Right this moment is Saturday, Sept. 13, the 256th day of 2025. There are 109 days left within the yr.
Right this moment in historical past:
On Sept. 13, 1993, on the White Home, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat shook palms after signing an accord granting restricted Palestinian autonomy.
Additionally on this date:
In 1788, the Congress of the Confederation licensed the primary nationwide election and declared New York Metropolis the short-term nationwide capital.
In 1948, Republican Margaret Chase Smith of Maine was elected to the U.S. Senate; she grew to become the primary lady to serve in each homes of Congress.
In 1971, a four-day inmate rise up on the Attica Correctional Facility in western New York ended as police and guards stormed the jail; the ordeal and ultimate assault claimed the lives of 32 inmates and 11 hostages.
In 1997, a funeral was held in Kolkata, India, for Nobel peace laureate Mom Teresa.
In 2008, crews rescued folks from their houses in an all-out seek for hundreds of Texans who had stayed behind in a single day to face Hurricane Ike.
In 2010, Rafael Nadal beat Novak Djokovic to win his first U.S. Open title and full a profession Grand Slam.
In 2021, college resumed for New York Metropolis public college college students within the nation’s largest experiment of in-person studying through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Right this moment’s Birthdays:
- Actor Barbara Bain is 94.
- Nobel Peace Prize laureate Óscar Arias is 85.
- Rock singer David Clayton-Thomas (Blood, Sweat & Tears) is 84.
- Actor Jacqueline Bisset is 81.
- Singer Peter Cetera is 81.
- Actor Jean Sensible is 74.
- File producer Don Was is 73.
- Chef Alain Ducasse is 69.
- Rock singer-musician Dave Mustaine (Megadeth) is 64.
- Olympic gold medal sprinter Michael Johnson is 58.
- Filmmaker Tyler Perry is 56.
- Dressmaker Stella McCartney is 54.
- Former tennis participant Goran Ivanisevic (ee-van-EE’-seh-vihch) is 54.
- Nation musician Joe Don Rooney (Rascal Flatts) is 50.
- Singer-songwriter Fiona Apple is 48.
- Actor Ben Savage is 45.
- Soccer participant Thomas Müller is 36.
- Rock singer Niall Horan (One Path) is 32.
- Actor Lili Reinhart (TV: “Riverdale”) is 29.