^B{^#!16!13 September^N! Feast day of St John Chrysostom, St Maurilius of Angers, St Amatus or AmΘ, abbot, and St Eulogius of Alexandria.
^B{1759^B} The British defeated the French at the Battle of Quebec, completing the British conquest of North America. ^B{1788^B} New York became the capital of the US (until 1789). ^B{1845^B} The Knickerbocker Club, the first baseball club, was founded in New York. ^B{1914^B} The first Battle of the Aisne, during World War I, began. ^B{1942^B} The Germans began their attack on Stalingrad. ^B{1943^B} General Chiang Kai-shek was re-elected president of the Republic of China. ^B{1956^B} Little Richard recorded 'Tutti Frutti' in Los Angeles with cleaned-up lyrics. ^B{1957^B} ^I{The Mousetrap^I} became Britain's longest running play, reaching its 1,998th performance. ^B{1989^B} Britain's biggest ever banking computer error gave customers an extra ú2 billion in a period of 30 minutes; 99.3 per cent of the money was reportedly returned.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}William Betty, British boy actor, ^B{1791^B}; Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian composer, ^B{1874^B}; John Joseph Priestley, English author, ^B{1894^B}; Claudette Colbert, French actress, ^B{1905^B}; John Smith, British politician, ^B{1938^B}; Jacqueline Bisset, English actress, ^B{1944^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Andrea Mantegna, Italian painter, ^B{1506^B}; Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, French essayist, ^B{1592^B}; Charles James Fox, English statesman, ^B{1806^B}; Alexis-Emmanuel Chabrier, French composer, ^B{1894^B}; Leopold Stokowski, US conductor, ^B{1977^B}; Joe Pasternak, US film producer, ^B{1991^B}.
