Public Holidays on September 13

• 🌍 ראש השנה (Israel)

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Religious Observances on September 13

• Jewish: Rosh Hashana II ראש השנה ב׳

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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.

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Notable Births on September 13

• 1996 — Playboi Carti, American Rapper
• 1995 — Robbie Kay, English actor
• 1995 — Jerry Tollbring, Swedish handball player
• 1995 — João Carlos Almeida Leandro, Portuguese footballer
• 1995 — Shubham Khajuria, Indian cricketer
• 1994 — Leonor Andrade, Portuguese singer

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 — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• College Football: Prairie View A&M Panthers @ Baylor Bears — 00:08 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Texas Rangers @ Arizona Diamondbacks — 00:10 UTC Scheduled
• MLS: Portland Timbers @ FC Dallas — 00:30 UTC Scheduled
• MLS: LAFC @ Sporting Kansas City — 00:30 UTC Scheduled
• MLS: Minnesota United FC @ St. Louis CITY SC — 00:30 UTC Scheduled

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Religious Observances on September 14

• Jewish: Tzom Gedaliah צום גדליה

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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.

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Notable Births on September 14

• 1996 — Hugh Bernard, English cricketer
• 1996 — Myles Wright, English professional footballer
• 1995 — Deshaun Watson, American football player
• 1994 — Brahim Darri, Dutch footballer
• 1994 — Daniel O'Shaughnessy, Finnish professional football central defender
• 1994 — Krasimir Stanoev, Bulgarian footballer

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)

Sports on September 14

• NFL: Dallas Cowboys @ New York Giants — 00:20 UTC Scheduled
• MLS: Philadelphia Union @ San Diego FC — 01:00 UTC Scheduled
• Serie A: Parma @ Como — 16:30 UTC Scheduled
• Serie A: AS Roma @ Torino — 16:30 UTC Scheduled
• Serie A: Udinese @ Internazionale — 18:45 UTC Scheduled
• Premier League: Newcastle United @ Leeds United — 19:00 UTC Scheduled

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