Interesting things that happened September 13th:

Birthdays on this date:

• In 1520 William Cecil (Baron Burghley), secretary of state to Elizabeth I
• In 1755 Oliver Evans, pioneered the high-pressure steam engine
• In 1819 Clara Wieck Schumann, German pianist, composer
• In 1851 Walter Reed, who proved mosquitoes transmit yellow fever
• In 1857 Milton S. Hershey, US chocolate manufacturer, philanthropist
• In 1860 Gen. John J. "Blackjack" Pershing, US commander in World War I
• In 1863 Arthur Henderson, British socialist, disarmament worker (Nobel 1934)
• In 1874 Arnold Schoenberg, composer
• In 1876 Sherwood Anderson, American author, publisher (Winesburg, Ohio)
• In 1903 Claudette Colbert, actor (It Happened One Night, Private Worlds)
• In 1925 Mel "The Velvet Fog" Tormé, singer, composer
• In 1933 Eileen Fulton, actor (As The World Turns)
• In 1934 Barbara Bain (in Chicago, IL), actor (Mission Impossible, Space: 1999)
• In 1937 Fred Silverman, broadcasting executive (NBC)
• In 1938 Judith Martin, etiquette authority, "Miss Manners"
• In 1941 Jaqueline Bisset (in England), actor (Deep)
  + Oscar Arias Sánchez, president of Costa Rica (1986-90, 2006-) Nobel lauriate (1987)
• In 1948 Nell Carter, actor (Gimme A Break, Hair), singer
• In 1952 Karen Wyman (in Bronx, NY), singer

Events worth noting:

• + National Grandparents' Day.
• In 1321 Death of Dante Alighieri, author of the Divine Comedy.
• In 1583 Dante Alighieri Day.
• In 1759 Wolfe defeats Montcalm on Plains of Abraham; Canada becomes British.
• In 1788 New York City becomes the capital of the United States.
• In 1882 Britain defeats Egypt at Tel el-Kebir, effectively ending Egyptian independence.
• In 1906 First airplane flight in Europe.
• In 1927 Waite Hoyt became the only 20 game winner of the '27 Yankees.
• In 1932 Yanks clinch their 7th pennant.
• In 1959 Luna 2 launched by USSR; first spacecraft to impact on the moon.
• In 1961 "Car 54 Where are You?" premieres.
• In 1963 "The Outer Limits" premieres.
  + Yanks clinch their 28th pennant
• In 1965 Beatles release "Yesterday."
  + Willie Mays hits homerun #500.
• In 1970 IBM announces System 370 computer.
• In 1971 9 hostages and 28 prisoners die in take over a Attica State Prison.
  + Frank Robinson hits homerun #500.
• In 1977 First TV viewer discretion warning - "Soap".
  + Second test of the Space Shuttle Enterprise.
• In 1979 According to South Africa, Venda gains independence. Not recognized as an independent country outside of South Africa.
• In 1982 Princess Grace of Monaco dies at 52 in a car crash.
• In 1993 Israeli PM Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat shake hands after signing an accord granting limited Palestinian autonomy.
• In 2001 Britain's Queen Elizabeth orders "The Star Spangled Banner" played at the Changing of the Guard, as a show of solidarity and sympathy in the aftermath of a terrorist attack on the US two days earlier.
• In 2006 Neptune permanently becomes the outermost planet (Pluto is demoted).

And remember ...

• National School Success Month
• National Sewing Month
• National Self-Awareness Month
• National Preparedness Month
• National Humor in Business Month