What happend on 13th September

12.09
14.09
1956

The dyke around the Dutch polder East Flevoland is closed.

1953

Nikita Khrushchev appointed secretary-general of the Soviet Union.

1948

Margaret Chase Smith is elected senator, and becomes the first woman to serve in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate.

1943

Chiang Kai-shek elected president of the Republic of China.

1940

Italy invades Egypt.

1940

German bombs damage Buckingham Palace.

1939

Canada enters World War II.

1923

Military coup in Spain

1922

The temperature (in the shade) at Al 'Aziziyah, Libya reaches a world record 136.4 °F (58 °C).

1914

During World War I, South African troops open hostilities in German SW Afica (Namibia) with an assault on the Ramansdrift police station.