Updated September 12, 2012, 2:28 pm
On Sept. 13, 1993, at the White House, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat shook hands after signing an accord granting limited Palestinian autonomy.
On Sept. 13, 1860, John J. Pershing, American commander of the American Expeditionary Force in World War I, was born. Following his death on July 15, 1948, his obituary appeared in The Times.
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On This Date
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1788 The Congress of the Confederation authorized the first national election and declared New York City the temporary national capital. 1943 Chiang Kai-shek became president of China. 1948 Republican Margaret Chase Smith of Maine was elected to the U.S. Senate, becoming the first woman to serve in both houses of Congress. 1949 The Ladies Professional Golf Association of America was formed in New York City. 1971 A four-day inmates’ rebellion at the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York ended as police and guards stormed the prison; the ordeal and final assault claimed 43 lives. 1990 “Law & Order” premiered on NBC. 1996 Rapper Tupac Shakur, 25, died at a Las Vegas hospital six days after he was wounded in a drive-by shooting. 1998 NBC’s “Frasier” won a record fifth consecutive Emmy as TV’s best comedy series. 1999 A bomb blamed by authorities on Chechen rebels devastated an eight-story apartment building in Moscow, killing at least 124 people. 2000 Chase Manhattan agreed to buy J.P. Morgan for more than $35 billion, creating the third largest financial company in the U.S. 2001 Secretary of State Colin Powell named Osama bin Laden as the prime suspect in the terror attacks on the United States; limited commercial flights resumed for the first time in two days. 2010 Rafael Nadal of Spain won his first U.S. Open title to complete a career Grand Slam, beating Novak Djokovic 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2. Current Birthdays
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Actress Jean Smart (“Designing Women”) turns 61 years old today.
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Country musician Joe Don Rooney (Rascal Flatts) turns 37 years old today.
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1931 Barbara Bain, Actress (“Mission: Impossible”), turns 81 1939 Larry Speakes, Former White House spokesman, turns 73 1944 Jacqueline Bisset, Actress, turns 68 1944 Peter Cetera, Rock singer (Chicago), turns 68 1952 Don Was, Record producer, turns 60 1961 Dave Mustaine, Rock singer, musician (Megadeth), turns 51 1964 Tavis Smiley, Radio, TV personality, turns 48 1965 Zak Starkey, Rock musician, son of Ringo Starr, turns 47 1967 Michael Johnson, Runner, turns 45 1967 Steve Perkins, Rock musician (Porno For Pyros; Jane’s Addiction), turns 45 1968 Bernie Williams, Baseball player, turns 44 1970 Louise Lombard, Actress (“CSI”), turns 42 1971 Goran Ivanisevic, Tennis player, turns 41 1977 Fiona Apple, Rock singer, turns 35 1989 Thomas Mueller, Soccer player, turns 23
Historic Birthdays
John J. Pershing 9/13/1860 – 7/15/1948 American commander of the American Expeditionary Force in World War I.Go to obituary »
52 Grigory Potemkin 9/13/1739 – 10/5/1791
Russian army officer and statesman43 Daniel Macmillan 9/13/1813 – 6/27/1857
Scottish bookseller; co-founded Macmillan Publishing Co.76 Clara Schumann 9/13/1819 – 5/20/1896
German pianist and composer66 Anthony Drexel 9/13/1826 – 6/30/1893
American banker and philanthropist51 Walter Reed 9/13/1851 – 11/22/1902
American pathologist and bacteriologist88 Milton Hershey 9/13/1857 – 10/13/1945
American chocolate manufacturer82 Maud Ballington Booth 9/13/1865 – 8/26/1948
English-born American cofounder of Volunteers of America76 Arnold Schoenberg 9/13/1874 – 7/13/1951
Austrian-born American composer64 Sherwood Anderson 9/13/1876 – 3/8/1941
American author92 Claudette Colbert 9/13/1903 – 7/30/1996
American stage and film actress84 Bill Monroe 9/13/1911 – 9/9/1996
American singer, songwriter and mandolin player74 Roald Dahl 9/13/1916 – 11/23/1990
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