Today’s highlight

On Sept. 13, 1993, at the White House, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat shook hands after signing an accord granting limited Palestinian autonomy.

On this date

1788: The Congress of the Confederation authorized the first national election and declared New York City the temporary national capital.

1948: Republican Margaret Chase Smith of Maine was elected to the U.S. Senate; she became the first woman to serve in both houses of Congress.

1971: A four-day inmate rebellion at the Attica Correctional Facility in western New York ended as police and guards stormed the prison; the ordeal and final assault claimed the lives of 32 inmates and 11 hostages.

1997: A funeral was held in Kolkata, India, for Nobel peace laureate Mother Teresa.

2008: Crews rescued people from their homes in an all-out search for thousands of Texans who had stayed behind overnight to face Hurricane Ike.

Today’s birthdays

Actor Barbara Bain is 94. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Óscar Arias is 85. Rock singer David Clayton-Thomas (Blood, Sweat & Tears) is 84. Actor Jacqueline Bisset is 81. Actor Jean Smart is 74. Rock singer-musician Dave Mustaine is 64. Olympic gold medal sprinter Michael Johnson is 58. Filmmaker Tyler Perry is 56. Fashion designer Stella McCartney is 54. Former tennis player Goran Ivanisevic is 54. Country musician Joe Don Rooney (Rascal Flatts) is 50. Singer-songwriter Fiona Apple is 48.