Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
| September 13 | ||
| 1515 | King Francis of France defeats the Swiss army under Cardinal Matthias Schiner at Marignano, northern Italy. | |
| 1549 | Pope Paul III closes the first session of the Council of Bologna. | |
| 1564 | On the verge of attacking Pedro Menendez's Spanish settlement at San Agostin, Florida, Jean Ribault's French fleet is scattered by a devastating storm. | |
| 1759 | British troops defeat the French on the plains of Abraham, in Quebec. | |
| 1774 | Tugot, the new controller of finances, urges the king of France to restore the free circulation of grain in the kingdom. | |
| 1782 | The British fortress at Gibraltar comes under attack by French and Spanish forces. | |
| 1788 | The Constitutional Convention authorizes the first federal election resolving that electors in all the states will be appointed on January 7, 1789. | |
| 1789 | Guardsmen in Orleans, France, open fire on rioters trying to loot bakeries, killing 90. | |
| 1846 | General Winfield Scott takes Chapultepec, removing the last obstacle to U.S. troops moving on Mexico City. | |
| 1862 | Union troops in Frederick, Maryland, discover General Robert E. Lee's attack plans for the invasion of Maryland wrapped around a pack of cigars. They give the plans to General George B. McClellan who does nothing with them for the next 14 hours. | |
| 1863 | The Loudoun County Rangers route a company of Confederate cavalry at Catoctin Mountain in Virginia. | |
| 1905 | U.S. warships head to Nicaragua on behalf of American William Albers, who was accused of evading tobacco taxes. | |
| 1918 | U.S. and French forces take St. Mihiel, France in America's first action as a standing army. | |
| 1945 | Iran demands the withdrawal of Allied forces. | |
| 1951 | In Korea, U.S. Army troops begin their assault in Heartbreak Ridge. The month-long struggle will cost 3,700 casualties. | |
| 1961 | An unmanned Mercury capsule is orbited and recovered by NASA in a test. | |
| 1976 | The United States announces it will veto Vietnam's UN bid. | |
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Born on September 13 |
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| 1847 | Milton Hershey, founder of the famous candy company. | |
| 1851 | Walter Reed, U.S. Army doctor, discovered a cure for yellow fever. | |
| 1860 | John J. Pershing, "Black Jack" who led the campaign against Pancho Villa in Mexico and Commanded the American Expeditionary Force in France during World War I. | |
| 1863 | Franz von Hipper, German naval commander at the Battle of Jutland in World War I. | |
| 1886 | Alain Locke, writer and first African-American Rhodes scholar. | |
| 1894 | J.B. Priestley, British novelist and playwright. | |
| 1903 | Claudette Colbert, actress who won an Oscar for It Happened One Night. | |
| 1911 | Bill Monroe, musician, the Father of Bluegrass. | |
| 1911 | Roald Dahl, writer, best known for his children's books such as James and the Giant Peach. | |
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