History for September 13

History for September 13 - On-This-Day.com:
Walter Reed 1851, Milton S. Hershey 1857, John Pershing 1860 


Barbara Bain 1934, Richard Kiel 1939, David Clayton-Thomas (Blood, Sweat & Tears) 1941 


Jacqueline Bisset 1944, Peter Cetera (Chicago) 1944, Nell Carter 1948 


1759 - The French were defeated by the British on the Plains of Abraham in the final French and Indian War. 


1789 - The United States Government took out its first loan. 

1898 - Hannibal Williston Goodwin patented celluloid photographic film, which is used to make movies. 


1922 - In El Azizia, Libya, the highest shade temperature was recorded at 136.4 degrees Fahrenheit. 


1943 - Chiang Kai-shek became the president of China. 


1960 - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission banned payola. 


1970 - The first New York City Marathon took place. Fireman Gary Muhrucke won the race. 


1971 - In New York, National Guardsmen stormed the Attica Correctional Facility and put an end to the four-day revolt. A total of 43 people were killed in the final assault. A committee was organized to investigate the riot on September 30, 1971. 


1981 - U.S. Secretary of State Alexander M. Haig said the U.S. had physical evidence that Russia and its allies used poisonous biological weapons in Laos, Cambodia and Afghanistan. 


1988 - Forecasters reported that Hurricane Gilbert's barometric pressure measured 26.13. It was the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere.