Shimla, Sept. 13 Keekli Bureau
2015
American basketball player Moses Malone—who was a dominating centre and the NBA’s premier offensive rebounder during the 1980s, leading the Philadelphia 76ers to a championship in 1983—died in Norfolk, Virginia.
1990
The law-enforcement series Law & Order debuted on the NBC television network; the show became one of the longest-running prime-time TV dramas in the United States.
1971
A revolt at New York’s Attica Correctional Facility ended after a bloody state police assault on the prison, in which 29 inmates and 10 hostages were killed.
1911
American singer, songwriter, and mandolin player Bill Monroe, considered the father of bluegrass music, was born.
1886
African American educator, writer, and philosopher Alain Locke, remembered as the leader and chief interpreter of the Harlem Renaissance, was born.
1857
Milton Snavely Hershey, founder of the Hershey Chocolate Company, was born in Pennsylvania.
1759
British forces defeated the French in the Battle of Quebec.
1515
Swiss mercenaries attacked the French position near Marignano; the next day they were defeated by French and Italian troops, giving rise to Switzerland’s policy of neutrality.
