📜 This Day in History

September 13

• 509 BCAccording to Roman tradition, the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus, the most important temple in ancient Rome, was dedicated.
• 1567The siege of Inabayama Castle, the final battle in Oda Nobunaga's campaign to conquer Mino Province, began; it culminated in a decisive victory for Nobunaga.
• 1914World War I: The French army repulsed a German assault against their positions on high ground near the city of Nancy.
• 1959The Soviet spacecraft Luna 2 struck the Moon, the first spacecraft to reach another celestial body.
• 1988Hurricane Gilbert reached a minimum pressure of 888 mb (26.22 inHg) with sustained flight-level winds of 185 mph (295 km/h), making it the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record at the time.
• 2008Five bomb blasts took place in Delhi, India, killing at least 20 people as part of a series of attacks perpetrated by the Indian Mujahideen.

Born on this day

• 64Julia Flavia, Roman daughter of Titus (died AD 91)
• 1903Claudette Colbert, American actress (died 1996)
• 1916Roald Dahl, British novelist, poet, and screenwriter (died 1990)
• 1989Thomas Müller, German footballer