1993 - Israel-Palestine peace agreement on the lawns of the White House
US President Clinton presides over White House ceremonies marking the signing of the peace accord between Israel and the Palestinians, with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
1971 - Attica prison rebellion controlled
On Sept. 13, 1971, a four-day inmates' rebellion at the Attica Correctional Facility in western New York ended as police and guards stormed the prison; the ordeal and final assault claimed the lives of 32 inmates and 11 hostages.
1960 - Nixon's presidential campaign
Vice President and Mrs. Richard Nixon wave to crowd lining downtown Portland street on Sept. 13, 1960 as they ride through a heavy shower of confetti, during his presidential campaign.
1959 - Elvis meets his future wife Priscilla, in Germany
In 1959, Elvis Presley first met his future wife, 14-year-old Priscilla Beaulieu, while stationed in West Germany with the U.S. Army. (They married in 1967, but divorced in 1973.)
1943 - Precision bombing over France
1935 - Howard Hughes sets a new speed record
Howard Hughes set a new speed record of 352 miles per hour, before having to make an emergency landing of his H-1 speed plane.