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Today is Sunday, September 13
National Days & Fun Holidays Today
Religious Observances on September 13
- Jewish: Rosh Hashana II ראש השנה ב׳
On This Day in History — September 13
- 2013 — Taliban insurgents attack the United States consulate in Herat, Afghanistan, with two members of the Afghan National Police reported dead and about 20 civilians injured.
- 2008 — Delhi, India, is hit by a series of bomb blasts, resulting in 30 deaths and 130 injuries.
- 2008 — Hurricane Ike makes landfall on the Texas Gulf Coast of the United States, causing heavy damage to Galveston Island, Houston, and surrounding areas.
- 2007 — The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is adopted by the United Nations General Assembly.
- 2001 — Civilian aircraft traffic resumes in the United States after the September 11 attacks.
- 1993 — Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shakes hands with Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat at the White House after signing the Oslo Accords granting limited Palestinian autonomy.
Notable Deaths on September 13
- 2016 — Jonathan Riley-Smith, British historian (b. 1938)
- 2015 — Vivinho, Brazilian footballer (b. 1961)
- 2015 — Erma Bergmann, American baseball player (b. 1924)
- 2015 — Brian Close, English cricketer and coach (b. 1931)
- 2015 — Moses Malone, American basketball player and sportscaster (b. 1955)
- 2014 — Benjamin Adekunle, Nigerian general (b. 1936)
Sports on September 13
- College Football: Grambling Tigers @ TCU Horned Frogs — Final
- College Football: Prairie View A&M Panthers @ Baylor Bears — Final
- MLB: Texas Rangers @ Arizona Diamondbacks — Final
- MLS: Portland Timbers @ FC Dallas — Full Time
- MLS: LAFC @ Sporting Kansas City — Full Time
- MLS: Minnesota United FC @ St. Louis CITY SC — Full Time
Tomorrow is Monday, September 14
National Days & Fun Holidays Tomorrow
Religious Observances on September 14
- Jewish: Tzom Gedaliah צום גדליה
On This Day in History — September 14
- 2015 — The first observation of gravitational waves was made, announced by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations on 11 February 2016.
- 2007 — Financial crisis of 2007-2008: The Northern Rock bank experiences the first bank run in the United Kingdom in 150 years.
- 2003 — In a referendum, Estonia approves joining the European Union.
- 2001 — Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks. A similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation's capital.
- 2000 — Microsoft releases Windows ME.
- 1999 — Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.
Notable Births on September 14
Notable Deaths on September 14
- 2015 — Davey Browne, Australian boxer (b. 1986)
- 2015 — Fred DeLuca, American businessman, co-founded Subway (b. 1947)
- 2015 — Martin Kearns, English drummer (b. 1977)
- 2015 — Corneliu Vadim Tudor, Romanian journalist and politician (b. 1949)
- 2014 — Tony Auth, American illustrator (b. 1942)
- 2014 — Peter Gutteridge, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1961)