September 13
People born on this day are Virgo.
- 1979
South Africa grants independence to the "homeland" of Venda (not recognised outside South Africa).
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Spantax Flight 995 crashes at Málaga Airport during a rejected takeoff, killing 50 of the 394 people on board.
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Super Mario Bros. is released in Japan for the NES, which starts the Super Mario series of platforming games.
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Goiânia accident: A radioactive object is stolen from an abandoned hospital in Goiânia, Brazil, contaminating many people in the following weeks and causing some to die from radiation poisoning.
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Hurricane Gilbert is the strongest recorded hurricane in the Western Hemisphere, later replaced by Hurricane Wilma in 2005 (based on barometric pressure).
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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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A German Air Force Tupolev Tu-154 and a United States Air Force Lockheed C-141 Starlifter collide in mid-air near Namibia, killing 33.
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Civilian aircraft traffic resumes in the United States after the September 11 attacks.
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The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is adopted by the United Nations General Assembly.
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The McLaren F1 team are found guilty of possessing confidential information from the Ferrari team, fined $100 million, and excluded from the constructors' championship standings.
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Delhi, India, is hit by a series of bomb blasts, resulting in 30 deaths and 130 injuries.
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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.
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1999Yeonjun, South Korean singer, songwriter and dancer
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1998Satoshi, Moldovan rapper and singer-songwriter
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1996Adrian Kempe, Swedish ice hockey player
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1996Lili Reinhart, American actress
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1995Jerry Tollbring, Swedish handball player
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1994Leonor Andrade, Portuguese singer
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1994Anna Karolína Schmiedlová, Slovak tennis player
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1994Cameron Munster, Australian rugby league player
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1994Sepp Kuss, American professional cyclist
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1993Niall Horan, Irish singer
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1993Alice Merton, Irish-Canadian singer and songwriter
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1992Darren Waller, American football player
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