This is our day guide for Friday September 13th 2019 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?
1953 - Nikita Khrushchev is appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
1906 - First flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
1229 - Ögedei Khan is proclaimed Khagan of the Mongol Empire in Kodoe Aral, Khentii: Mongolia.
622 - Muhammad, founder of Islam leaves the city of Mecca for Yathrib (Medina) to avoid persecution from his enemies. This event is know as 'Hijra' and marks the beginning of the Islamic calendar.