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2018

Amazon broadcasts “Thursday Night Football” live; Cincinnati beats Baltimore 34-23; first all-female broadcast team in NFL history; Andrea Kremer hosts the game with Hannah Storm.

2008

33rd Toronto International Film Festival: “Slumdog Millionaire,” directed by Danny Boyle, wins the People’s Choice Award.

2006

At Dawson College (Montreal), Kimveer Gill kills one student and injures 19 others before taking his own life…

2001

U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell identifies Osama bin Laden as the prime suspect in the September 11, 2011, terrorist attacks.

1991

A 35-metric-ton beam collapses at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal.

1990

The TV series “Law & Order,” created by Dick Wolf, airs for the first time on NBC.

1985

The video game “Super Mario Bros.,” created by Shigeru Miyamoto at Nintendo, is released.

1977

General Motors unveils its first diesel car (the Oldsmobile 88).

1971

The World Hockey Association is founded. The Quebec Nordiques will be part of it from 1972 to 1979.

1970

The first New York City Marathon is run and won by Gary Muhrcke in 2:31:38.

1969

Hanna-Barbera’s “Scooby-Doo” airs for the first time on CBS.

1965

The Beatles won their first Grammy Award for Best Group of 1964.

The Beatles’ song “Yesterday” is released in North America.

1940

Buckingham Palace is damaged by German bombs.

1922

The highest temperature ever recorded on Earth, 58 degrees Celsius, is recorded in El Azizia, Libya.

1759

The British defeat the French on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City.

1503

Michelangelo begins work on his statue of David.

It happened on… September 13

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