You don't have Javascript enabled. To view this site requires Javascript to be enabled.
MjIxMi0tLTU1NC0tLTE=.jpg
If you can't access speech audio, click here to get Real Player
sponsored by peru

13th September

257---Image_large

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.

1985

The World Heath Organisation (WHO) declares Aids to be a world epidemic.

1971

Police storm the Attica Prison in New York after riots leave 40 dead.

1970

In Colombia, en route to the World Cup finals in Mexico, the captain of the England football team, Bobby Moore is accused of stealing a diamond bracelet from a shop. After being kept under house arrest, he is released and all chargesare dropped.

1957

In London, 'The Mousetrap' becomes Britain's longest-running play reaching its 1,998th performance.

1956

Rock 'n Roll legend Little Richard records 'Tutti Frutti' in Los Angeles with cleaned-up lyrics!

1943

General Chiang Kai Shek is re-elected President of the Republic of China.

1942

World War II: Start of the five month Battle of Stalingrad (now Volgograd).

1940

During World War II, Italy begins the invasion of Egypt.

1940

Buckingham Palace in London is struck by a bomb during 'The Blitz' in WW II

1915

The process for making breakfast cereal flakes is patented by Frank Martin. The previous combination of corn, oats and grain had proved indigestible!

1912

Revolution in Santo Domingo (modern Dominican Republic).

1909

The first performance of Oscar Strauss' operetta 'The Chocolate Soldier' including the song 'My Hero'.

1902

The first criminal conviction using fingerprint evidence takes place at the Old Bailey Central Criminal Court in London.

1845

The world's first baseball club - The Knickerbocker Club - is founded in New York.

1788

New York becomes the federal capital of the new United States of America - at least until 1789.

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.

1672

English writer and preacher John Bunyan is released from Norwich jail.

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.