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Saturday, October 19, 2013

September 13 - The Day in HIstory

September 13 : General Interest
1814: Key pens Star-Spangled Banner

On this day in 1814, Francis Scott Key pens a poem which is later set to music and in 1931 becomes America's national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner."... read more


American Revolution
1806 : American sympathizer Charles James Fox dies in Britain
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/american-sympathizer-charles-james-fox-dies-in-britain

Automotive
2004 : Oprah gives away nearly 300 new cars
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/oprah-gives-away-nearly-300-new-cars

Civil War
1862 : Union troops discover Rebels' Antietam battle plan
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-union-discovers-lost-order

Cold War
1976 : New book says war with Russia is greatest U.S. threat
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/new-book-says-war-with-russia-is-greatest-us-threat

Crime
1971 : Attica prison riot ends
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/attica-prison-riot-ends

Disaster
1989 : Devastating storm heads toward Caribbean
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/devastating-storm-heads-toward-caribbean

General Interest
1759 : Britain victorious on the Plains of Abraham
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/britain-victorious-on-the-plains-of-abraham
1971 : Massacre at Attica Prison
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/massacre-at-attica-prison
1993 : Israel-Palestine peace accord signed
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/israel-palestine-peace-accord-signed
1998 : George Wallace dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/george-wallace-dies

Hollywood
1990 : Law & Order debuts
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/law--order-debuts

Literary
1916 : Children's author Roald Dahl is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/childrens-author-roald-dahl-is-born

Music
1996 : Tupac Shakur dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/tupac-shakur-dies

Old West
1847 : General Winfield Scott storms the Chapultepec fortress
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/general-winfield-scott-storms-the-chapultepec-fortress

Presidential
1980 : President Carter attends Willie Nelson concert at White House
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-carter-attends-willie-nelson-concert-at-white-house

Sports
1936 : Bob Feller strikes out 17 at 17
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bob-feller-strikes-out-17-at-17

Vietnam War
1945 : British troops arrive to disarm the Japanese
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/british-troops-arrive-to-disarm-the-japanese
1964 : Attempted coup against Khanh government fails
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/attempted-coup-against-khanh-government-fails
1968 : Large operation begins in the DMZ
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/large-operation-begins-in-the-dmz

World War I
1914 : Irish nationalist seeks German support
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/irish-nationalist-seeks-german-support

World War II
1940 : Italy invades Egypt
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/italy-invades-egypt


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