Edition No. 48 · GlobalEst. 2026
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This Day in History

This Day in History: September 13

Test your knowledge of world history with these five questions highlighting major events that took place on September 13 across different eras and continents.

Date: 2026-09-13

1. Which Roman emperor, remembered for capturing Jerusalem and completing the construction of the Colosseum, died on September 13, 81 AD?

2. On September 13, 1759, British forces led by General James Wolfe defeated the French under General Louis-Joseph de Montcalm in North America at which decisive confrontation?

3. What groundbreaking video game created by designer Shigeru Miyamoto was officially released by Nintendo in Japan on September 13, 1985?

4. On September 13, 1989, Archbishop Desmond Tutu led approximately 30,000 peaceful marchers in which city, marking South Africa's largest anti-apartheid demonstration?

5. On September 13, 1906, aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont achieved Europe's first publicly observed fixed-wing airplane flight in Paris using which experimental aircraft?