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Saturday, 13 September 2025

2008

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

2007

The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is adopted by the United Nations General Assembly.

2001

Civilian aircraft traffic resumes in the U.S. after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

1994

Ulysses probe passes the Sun's south pole.

1993

Public unveiling of the Oslo Accords, an Israeli-Palestinian agreement initiated by Norway.

Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shakes hands with PLO chairman Yasser Arafat at the White House after signing an accord granting limited Palestinian autonomy.

1989

Largest anti-Apartheid march in South Africa, led by Desmond Tutu.

1988

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

1987

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.

1985

Nintendo creates the game Super Mario Bros.

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