Summary of the Day ✨ 13 September (13/09)
Violence erupted as Taliban insurgents attacked the US consulate in Herat, Afghanistan, killing two police officers while Delhi, India suffered deadly bomb blasts that claimed 30 lives and injured 130 others. On this day, the UN adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, McLaren F1 faced penalties for espionage against Ferrari, and civilian air traffic resumed in the United States following the 9/11 attacks.
Historical Events 📜
- 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.
- 2008: Delhi, India, is hit by a series of bomb blasts, resulting in 30 deaths and 130 injuries.
- 2007: The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is adopted by the United Nations General Assembly.
- 2007: The McLaren F1 team are found guilty of possessing confidential information from the Ferrari team, fined $100 million, and excluded from the constructors’ championship standings.
- 2001: Civilian aircraft traffic resumes in the United States after the September 11 attacks.
- 1997: A German Air Force Tupolev Tu-154 and a United States Air Force Lockheed C-141 Starlifter collide in mid-air near Namibia, killing 33.
- 1993: Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shakes hands with Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat at the White House after signing the Oslo Accords granting limited Palestinian autonomy.
- 1989: Largest anti-Apartheid march in South Africa, led by Desmond Tutu.
- 1988: Hurricane Gilbert is the strongest recorded hurricane in the Western Hemisphere, later replaced by Hurricane Wilma in 2005 (based on barometric pressure).
- 1987: Goiânia accident: A radioactive object is stolen from an abandoned hospital in Goiânia, Brazil, contaminating many people in the following weeks and causing some to die from radiation poisoning.
- 1986: A magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes Kalamata, Greece with a maximum Modified Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing at least 20 and causing heavy damage in the city.
- 1985: Super Mario Bros. is released in Japan for the NES, which starts the Super Mario series of platforming games.
- 1982: Spantax Flight 995 crashes at Málaga Airport during a rejected takeoff, killing 50 of the 394 people on board.
- 1979: South Africa grants independence to the “homeland” of Venda (not recognised outside South Africa).
- 1971: State police and National Guardsmen storm New York’s Attica Prison to quell a prison revolt, which claimed 43 lives.
Famous Births 👶
- 1999: Yeonjun, South Korean singer, songwriter and dancer
- 1996: Adrian Kempe, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1996: Lili Reinhart, American actress
- 1995: Joca, Portuguese footballer
- 1995: Jerry Tollbring, Swedish handball player
- 1994: Leonor Andrade, Portuguese singer
- 1994: Anna Karolína Schmiedlová, Slovak tennis player
- 1994: Cameron Munster, Australian rugby league player
- 1994: Sepp Kuss, American professional cyclist
- 1993: Niall Horan, Irish singer
- 1993: Alice Merton, Irish-Canadian singer and songwriter
- 1992: Darren Waller, American football player
- 1991: Ksenia Afanasyeva, Russian gymnast
- 1990: Craig Cunningham, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1990: Aoi Nakabeppu, Japanese model and actress
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2024: Wolfgang Gerhardt, German politician (born 1943)
- 2024: Pravin Gordhan, South African politician (born 1949)
- 2024: Lex Marinos, Australian actor (born 1949)
- 2024: Mary McFadden, American fashion designer (born 1938)
- 2022: Jean-Luc Godard, French-Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic (born 1930)
- 2019: Eddie Money, American musician (born 1949)
- 2017: Pete Domenici, American politician, senator of New Mexico (born 1932)
- 2016: Jonathan Riley-Smith, British historian (born 1938)
- 2015: Vivinho, Brazilian footballer (born 1961)
- 2015: Erma Bergmann, American baseball player (born 1924)
- 2015: Brian Close, English cricketer and coach (born 1931)
- 2015: Moses Malone, American basketball player and sportscaster (born 1955)
- 2014: Benjamin Adekunle, Nigerian general (born 1936)
- 2014: Helen Filarski, American baseball player (born 1924)
- 2014: Milan Galić, Serbian footballer (born 1938)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Christian feast day:
Feast of the Cross (Assyrian Church of the East) - Christian feast day:
Aimé (Amatus) - Christian feast day:
Amé (Amatus) of Remiremont - Christian feast day:
Eulogius of Alexandria - Christian feast day:
John Chrysostom - Christian feast day:
Marcellinus of Carthage - Christian feast day:
Maurilius (Maurille) of Angers - Christian feast day:
Nectarius of Autun - Christian feast day:
Venerius the Hermit - Christian feast day:
Wulfthryth (Wilfrida) of Wilton - Christian feast day:
September 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) - Day of the Programmer, during a non-leap year. (Russia)
- Día de los Niños Héroes (Mexico)
- Engineer’s Day (Mauritius)
- Roald Dahl Day (Africa, United Kingdom, Latin America)