On September 13, 2007, the United Nations adopts the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

On September 13, 2004, TV talk-show host Oprah Winfrey gives a brand-new Pontiac G-6 sedan, worth $28,500, to everyone in her studio audience: a total of 276 cars in all.

Hip hop star Tupac Shakur dies on September 13, 1996 of gunshot wounds suffered in a Las Vegas drive-by shooting.

On September 13, 1990, the drama series “Law & Order” premieres on NBC; it will go on to become one of the longest-running primetime dramas in TV history and spawn several popular spin-offs.

On September 13, 1963, Texas-born entrepreneur Mary Kay Ash launches a cosmetic company in Dallas with her $5,000 life savings and the help of her 20-year-old son Richard Rogers.

On September 13, 1940, Mussolini’s forces finally cross the Libyan border into Egypt, achieving what the Duce calls the “glory” Italy had sought for three centuries.

Roald Dahl, author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964) and James and the Giant Peach (1961), is born in South Wales on September 13, 1916.

The national anthem of the United States, the Star Spangled Banner, is set to music written by a British composer and was originally an old drinking song.