Once Upon A Time – Sept. 13 – 122 AD – Building Begins On Hadrian’s Wall, Northern England

509 BC The temple of Jupiter on Rome’s Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September

335 Church of Holy Sepulchre consecrated in Jerusalem

1224 Francis of Assisi is afflicted with stigmata after a vision praying on Mount Verna

1501 Michelangelo begins work on his Statue of David, a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture

1845 English chemist Michael Faraday discovers the ‘Faraday effect’, the influence of a magnetic field on polarized light

1847 American-Mexican war: US General Winfield Scott captures Mexico City

1993 Public unveiling of the Oslo Accords, an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement initiated by Norway, signed by Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Shimon Peres and PLO official Mahmoud Abbas

HISTORICAL EVENTS TODAY

TODAY IN FILM & TV

1969 “Scooby-Doo Where are You” by Hanna-Barbera debuts on CBS in the US

TODAY IN MUSIC

1965 Beatles release single “Yesterday” – just Paul, with a strings arranged by George Martin

TODAY IN SPORT

2015 Evian Championship Women’s Golf, Evian Resort GC: Lydia Ko of New Zealand wins by 6 from Lexi Thompson to become youngest major winner, 18yrs, 142 days

MORE FACTS…

122 Building begins on Hadrian’s Wall, Northern England

1922 The Straw Hat Riot begins in New York City as people protest the right to wear straw hats beyond the accepted end date of September 15

FAMOUS WEDDINGS

1893 Microbiologist Robert Koch (49) weds actress Hedwig Freiberg (20)

1975 Novelist Danielle Steel (28) weds Danny Zugelder in the prison canteen

1981 Television producer Lorne Michaels (36) weds model Susan Forristal