It happened on a… September 13

2018

Amazon live streams “Thursday Night Football” Cincinnati beats Baltimore 34-23; first all-female broadcast booth in NFL history; Andrea Kremer calls game with Hannah Storm.

2008

33rd Toronto International Film Festival: “Slumdog Millionaire” directed by Danny Boyle wins the People’s Choice Award.

2006

At Dawson College (Montreal), Kimveer Gill kills one student and wounds 19 others before committing suicide..

2001

U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell named Osama bin Laden as the prime suspect in the terror attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001.

1991

35 tonne beam falls from Olympic Stadium when 16 reinforcing rods break; stadium closed for study; falls on public walkway but no one injured.

1990

“Law and Order” created by Dick Wolf first premieres on NBC.

1985

Super Mario Bros game first appears, created by Shigeru Miyamoto at Nintendo.

1977

General Motors introduces 1st US diesel auto (Oldsmobile 88)

1971

The World Hockey Association was formed.

1970

1st NYC Marathon won by Gary Muhrcke in 2:31:38.

1969

“Scooby-Doo Where are You” by Hanna-Barbera debuts on CBS in the US.

1965

Beatles win 1st Grammy, for Best Group of 1964.

Beatles release “Yesterday” in North America.

1940

Buckingham Palace damaged by German bombs.

1922

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

1759

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

1503

Michelangelo begins work on his statue of David.