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On This Day In History for September 13, 2017
This is the 256th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 109 days remaining in 2017.
- It was on this date in 1501, that Michelangelo begins work on his statue of David.
- That same date in 1609, Henry Hudson reaches the river that would later be named after him – the Hudson River.
- Also on September 13, 1788, The Philadelphia Convention sets the date for the first presidential election in the United States, and New York City becomes the country’s temporary capital.
- It was on this date in 1850, that First ascent of Piz Bernina, the highest summit of the eastern Alps.
- Also today in 1898, Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
- It was also this date in 1899 that Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
- Also today in 1906, First flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
- It was 61 years ago today, that The IBM 305 RAMAC is introduced, the first commercial computer to use disk storage.
- September 13, 1985, Super Mario Bros. is released in Japan for the NES, which starts the Super Mario series of platforming games.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- American inventor, engineer and businessman, Oliver Evans, born on this date in 1755.
- Milton S. Hershey, American businessman, founded The Hershey Company was born on that same date in 1857.
- Born September 13, 1873, German mathematician and author Constantin Carathéodory.
- German-Swiss explorer, Wilhelm Filchner was born 140 years ago today.
- Born September 13, 1886, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Robert Robinson.
- American singer-songwriter and conductor, Ray Charles, born on this date in 1918.
- Mel Tormé, the American singer-songwriter and actor was born 92 years ago today.
- American animator, director, and producer, co-founded Sullivan Bluth Studios and Fox Animation Studios, Don Bluth is 80 today.
- Also turning 73 today is American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer Peter Cetera.
- English actress and producer, Jacqueline Bisset is 73 today.
Listener Birthdays
- 14 – Andrew Peters (Perl Hacker from the UK)
- 15 – Mary Brown
- 16 – Billy Flynn
- 18 – Jeff Schultz (Gorbash)
- 19 – Viv Schubert
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And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for September 13, 2017
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- Disney will pull Star Wars from Netflix
- George may get what he wanted 40 years ago
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