Daily Calendar for Monday, July 13, 2026

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The American Continental Congress passed the Northwest Ordinance, establishing the procedure for the creation of new states – 1787
Current U.S. patent numbering system began – 1836
The first official cat show took place, in London – 1871
Theodore Roosevelt laid the corner stone for a new county courthouse in Mineola, New York, and spoke of the need for honesty in government. While he was talking, one man had his pockets picked of $140 and another man lost $103 – 1900
Women competed in modern Olympics for the first time – 1908
Gold discovered near Cochrane, Ontario – 1909
Stratford Festival’s first production, Ontario – 1953
Blackout strikes NYC at 9:34 P.M. and lasts until the next day. The sweltering evening turn into a night of near total chaos. Police arrest some 3,200 looters – 1977
Montreal hosted the first baseball All-Star Game outside the U.S. – 1982
Ken Jennings, a software engineer from Salt Lake City, won his 30th straight game on Jeopardy! which brought his earnings to $1,004,960. He was the first contestant to pass the $1 million mark. – 2004
A Maine fisherman caught a half-brown, half-orange lobster. The odds of catching this kind of lobster are 1 in 50 million – 2006

112 degrees F in Mio, Michigan – 1936
Dover, Delaware, received 8.5 inches of rain, over a 24-hour period – 1975
A lightning strike on a power line in Westchester County in New York triggered a 24-hour power blackout in New York City – 1977
The temperature reached 106 degrees F in Chicago, Illinois – 1995
Tornado touched down near Pikes Peak, Colorado – 2013