September 13th - Important events on this day in history, French and Indian war, Tupac Shakur, Mother Teresa

Today in History - September 13th

1759 – During the final French and Indian War, the British defeat the French on the Plains of Abraham overlooking Quebec City
1788 – The Congress of the Confederation authorize the first national election and declare New York City the temporary national capital
1943 – Chiang Kai-shek becomes president of China

1948 – Republican Margaret Chase Smith of Maine is elected to the U.S. Senate, becoming the first woman to serve in both houses of Congress
1949 – The Ladies Professional Golf Association of America is formed in New York City
1971 – A four-day inmates' rebellion at the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York ends as police and guards storm the prison; the ordeal and final assault claimed 43 lives
1990 – "Law & Order" premieres on NBC
1996 – Rapper Tupac Shakur dies at a Las Vegas hospital six days after he was wounded in a drive-by shooting; he was 25
1997 – Funeral services are held in Calcutta, India, for Mother Teresa
1999 – An explosion devastates an eight-story apartment building in Moscow, killing at least 118 people
2001 – Secretary of State Colin Powell names Osama bin Laden as the prime suspect in the terror attacks on the United States; limited commercial flights resume for the first time in two days
2007 – The NFL fines New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick $500,000 and the team $250,000 for spying on the New York Jets during a game

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