Today is Thursday, September 13, the 255th day of 2007. There are 110 days left in the year.
604 _ Sabinian begins his reign as Catholic pope
1788 _ New York City becomes capital of the United States
1882 _ Britain invades Egypt
1906 _ The first airplane flight in Europe
1942 _ German forces attack Stalingrad
1943 _ Chiang Kai-shek became president of China
1965 _ Beatles release ``Yesterday"
1970 _ IBM announces System 370 computer
1983 _ The U.S. mint strikes the first gold coin in 50 years (Olympic Eagle)
1990 _ Iraqi troops storm the residence of French ambassador in Kuwait