THE DAY IN HISTORY · SEPTEMBER 13
September 13 in history
What happened on September 13: 2 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1921 and 1971, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Battle of Sakarya
23 Aug–13 Sep 1921 — The Greek army, some eighty kilometres from Ankara, attacks Mustafa Kemal’s defences along the Sakarya river for three weeks and fails. It never advances again, and the Treaty of Sèvres dies here, barely a year after it was signed.
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— Lin Biao incident
13 Sep 1971 — After a plot against Mao, organised by his son, is exposed, Lin Biao, his wife Ye Qun and their son Lin Liguo are driven at night from Beidaihe to Shanhaiguan airfield and take off in a Trident jet without enough fuel, heading north. Mao, told of it, reportedly said, “Let him go.”
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