September 13, 2006: Abu Dhabi to get Cleveland hospital

Abu Dhabi to get Cleveland hospital

2006 - General Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, attended the signing of an agreement to establish a prominent world-class hospital in Abu Dhabi. The agreement was signed between Cleveland Clinic (United States) and Mubadala Development to establish the Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. Under the terms of the 15-year agreement, Cleveland Clinic will establish, develop and operate a world-class speciality hospital and clinic in Abu Dhabi, using the Cleveland Clinic systems, procedures, guidelines and standards. The hospital will incorporate Cleveland Clinic’s medical group model, providing a spectrum of speciality services.

September 13

1759 - After a two-month siege of Quebec, British forces scale the Heights of Abraham to engage and defeat the French.

1788 - The first US national election is authorised.

1918 - A train accident in Weesp, the Netherlands, kills 42.

1933 - Elizabeth McCombs becomes the first woman to be elected to the New Zealand parliament.

1943 - Chiang Kai-shek becomes President of China.

1948 - Republican Margaret Chase Smith is elected to the US Senate, becoming the first woman to serve in both houses of the US Congress.

1979 - An underwater earthquake in Indonesia causes tidal waves that destroy an entire village, killing more than 100 people.

1982 - At least 700 people are killed and 17 million left homeless by floods across the north and east of India during the monsoon season since June.

1988 - A DC-10 vacation flight bound for New York with 393 people on board crashes and catches fire on take-off at Malaga Airport, Spain.

1989 - Desmond Tutu leads biggest anti-apartheid protest march in South Africa.

1991 - The US and the Soviet Union agree to discontinue their military aid to government and rebel forces in Afghanistan.

1993 - Palestine and Israel sign a peace accord in Oslo, providing for mutual recognition and Palestinian control over Gaza and the West Bank.

1995 - A military transport aircraft crashes into the sea off the coast of western Sri Lanka, killing all 75 people on board.

1999 - Blast in Russia destroys an apartment building in Moscow and kills 118 people.

2007 - Three powerful earthquakes jolt Indonesia, sending a 10-foot tsunami crashing to the shore. At least 10 people are killed.

2008 - A series of bombs rocks New Delhi, India, and kills more than 30 people.

2011 - Gunmen open fire on a school van in Matani area, Peshawar, killing four boys and the driver.

2013 - Indian court sentences four men to death for the fatal gang-rape of a 23-year-old medical student on a moving Delhi bus.

2015 - California declares state of emergency as raging wildfires spread.