September 13 - This 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." The poem, originally titled "The Defence of Fort McHenry," was written after Key witnessed the Maryland fort being bombarded by... 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