September 13. Piz Bernina, the highest peak in eastern Alps is climbed first in 1840.

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September 13, 1840.  Piz Bernina, the highest peak in eastern Alps is climbed for the first time.Lithographic cartoon of a rich lady carried over a pass in the Alps, circa 1885.

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September 13. Dutch Ruether is born in 1893.

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September 12. In Flatwoods, West Virginia a monster is sighted in 1952.