WHAT HAPPENED ON 13. SEPTEMBER
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The dike around the Dutch polder East Flevoland is closed. (13. September 1956)

The IBM 305 RAMAC is introduced, the first commercial computer to use disk storage. (13. September 1956)

South Vietnamese Generals Lam Van Phat and Duong Van Duc fail in a coup attempt against General Nguyen Khanh. (13. September 1964)

Albania leaves the Warsaw Pact. (13. September 1968)

State police and National Guardsmen storm New York's Attica Prison to end a prison revolt. (13. September 1971)

People's Republic of China: Chairman Mao Zedong's second in command and successor Marshal Lin Biao flees the country via plane after the failure of alleged coup against Mao. The plane crashes in Mongolia, killing all aboard. (13. September 1971)

South Africa grants independence to the "homeland" of Venda (not recognised outside South Africa). (13. September 1979)

Goiânia accident: A radioactive object is stolen from an abandoned hospital in Goiânia, Brazil, contaminating many people in the following weeks and causing some to die from radiation poisoning. (13. September 1987)

Hurricane Gilbert is the strongest recorded hurricane in the Western Hemisphere, later replaced by Hurricane Wilma in 2005 (based on barometric pressure). (13. September 1988)

Largest anti-Apartheid march in South Africa, led by Desmond Tutu. (13. September 1989)

Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shakes hands with PLO chairman Yasser Arafat at the White House after signing the Oslo Accords granting limited Palestinian autonomy. (13. September 1993)

Ulysses probe passes the Sun's south pole. (13. September 1994)

Civilian aircraft traffic resumes in the United States after the September 11, 2001 attacks. (13. September 2001)

Kimveer Gill kills one student and injures 19 more in the Dawson College shooting. (13. September 2006)

The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. (13. September 2007)

Delhi, India, is hit by a series of bomb blasts, resulting in 30 deaths and 130 injuries. (13. September 2008)

Hurricane Ike makes landfall on the Texas Gulf Coast of the United States, causing heavy damage to Galveston Island, Houston and surrounding areas. (13. September 2008)

Taliban insurgents attack the United States consulate in Herat, Afghanistan, with two members of the Afghan National Police reported dead and about 20 civilians injured. (13. September 2013)