Margaret Chase Smith is elected United States senator, and becomes the first woman to serve in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate. Date: September 13, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 13 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today)

Deputy Prime Minister of India Vallabhbhai Patel orders the Army to move into Hyderabad to integrate it with the Indian Union. Date: September 13, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 13 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today)

Nikita Khrushchev is appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Date: September 13, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 13 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today)

The dike around the Dutch polder East Flevoland is closed. Date: September 13, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 13 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This Day (Today)

The IBM 305 RAMAC is introduced, the first commercial computer to use disk storage. Date: September 13, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 13 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This Day (Today)

An appeals court orders the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith, the first African-American student admitted to the segregated university. Date: September 13, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 13 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today)

Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a crowd of 20,000 West Berliners on Sunday, in Waldbühne. Date: September 13, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 13 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today)

South Vietnamese Generals Lâm Văn Phát and Dương Văn Đức fail in a coup attempt against General Nguyễn Khánh. Date: September 13, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 13 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today)

Cold War: Albania leaves the Warsaw Pact. Date: September 13, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 13 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today)

Chairman Mao Zedong's second in command and successor Marshal Lin Biao flees China after the failure of an alleged coup. His plane crashes in Mongolia, killing all aboard. Date: September 13, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 13 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)