Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 13

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 * 1541 – After three years of exile, French theologian John Calvin returned to Geneva to reform the church under a system of Christian theology later known as Calvinism.
 * 1759 – French and Indian War: British forces won the Battle of the Plains of Abraham near Quebec City, despite General James Wolfe being mortally wounded.
 * 1814 – War of 1812: Fort McHenry in Baltimore's Inner Harbor was attacked by British forces during the Battle of Baltimore, inspiring Francis Scott Key to write "Defence of Fort McHenry", later used as the lyrics to the United States national anthem.
 * 1914 – World War I: The French army repulsed a German assault against their positions on high ground near the city of Nancy.
 * 1959 – The Soviet spacecraft Luna 2 (model pictured) struck the Moon, becoming the first spacecraft to reach another celestial body.
 * 1964 – South Vietnamese generals Lâm Văn Phát and Dương Văn Đức staged a coup attempt after being demoted by junta leader Nguyễn Khánh.
 * 1985 – Super Mario Bros., one of the most influential and best-selling video games in history, was first released in Japan for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
 * 1988 – Hurricane Gilbert reached a minimum pressure of 888 mb (26.22 inHg) with sustained flight-level winds of 185 mph (295 km/h), making it the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record at the time.
 * 1993 – Nirvana released their third and final studio album, In Utero, which went on to sell more than 15 million copies.
 * 2008 – Five bomb blasts took place in Delhi, India, killing at least 20 people as part of a series of attacks perpetrated by the Indian Mujahideen.
 * Born/died this day: | Michel de Montaigne |d|1592| Hezqeyas |d|1813| Lucy Goode Brooks |b|1818| Clara Schumann |b|1819| William Birdwood |b|1865| Petros Voulgaris |b|1883| Emmanuel Chabrier |d|1894| Marguerite LeHand |b|1896| Pat Collins |b|1896| Claude-Hélène Perrot |b|1928|Lili Elbe |d|1931| Fiona Apple |b|1977|Luiz Gushiken |d|2013| Helen Filarski |d|2014