12 History Lessons + 7 Births & 7 Deaths for September 13, 2025
Today’s History:
- 509 BC – The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus is dedicated in Rome.
- 1759 – Battle of the Plains of Abraham: the British defeat the French at Quebec.
- 1814 – British bombardment of Fort McHenry begins, inspiring “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
- 1847 – Battle of Chapultepec: U.S. troops storm Chapultepec Castle in Mexico City.
- 1899 – In New York City, Henry H. Bliss is struck by an automobile—the first recorded U.S. pedestrian road fatality (he dies the next day).
- 1922 – The Great Fire of Smyrna (İzmir) begins.
- 1923 – General Miguel Primo de Rivera leads a coup d’état in Spain, establishing a military dictatorship.
- 1940 – Italy invades Egypt from Libya during WWII.
- 1956 – IBM ships the first hard-disk unit as part of the 305 RAMAC system.
- 1971 – New York State retakes Attica Prison, ending the uprising with heavy casualties.
- 1993 – Oslo I Accord is signed by Israel and the PLO at the White House.
- 2007 – U.N. General Assembly adopts the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Today’s Birthdays:
- 1951 – Jean Smart, Emmy-winning actor (Designing Women; Hacks) (74).
- 1967 – Michael Johnson, Olympic sprint legend (58).
- 1969 – Tyler Perry, filmmaker and creator of “Madea” (56).
- 1961 – Dave Mustaine, Megadeth co-founder and guitarist (64).
- 1971 – Goran Ivanišević, Wimbledon tennis champion and coach (54).
- 1993 – Niall Horan, singer-songwriter (One Direction) (32).
- 1996 – Lili Reinhart, actor (Riverdale; Hustlers) (29).
Today’s Deaths:
- 81 – Titus, Roman emperor (41).
- 1592 – Michel de Montaigne, French Renaissance essayist (59).
- 1598 – Philip II of Spain, king of Spain and Portugal (71).
- 1881 – Ambrose Burnside, Union Civil War general and U.S. senator (57).
- 1996 – Tupac Shakur, rapper and actor (25).
- 1998 – George Wallace, four-term Alabama governor (79).
- 2019 – Eddie Money, rock singer (“Two Tickets to Paradise”) (70).
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