Event:
Raul Castro, head of the Cuban government, declares they will lay off half a million state workers to improve their economy by the middle of 2011
More Notable Events on September 13:
1991 55 ton concrete beam falls in Montreal's Olympic Stadium
1989 Desmond Tutu leads biggest anti-apartheid protest march in South Africa
1978 1st flight of McDonnell Douglas F-18A Hornet
1965 Today Show's 1st totally color broadcast
1788 New York City becomes 1st capital of US