Hey Folks!
ODD FACTS
September 13, 2012
On Sept. 13, 1609, Henry Hudson reached the river that would later be named after him – the Hudson.
On Sept. 13, 1788, The Philadelphia Convention set the date for the first presidential election in the United States, and New York City becomes the country’s temporary capital.
On Sept. 13, 1899, Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident. He was disembarking from a streetcar at West 74th Street and Central Park West in New York City.
On Sept. 13, 1971, State police and National Guardsmen storm New York’s Attica Prison to end a prison revolt.
On Sept. 13, 1994, The Ulysses robotic space probe passes the Sun’s south pole.
Sept. 13th is International Chocolate Day.
