Talk:September 13

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September 13: 533 – Belisarius and his legions defeated Gelimer and the Vandals at the Battle of Ad Decimum near Carthage, and began the "Reconquest of the West" under Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I. 1814 – War of 1812: The bombardment of Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore inspired Francis Scott Key to write "The Star-Spangled Banner," which later became the national anthem of the United States. 1956 – IBM unveiled the 305 RAMAC (Random Access Method of Accounting and Control), the first commercial computer that used magnetic disk storage. 1987 – Goiânia accident: A radioactive item was stolen from an abandoned hospital in Goiânia, Brazil, contaminating hundreds of people. 1993 – After rounds of secret negotiations in Norway, PLO leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (pictured with U.S. President Bill Clinton) formally signed the Oslo Peace Accords. More events: September 12 – September 13 – September 14 Archive – By email – More anniversaries... It is now 00:23, June 15, 2008 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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If you check the Jean Smart Web pages and do the math, she would have graduated university at 16 if she was born in 1959. I think she was born in 1953 and I think we should strive for correctness rather than publicity.

[edit] Events?

Why are most of the events listed negative? 213.240.234.212 20:56, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

It's the 13th, and it often falls on a Friday. You do the math. Sept. 13, 1999 also happens to be the date of the fictional nuclear mishap that serves as the starting point for the TV series Space: 1999. Where should fictional things like that be listed? Asat 03:56, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Programmer Day?

If you google this it shows up everywhere and it's been 'celebrated' at my past two jobs, why is this not considered a valid holiday? Someone noted it as being made up by one person, but if you google it that does not appear to be the case. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.196.83.178 (talk) 15:18, 14 September 2007 (UTC)