EST. DECEMBER 1994 • 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com 🐯
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
September 13
Sunday, September 13, 2026
Day 255 of 2026 | Week 37 | 104 days until Christmas 🎅
HISTORIC EVENTS
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.
Delhi, India, is hit by a series of bomb blasts, resulting in 30 deaths and 130 injuries.
The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is adopted by the United Nations General Assembly.
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.
Civilian aircraft traffic resumes in the United States after the September 11 attacks.
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.
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.
Largest anti-Apartheid march in South Africa, led by Desmond Tutu.
Hurricane Gilbert is the strongest recorded hurricane in the Western Hemisphere, later replaced by Hurricane Wilma in 2005 (based on barometric pressure).
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.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
Russian NHL defenseman (Team Russia
Australian actor (My Big Fat Greek Wedding)
American poker player
American stand-up comedian (Comedy Central Roasts
English businessman (CLS Holdings)
Ethiopian dam engineer (Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam)
American radio and television talk show host (NPR; PBS)
English cricket batsman (62 Tests
Greek politician (Minister of State)
American golfer (US Open 1995 4th)
Estonian poet and author
American heavy metal guitarist and singer (Metallica
American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois)
American voiceover actor (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
American reporter and correspondent (Dateline NBC: To Catch A Predator
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