Today In History - September 13

122 Construction begins on Hadrian's Wall
604 Sabinian begins his reign as the new Catholic Pope
1625 Rabbi Isiah Horowith and 15 other rabbis are arrested in Jerusalem
1663 The first serious slave conspiracy in colonial America
1788 New York City becomes the capital of the United States
1789 The first loan to the US Government is made by New York City banks
1849 The first US prize fight fatality: Tom McCoy
1882 Britain invades Egypt
1906 The first airplane flight in Europe
1922 136.4°F registered in El Aziziyah, Libya – a new world record
1942 German forces attack Stalingrad
1943 Chiang Kai-shek became the president of China
1948 Margaret Chase Smith (R-MD) is elected senator, now the first woman to serve in both houses of Congress
1949 Ladies Pro Golf Association of America is formed in New York City
1959 USSR's Luna 2 becomes first probe to contact another celestial body
1961 TV series "Car 54 Where are You?" premiers on TV
1963 TV series "The Outer Limits" premiers
1965 Beatles release "Yesterday"
1965 The Today Show's first totally color broadcast
1965 Willie Mays hits his 500th home run
1970 IBM announces their System 370 computer
1971 Nine hostages and 28 prisoners die in the infamous takeover at Attica State Prison
1971 Frank Robinson hits his 500th HR
1971 World Hockey Association formed
1973 ABC announces it obtained TV rights for the 1976 Olympics
1973 Congress passes and sends a bill to Nixon to lift football's blackout
1977 The first TV viewer discretion warning is broadcast: "Soap"
1981 33rd Emmy Awards
1981 John McEnroe beats Bjorn Borg for US Open title
1982 50 people die in a Spantax Airlines DC-10 takeoff from Malaga, Spain
1983 The US mint strikes first gold coin in 50 years: Olympic Eagle
1986 Kellye Cash (Miss Tennessee) is crowned Miss America
1987 Paul Lynch of Great Britain does 32,573 push-ups in 24 hours
1988 Hurricane Gilbert becomes strongest hurricane in Western Hemisphere with a 26.13 barometer reading
1989 Fay Vincent named baseball commissioner
1990 Iraqi troops storm the residence of the French ambassador in Kuwait
1990 Senate Judiciary Committee opens hearings on the confirmation of David Souter
1991 Joseph Pasternak, movie producer, dies at 89
1991 A 55-ton concrete beam falls in Montreal's Olympic Stadium

Today In History - September 13

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