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On This Day: September 13

8 verified moments happened on September 13. Here they are in the order they actually happened — the same kind of puzzle you solve in Whensly every day.

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  1. 1883One-armed pitcher Hugh Daily no-hits the Philadelphia Quakers, leading his Cleveland Blues to a shutout win.Sports · Source: SABR Games Project, 'Sep 13, 1883: One hand, no hits for Hugh Daily' (September 13 1883)
  2. 1956🗄️ IBM ships the first hard disk drive, the RAMAC, storing five million characters on stacked spinning platters.Technology · Source: Wikipedia, 'IBM 305 RAMAC'; EDN (Sep 13 1956)
  3. 1969🐕 A cowardly Great Dane and four meddling teens debut their mystery-solving van on Saturday morning television.TV · Source: Wikipedia (Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!)
  4. 1970Margaret Court wins the US Open to complete the calendar-year Grand Slam, only the second woman to do so.Sports · Source: Sport360, 'Margaret Court completes grand slam' (Sep 13 1970)
  5. 1971Frank Robinson hits his 500th career home runSports · Source: SABR 'September 13, 1971: Frank Robinson smashes his 500th career home run'; MLB.com video 09/13/1971
  6. 1985🍄 Nintendo releases Super Mario Bros. in Japan, sending the plumber running through the Mushroom Kingdom.Technology · Source: Wikipedia, 'Super Mario Bros.' (Sep 13 1985)
  7. 1990⚖️ Dick Wolf's procedural "Law & Order" debuts on NBC, launching a courtroom-and-cops franchise that runs for decades.TV · Source: History.com (This Day in History)
  8. 2015Lydia Ko shoots a closing 63 at Evian to become, at eighteen, the youngest major winner ever.Sports · Source: LPGA: Lydia Ko Becomes the Youngest Major Winner Ever at the 2015 Evian Championship; CNN

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