SEPTEMBER 13 IN HISTORY
Day of Firefighters
1602 - Battles of Ogretin and Teiusani. Radu Serban, Wallachia's ruler (1602-1611) defeated the coalition armies of Simion Movila and the Tatar khan. During the battle, boyar Stroe Buzescu challenged the khan's brother-in-law to a fight and killed him. Stroe Buzescu was wounded and died on October 2.
1848 - The Dealu Spirii Battle between firefighters commanded by Lieutenant Pavel Zaganescu and Ottoman troops commanded by Pascha Fuad
1872 - The North Railway Station of Bucharest was officially opened, called the Targovistei's Station until 1888, at the same time with the commissioning of the Roman-Galati-Bucharest-Pitesti railway road, the construction of which had started in 1869
1904 - Birth of prose writer Elvira Bogdan (Maria Moldoveanu) (d. 3 May, 1987)
1908 - Birth of essayist, arts and culture historian Edgar Papu, posthumous member of the Romanian Academy (d. March 30, 1993)
1916 - Birth of essayist, translator, art critic, scenarist Eugen Schileru (d. 10 August, 1968)
1916 - WWI. The Sibiu Battle, the first big battle on the North front. Romanian troops withdrew following a strong German-Austrian-Hungarian offensive
1922 - Birth of Orientalist, essayist and translator Sergiu Al-George (d. 9 November, 1981)
1934 - Birth of painter Spiru Vergulescu, called the Bucharest City's painter (d. May 8, 2007)
1943 - Birth of economist Mircea Ciumara, director general of the Costin C. Kiritescu National Institute for Economic Research of the Romanian Academy; finance minister Dec. 1996-Dec. 1997; minister of industry and trade Dec. 1997-April 1998, and minister for Parliament Dec. 1999- Dec. 2000 (d. January 14, 2012)
1949 - Birth of film director Cornel Diaconu (d. December 23, 2014)
1953 - Birth of documentary film director Moscu Copel
1991 - Romania restored diplomatic ties with Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia
1998 - Filmmaker Lucian Pintilie wins the special Grand Prize of the Venice Film Festival, the 55th edition, for his 'Terminus Paradis'
1999 - A bust of philosopher Emil Cioran, by sculptor Adrian Popescu is unveiled
2010 - Death of composer Anton Suteu (b. Jan 17, 1947)
2021 - Death of actress Ileana Iordache (b. 1 July 1930).
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