In this photo taken Monday, Sept. 9, 2013, former Palestinian Prime Minister and negotiator Ahmed Qureia points on a map that shows the large expansion, following the 1993 Oslo agreement, of the Israeli controlled quarter of Jerusalem, during an interview with The Associated Press at his office in the West Bank town of Abu Dis, east of Jerusalem. Twenty years after the two sides signed the Declaration of Principles on the White House lawn, the words that launched Israeli-Palestinian talks on dividing the Holy Land into two states ring hollow to many on both sides. Negotiators said mistakes they made then cause damage to this day. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

By The Associated Press

Today is Friday, Sept. 13, the 257th day of 2024. There are 109 days left in the year.

Today in history:

On Sept. 13, 1993, at the White House, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat shook hands after signing an accord granting limited Palestinian autonomy.

Also on this date:

In 1788, the Congress of the Confederation authorized the first national election and declared New York City the temporary national capital.

In 1948, Republican Margaret Chase Smith of Maine was elected to the U.S. Senate; she became the first woman to serve in both houses of Congress.