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  • Evansville, Indiana, U.S.
    Saturday Sep 13, 1884
    Hot Dog

    An early use of the term hot dog in reference to sausage-meat

    Evansville, Indiana, U.S.
    Saturday Sep 13, 1884

    An early use of the term hot dog in reference to sausage-meat appears in the Evansville (Indiana) Daily Courier (September 14, 1884): even the innocent 'wienerworst' man will be barred from dispensing hot dog on the street corner.




  • Santa Ana, California, U.S.
    Friday Sep 13, 1935
    Howard Hughes: The Aviator

    Setting records

    Santa Ana, California, U.S.
    Friday Sep 13, 1935

    On September 13, 1935, Hughes, flying the H-1, set the landplane airspeed record of 352 mph (566 km/h) over his test course near Santa Ana, California (Giuseppe Motta reached 362 mph in 1929 and George Stainforth reached 407.5 mph in 1931, both in seaplanes). This was the last time in history that the world airspeed record was set in an aircraft built by a private individual.




  • U.S.
    Friday Sep 13, 1946
    Marilyn Monroe

    1st Divorce

    U.S.
    Friday Sep 13, 1946

    In September 1946, she divorced Dougherty, who was against her having a career.




  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Thursday Sep 13, 1962
    Neil Armstrong

    Joining the NASA Astronaut Corps as part of "The New Nine"

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Thursday Sep 13, 1962

    NASA's Director of Flight Crew Operations, Deke Slayton, called Armstrong on September 13, 1962, and asked whether he would be interested in joining the NASA Astronaut Corps as part of what the press dubbed "the New Nine"; without hesitation, Armstrong said yes.




  • California, United States
    Saturday Sep 13, 1969
    River Phoenix

    Phoenix's parents marriage

    California, United States
    Saturday Sep 13, 1969

    They married on September 13, 1969, less than a year after meeting.




  • Nokia Theatre, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    Monday Sep 13, 2010
    Lady Gaga

    2010 MTV awards

    Nokia Theatre, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    Monday Sep 13, 2010

    At the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, she won eight awards from 13 nominations, including Video of the Year for "Bad Romance". She was the most nominated artist for a single year, and the first female to receive two nominations for Video of the Year at the same ceremony.




  • San Francisco, California, United States
    Wednesday Sep 13, 2017
    Reddit

    Reddit announced was no longer open source

    San Francisco, California, United States
    Wednesday Sep 13, 2017

    Reddit announces that its main code repositories, backing its desktop and mobile websites, are no longer open source.


  • Evansville, Indiana, U.S.
    Saturday Sep 13, 1884
    Hot Dog

    An early use of the term hot dog in reference to sausage-meat

    Evansville, Indiana, U.S.
    Saturday Sep 13, 1884

    An early use of the term hot dog in reference to sausage-meat appears in the Evansville (Indiana) Daily Courier (September 14, 1884): even the innocent 'wienerworst' man will be barred from dispensing hot dog on the street corner.


  • Santa Ana, California, U.S.
    Friday Sep 13, 1935
    Howard Hughes: The Aviator

    Setting records

    Santa Ana, California, U.S.
    Friday Sep 13, 1935

    On September 13, 1935, Hughes, flying the H-1, set the landplane airspeed record of 352 mph (566 km/h) over his test course near Santa Ana, California (Giuseppe Motta reached 362 mph in 1929 and George Stainforth reached 407.5 mph in 1931, both in seaplanes). This was the last time in history that the world airspeed record was set in an aircraft built by a private individual.


  • U.S.
    Friday Sep 13, 1946
    Marilyn Monroe

    1st Divorce

    U.S.
    Friday Sep 13, 1946

    In September 1946, she divorced Dougherty, who was against her having a career.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Thursday Sep 13, 1962
    Neil Armstrong

    Joining the NASA Astronaut Corps as part of "The New Nine"

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Thursday Sep 13, 1962

    NASA's Director of Flight Crew Operations, Deke Slayton, called Armstrong on September 13, 1962, and asked whether he would be interested in joining the NASA Astronaut Corps as part of what the press dubbed "the New Nine"; without hesitation, Armstrong said yes.


  • California, United States
    Saturday Sep 13, 1969
    River Phoenix

    Phoenix's parents marriage

    California, United States
    Saturday Sep 13, 1969

    They married on September 13, 1969, less than a year after meeting.


  • Nokia Theatre, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    Monday Sep 13, 2010
    Lady Gaga

    2010 MTV awards

    Nokia Theatre, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    Monday Sep 13, 2010

    At the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, she won eight awards from 13 nominations, including Video of the Year for "Bad Romance". She was the most nominated artist for a single year, and the first female to receive two nominations for Video of the Year at the same ceremony.


  • San Francisco, California, United States
    Wednesday Sep 13, 2017
    Reddit

    Reddit announced was no longer open source

    San Francisco, California, United States
    Wednesday Sep 13, 2017

    Reddit announces that its main code repositories, backing its desktop and mobile websites, are no longer open source.


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