Today in History: September 13: In 1993 Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat shook hands on the White House lawn, after signing an accord. In 1788, the Congress of the Confederation authorized the first national election. In 1971, a four-day inmate rebellion at the Attica Correctional Facility ended. In 2021, school resumed for New York City public school students during the Covid 19 crisis.