipedia article: Battle of Meligalas - 1922
The final act of the Greco-Turkish War, the Great Fire of Smyrna, commences.
Wikipedia article: Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) - 1898
Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
Wikipedia article: Hannibal Goodwin - 1848
Vermont railroad worker Phineas Gage survives an iron rod 1+1⁄4 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.
Wikipedia article: Phineas Gage - 1812
War of 1812: A supply wagon sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows.
Wikipedia article: War of 1812 - 1782
American Revolutionary War: Franco-Spanish troops launch the unsuccessful "grand assault" during the Great Siege of Gibraltar.
Wikipedia article: American Revolutionary War - 1609
Henry Hudson reaches the river that would later be named after him – the Hudson River.
Wikipedia article: Henry Hudson - 604
Consecration of pope Sabinian following the death of pope Gregory I earlier that year.
- 585 BC
Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victories over the Sabines, and the surrender of Collatia.
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