September 13 in strange history
What strange thing happened on September 13? Here is the story from our files for this date, each checked against sources.
Phineas Gage and the Iron Rod (1848)
In 1848 an iron tamping rod shot through the head of Vermont railroad foreman Phineas Gage. He survived, but friends said he was 'no longer Gage', and his case became the most famous in brain science.