Today in History - History - September 13th

1992112th US Mens Tennis: Stefan Edberg beats Pete Sampras (36 64 76 62)

1965Willie Mays's 500th HR (off Don Nottebart), Giants 11th straight win

1987Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship

1909Ty Cobb clinches AL HR title with his 9th HR (all inside-the-park)

1515-14] Battle at Marignano: France beats Habsburgers & Pope Leo X

1503Michelangelo begins work on his statue of David.

196484th US Mens Tennis: Roy Emerson beats Frederick S Stolle (64 62 64)

1930Paavo Nurmi runs world record 20,000m (1:04:38.4)

1224Francis of Assisi is afflicted with stigmata.

1983Oakland's Rickey Henderson 3rd straight 100 steals for season

1860John J. Pershing (Blackjack), Laclede, Missouri, US commander (WW I), (d. 1948)

1660Daniel Defoe, London, English novelist (Robinson Crusoe)

1916Roald Dahl, Llandaff, Cardiff, author (Over to You, Taste, 2 Fables), (d. 1990).

1857Milton S. Hershey, Derry Township, Pennsylvania, American chocolate tycoon (The Hershey Chocolate Company) and philanthropist, (d. 1945)

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

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

81Titus Flavius Vespasianus, emperor of Rome (69-81), dies of a fever at about 42

1996Tupac Shakur, rap star/actor (Juice, Bullet), dies of internal bleeding after a drive by shotting at 25

1759James Wolfe, British general (Plains of Abraham), dies in battle at 32

1949August Krogh, Danish zoophysiologist, dies at 75