On This Day In History
September 13th
509 BC The temple of Jupiter on Rome’s Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September
335 Church of Holy Sepulchre consecrated in Jerusalem
1224 Francis of Assisi is afflicted with stigmata after a vision praying on Mount Verna
1501 Michelangelo begins work on his Statue of David, a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture
1845 English chemist Michael Faraday discovers the ‘Faraday effect’, the influence of a magnetic field on polarized light
1847 American-Mexican war: US General Winfield Scott captures Mexico City
1993 Public unveiling of the Oslo Accords, an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement initiated by Norway, signed by Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Shimon Peres and PLO official Mahmoud Abbas
Did You Know?
Building begins on Hadrian‘s Wall, Northern England
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Would You Believe?
The Straw Hat Riot begins in New York City as people protest the right to wear straw hats beyond the accepted end date of September 15
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