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13th September

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1993: Israeli-Palestinian Peace Accord


The first peace accord between Israel and Palestine is signed at the White House in Washington, D.C. With President Bill Clinton presiding, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin hesitantly shook hands with PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat after signing an accord granting Palestine limited self-government on the Gaza Strip and in Jericho. The historic agreement, which promised an end to decades of bloodshed and animosity, was hammered out during secret talks in Norway. In 1994, Rabin and Arafat signed a formal peace agreement and were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The next year, a Jewish right-wing fanatic assassinated Rabin during a peace rally in Tel Aviv.

2006

In Canada, Kimveer Gill enters a school in Montreal with a gun and shoots one person dead and injuries another 19. After the attack he kills himself with the gun. 

2001

Ian Duncan Smith is elected the leader of the Conservative Party.

1998

One of the most controversial politicians in U.S. history, former Governor of Alabama, George Wallace, dies aged 79.

1990

Andrei Chikatilo, the Soviet Union’s most prolific serial killer, is charged with the murder of 53 people.

1988

Cuba’s commercial attache, Medina Perez and ambassador, Oscar Fernandez-Mell, to Britain are both expelled from the country. The day before Perez had fired upon a group of people who he claimed were trying to get him to defect to the West.

1985

Nintendo releases the popular computer game Super Mario Bros.

1982

Lindy Chamberlain appears in court in Australia, accused of killing her nine week old baby girl. Chamberlain is found guilty but maintain her innocence. She and her husband are both later pardoned and new evidence emerges to show that she did not kill her child. 

1980

A bear that went missing the Scottish Highland when filming an advert is re-captured.

1971

Thirty-nine people are killed, including 29 prisoners and 10 prison guards and employees, when police storm the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, New York, bringing to an end the four day siege.

1940

The Second World War: Italy begins the invasion of Egypt.

1914

In America, the former British diplomat Sir Roger Casement secretly meets with Franz von Papen, the German military attaché, to seek Germany’s support in the effort to win independence from British rule for Ireland.

1900

Philippine American War: Filipino resistance fighters defeat the Americans at the Battle of Pulang Lupa.

1882

Anglo-Egyptian War: British forces win the Battle of Tall al Kabir.

1759

British troops, under the command of General Wolfe, secure Canada for the British Empire after defeating the French at the Battle of Quebec. Wolfe is killed during the battle.

1743

Great Britain, Austria and Sardinia form a political alliance by signing the Treaty of Worms.

1969

Australian Test cricketer Shane Warne born in Victoria.

1944

Actress Jacqueline Bissett.

1918

American singer Ray Charles born in Georgia as Ray Charles Robinson. Is blind from the age of 5. A successful singer and pianist in the 1950s and 1960s.

1916

Author Roald Dahl born of Norwegian parents in Glamorgan,Wales. Writes adult macabre stories in his early career but becomes known as a children's author. Also writes the screenplays for films such as the James Bond movie 1990 aged 74.

1903

American actress Claudette Colbert

1894

English novelist, playwright and critic J.B Priestley (John Boynton Priestley)

1874

Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg, born in Vienna. He suffered from being a triskaidekaphobe (someone afraid of the number 13). He predicts he will die on the 13th at the age of 76 (7+6 = 13) .Dies on July 13th, 1951 at 13 minutes to midnight.

1982

Princess Grace of Monaco - formerly the Hollywood actress Grace Kelly - is killed in a car crash aged 52. Born in Pennsylvannia, the daughter of a wealthy Irish businessman, she made her film debut in 1951 in 'Fourteen Hours'. Famous for supporting roles in 'High Noon' (1952) Alfred Hitchcock's thriller 'Rear Window' (1954); 'To Catch A Thief' (1955) and 'High Society' (1956). Retired in 1956 and married Prince Rainier III of Monaco.

1944

William Heath Robinson, the English artist and cartoonist known for his impractical drawings of complex machinery to perform simple tasks such as boiling an egg. Created and drew hundreds of designs for humourous methods of defeating the Germans during World War II.