SEPTEMBER 13
1948:Margaret Chase Smith of Maine is elected U.S. senator; she is the first woman to serve in both houses of Congress.
1814: Francis Scott Key, a young lawyer, watches the bombing of Fort McHenry by the British Royal Navy from Baltimore Harbor. After the bombardment, the tattered flag still flies above the fort, inspiring Key to write a poem entitled The Defence of Fort McHenry. It is soon set to music as “The Star Spangled Banner.”
1993: Palestinian Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shake hands on the South Lawn of the White House, sealing the Oslo accords. The agreement grants limited autonomy to the Palestinian National Authority and calls for the withdrawal of Israeli troops from certain occupied territories.
1814: Francis Scott Key, a young lawyer, watches the bombing of Fort McHenry by the British Royal Navy from Baltimore Harbor. After the bombardment, the tattered flag still flies above the fort, inspiring Key to write a poem entitled The Defence of Fort McHenry. It is soon set to music as “The Star Spangled Banner.”
1993: Palestinian Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shake hands on the South Lawn of the White House, sealing the Oslo accords. The agreement grants limited autonomy to the Palestinian National Authority and calls for the withdrawal of Israeli troops from certain occupied territories.
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