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Today in History: Tuesday, September\u00a0 13, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nOn Sept. 13, 1993, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat shook hands at the White House after signing an accord granting limited Palestinian autonomy.
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1788<\/td>\nThe Congress of the Confederation authorized the first national election and declared New York City the temporary national capital.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1943<\/td>\nChiang Kai-shek became president of China.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1948<\/td>\nRepublican Margaret Chase Smith of Maine was elected to the U.S. Senate, becoming the first woman to serve in both houses of Congress.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1949<\/td>\nThe Ladies Professional Golf Association of America was formed in New York City.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1971<\/td>\nA four-day inmates’ rebellion at the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York ended as police and guards stormed the prison; the ordeal and final assault claimed 43 lives.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1990<\/td>\n“Law & Order” premiered on NBC.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1996<\/td>\nRapper Tupac Shakur, 25, died at a Las Vegas hospital six days after he was wounded in a drive-by shooting.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1998<\/td>\nNBC’s “Frasier” won a record fifth consecutive Emmy as TV’s best comedy series.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1999<\/td>\nA bomb blamed by authorities on Chechen rebels devastated an eight-story apartment building in Moscow, killing at least 124 people.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000<\/td>\nChase Manhattan agreed to buy J.P. Morgan for more than $35 billion, creating the third largest financial company in the U.S.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/td>\nSecretary of State Colin Powell named Osama bin Laden as the prime suspect in the terror attacks on the United States; limited commercial flights resumed for the first time in two days.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\nRafael Nadal of Spain won his first U.S. Open title to complete a career Grand Slam, beating Novak Djokovic 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Today’s Birthdays:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actress Jean Smart (“Designing Women”) turns 65 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Barbara Bain<\/td>\nActress (“Mission: Impossible”)<\/td>\n85<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jacqueline Bisset<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n72<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Peter Cetera<\/td>\nRock singer (Chicago)<\/td>\n72<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Don Was<\/td>\nRecord producer<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dave Mustaine<\/td>\nRock singer, musician (Megadeth)<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tavis Smiley<\/td>\nRadio, TV personality<\/td>\n52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zak Starkey<\/td>\nRock musician, son of Ringo Starr<\/td>\n51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michael Johnson<\/td>\nRunner<\/td>\n49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Steve Perkins<\/td>\nRock musician (Porno For Pyros; Jane’s Addiction)<\/td>\n49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bernie Williams<\/td>\nBaseball player<\/td>\n48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Louise Lombard<\/td>\nActress (“CSI”)<\/td>\n46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Goran Ivanisevic<\/td>\nTennis player<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fiona Apple<\/td>\nRock singer<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Country musician Joe Don Rooney (Rascal Flatts) turns 41 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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