On this day

13 September in history.

5 moments from 1898 to 2007: discovery, creativity and courage, each with a source to read more.

5 moments

Shigeru Miyamoto , Fellow of Nintendo Co., Ltd. , received the Person of Cultural Merit on June 10, 2015

1985

Wikipedia: Super Mario Bros.

Photo: Minister's Secretariat Personnel Division / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)

More from 13 September

  1. Hannibal Goodwin

    1898

    Film on celluloid

    Hannibal Goodwin, a church minister, received a patent for flexible celluloid photographic film.

    Photo: Robert Grau / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  2. A Long shot of the Great Mount Kenya taken from the small town of Nanyuki-Kenya

    1899

    Mount Kenya is climbed

    Halford Mackinder, César Ollier and Joseph Brocherel reached Batian, the highest peak of Mount Kenya.

    Photo: Don Elvis Muraya / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  3. IBM 305 RAMAC

    1956

    The first hard drive

    IBM introduced the RAMAC, the first commercial computer with a disk drive. It stored about 5 megabytes.

    Photo: Norsk Teknisk Museum / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  4. Flag of the United Nations

    2007

    Rights for Indigenous peoples

    The United Nations adopted a declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples.

    Photo: See File history below for details. Denelson83 , Zscout370 ve Madden / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Moments chosen for discovery, creativity and courage. Each one links to a source where you can read more; photos are credited to their owners.