September 1913 in History

Events in History

Androcles and the Lion

Sep 1 George Bernard Shaw's play "Androcles and the Lion" premieres in London

Second Revolution

Sep 1 Zhang Xun's Wuwei Corps captures Nanjing on behalf of Emperor Yuan Shikai in the Republic of China's Second Revolution, ending Chinese independence and causing Sun Yat Sen to flee to Japan

General, President and Emperor of the Republic of China Yuan Shikai

Sep 2 Amsterdam reroutes sewage of canals to South Seas
Sep 6 1st aircraft to loop the loop - Adolphe Pégoud in France
Sep 6 Hamilton Alerts apply for ORFU reinstatement, taking the name Hamilton Rowing Club
Sep 9 Russian pilot Pyotr Nesterov becomes the first pilot to fly a loop, doing so in his Nieuport IV monoplane; he is arrested for ten days for endangering government property
Sep 10 Cleveland Call & Post forms
Sep 10 George W. Buckner, named minister to Liberia
Sep 10 Lincoln Highway opens as 1st paved coast-to-coast highway across the United States
Sep 15 1st US milch goat show held, Rochester, NY
Sep 16 Thousands of women demonstrate for Dutch female suffrage
Sep 21 1st aerobatic maneuver, sustained inverted flight, performed in France
Sep 21 Turkey and Bulgaria sign peace treaty in Constantinople
Sep 22 The first batch of Indian passive resisters, consisting of 12 men and 4 women (including Mrs. Kasturba Gandhi) are arrested at Volksrust and imprisoned in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Sep 23 French aviator Roland Garros (24) is 1st to fly over Mediterranean Sea
Sep 23 Serbian troops march into Albania
Sep 23 Women protests take place in the Free State, South Africa, led by Charlotte Maxeke, resisting government attempts to impose passes on women; passes are burnt in front of the municipal offices
Sep 29 Shubert Theater, named after Sam S. Shubert, opens at 225 W 44th St NYC
Sep 29 The Treaty of Constantinople between Turkey and Bulgaria restores peace; the Turks recover Adrianople and Maritza River line

Birthdays in History

Sep 1 Christian Nyby, American director (Big Sleep, Thing), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1993)
Sep 4 Kenzo Tange, Japanese architect (Kagawa Prefectural Government Office Building; Pritzker Prize - 1987), born in Sakai, Japan (d. 2005)
Sep 4 Mickey Cohen, American gangster (Cohen crime family), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1976)
Sep 4 Stanford Moore, American biochemist (Nobel 1977), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1982)
Sep 5 Conny Stuart [Cornelia van Meygard], Dutch cabaret performer, and actress, born in Wijhe, Netherlands (d. 2010)
Sep 7 Oswald Szemerényi, Hungarian linguist, born in London (d. 1996)
Sep 7 Wim van der Grinten, Dutch lawyer and KVP politician (State Secretary of Economic Affairs), born in Nijmegen, Netherlands (d. 1994)
Sep 10 Zephania] Mothopeng, South African activist, President of the Pan-African Congress, born near Vrede, South Africa (d. 1990)
Sep 12 Ben Polak, Dutch physician, communist and resistance fighter, born in Nijmegen, Netherlands (d. 1993)
Sep 12 Kenneth Lo, cookery writer and restaurateur, born in Foochow, China (d. 1995)

Jacobo Árbenz (1913-1971)

Sep 14 President of Guatemala (1951-54); overthrown by CIA, born in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

Sep 15 Hans Filbinger, German politician (CDU), born in Mannheim, German Empire (d. 2007)
Sep 15 John Mitchell, American lawyer, political operative (US Attorney General, 1969-72), and convicted perjurer (Watergate Scandal), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1988)
Sep 21 Ulrich Ernst Simon, German-Jewish Anglican theologian, born in Berlin (d. 1997)
Sep 26 Ernst Schnabel, German writer and pioneer of the radio documentary, born in Zittau, Germany (d. 1986)
Sep 27 Albert Ellis, American psychologist, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2007)
Sep 28 Edith Pargeter, English author (wrote as Ellis Peters), born in Horsehay, Shropshire (d. 1995)
Sep 28 Warja Honegger-Lavater, Swiss artist and illustrator (Little Red Riding Hood: Imagery After a Tale by Perrault), born in Winterthur, Switzerland (d. 2007)