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January 13 is the
13th day of the year in the
Gregorian calendar . It is still celebrated as New Year's Eve by those on the
Julian calendar (
Old New Year ). There are 352 days remaining (353 in a
leap year ).
Contents
1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links
Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople .
888 - Odo, Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks .
1328 - Edward III of England marries Philippa of Hainault , daughter of the Count of Hainault .
1547 - Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey sentenced to death.
1559 - Elizabeth I crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey .
1602 - William Shakespeare 's The Merry Wives of Windsor 1605 - The controversial play Eastward Hoe Ben Jonson , George Chapman , and John Marston is performed, landing two of the authors in prison.
1607 - Bank of Genoa fails after announcement of national bankruptcy in Spain .
1610 - Galileo Galilei discovers Callisto , 4th moon of Jupiter .
1622 - Work on the printing of the First Folio of William Shakespeare is suspended.
1625 - John Milton is admitted to Christ's College, Cambridge at the age of 16.
1733 - James Oglethorpe and 130 colonists arrive in Charleston, South Carolina .
1785 - John Walter publishes first issue of the Daily Universal Register The Times 1830 - Great fire of New Orleans, Louisiana begins.
1832 - President Andrew Jackson writes Vice President Martin Van Buren expressing his opposition to South Carolina 's defiance of federal authority in the Nullification Crisis .
1840 - The steamship Lexington Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
1842 - On this day Dr.William Brydon , a surgeon in the British Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, became famous for being the sole survivor of an army of 16,500 when he reached the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad .
1847 - The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the Mexican-American War in California .
1869 - National convention of black leaders meets in Washington D.C. .
1893 - The Independent Labour Party of the UK has its first meeting.
1893 - US Marines land in Honolulu from the U.S.S. Boston to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution .
1898 - Emile Zola 's J'accuse Dreyfus affair .
1910 - Opera was broadcast on the radio for the first time — Enrico Caruso singing from the stage of New York's Metropolitan Opera House.
1915 - An Earthquake in Avezzano , Italy kills 29,800.
1930 - Mickey Mouse comic strip makes its first appearance.
1934 - the Candidate of Science degree is established in the USSR .
1935 - A plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Nazi Germany .
1938 - Church of England accepts theory of evolution .
1942 - Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile , which is 30% lighter than a regular car.
1942 - The United States begins Japanese American internment .
1942 - World War II : First use of aircraft ejection seat. German test pilot in a Heinkel He 280 jet fighter.
1953 - Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen as President of Yugoslavia .
1957 - Wham-O Company produces the first Frisbee .
1958 - Moroccan Liberation Army ambushes Spanish patrol in the Battle of Edchera .
1964 - Hindu -Muslim rioting breaks out in the Indian city of Calcutta - now Kolkata - resulting in the deaths of more than 100 people.
1964 - Karol Wojtyla , the future Pope John Paul II , is appointed archbishop of Krakow, Poland .
1966 - Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member by being appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development .
1968 - Johnny Cash records his landmark album At Folsom Prison live at Folsom State Prison
1972 - Prime Minister Kofi Busia and President Edward Akufo-Addo of Ghana are ousted in a bloodless military coup by Col. Ignatius Kutu Acheamphong .
1982 - Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90 737 jet crashes into Washington, DC 's 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River , killing 78 including four motorists. In a freaky coincidence, a Washington DC Metro Rail train derailed, killing 3 people.
1986 - A month-long violent struggle begins in Aden , South Yemen between supporters of Ali Nasir Muhammad and Abdul Fattah Ismail , resulting in thousands of casualties.
1990 - L. Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office in Richmond, Virginia .
1991 - Soviet Union military troops attack Lithuanian independence supporters in Vilnius .
1992 - Japan apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during World War II .
2001 - An earthquake hits El Salvador , killing more than 800.
Births 1334 - King Henry II of Castile (d. 1379 )
1562 - Mark Alexander Boyd , Scottish poet (d. 1601 )
1596 - Jan van Goyen , Dutch painter (d. 1656 )
1610 - Maria Anna of Austria, Electress of Bavaria (d. 1665 )
1616 - Antoinette Bourignon , Flemish mystic (d. 1680 )
1635 - Philipp Jakob Spener , German theologian (d. 1705 )
1651 - Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington , English politician (d. 1694 )
1720 - Richard Hurd , English bishop and writer (d. 1808 )
1749 - Friedrich Müller , painter and dramatist (d. 1825 )
1805 - Thomas Dyer , Mayor of Chicago (d. 1862 )
1808 - Salmon P. Chase , 6th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1873 )
1812 - Victor de Laprade , French poet and critic (d. 1883 )
1832 - Horatio Alger, Jr. , American minister and author (d. 1899 )
1859 - Kostis Palamas , Greek poet, twice nominated for the Nobel prize (d. 1943 )
1861 - Max Nonne , German neurologist (d. 1959 )
1864 - Wilhelm Wien , German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1928 )
1866 - Vasily Kalinnikov , Russian composer (d. 1901 )
1878 - Lionel Groulx , Canadian nationalist (d. 1967 )
1869 - Emanuele Filiberto, 2nd Duke of Aosta , Italian aristocrat (d. 1931 )
1884 - Sophie Tucker , Russian-born singer and performer (d. 1966 )
1886 - Art Ross , National Hockey League defenceman and executive (d. 1964 )
1893 - Roy Cazaly , Australian rules footballer (d. 1963 )
1893 - Clark Ashton Smith , American writer (d. 1961 )
1901 - Mieczysław Żywczyński , Polish historian and priest (d. 1978 )
1904 - Richard Addinsell , British composer (Warsaw Concerto ) (d. 1977 )
1905 - Kay Francis , American actress (d. 1968 )
1909 - Marinus van der Lubbe , Dutch communist (d. 1934 )
1911 - Joh Bjelke-Petersen , Premier of Queensland (d. 2005 )
1919 - Robert Stack , American actor (d. 2003 )
1924 - Paul Feyerabend , Austrian-born philosopher (d. 1994 )
1924 - Roland Petit , French choreographer
1925 - Gwen Verdon , American actress and dancer (d. 2000 )
1926 - Michael Bond , British writer
1926 - Carolyn Gold Heilbrun , American feminist author (d. 2003 )
1927 - Brock Adams , American politician (d. 2004 )
1927 - Sydney Brenner , British Nobel Laureate
1930 - Frances Sternhagen , American actress
1930 - Liz Anderson , American singer
1931 - Charles Nelson Reilly , American actor
1934 - Rip Taylor , American actor
1935 - Elsa Martinelli , Italian actress
1938 - William B. Davis , Canadian actor
1938 - Tord Grip , Swedish football manager
1939 - Cesare Maniago , Canadian ice hockey player
1939 - Jacek Gmoch , Polish footballer
1940 - Edmund White , American author
1941 - Pasqual Maragall , Spanish politician
1943 - Richard Moll , American actor
1943 - Carol Cleveland , English actress
1946 - Eero Koivistoinen , Finnish musician
1947 - Jacek Majchrowski , Mayor of Kraków
1948 - Gaj Singh , Maharaja of Jodhpur
1949 - Brandon Tartikoff , American television executive (d. 1997 )
1950 - Bob Forsch , American baseball player
1950 - John McNaughton , American film director
1954 - Trevor Rabin , South African guitarist (Yes )
1955 - Jay McInerney , American writer
1957 - Lorrie Moore , American writer
1958 - Andrew Stanton , American actor and director
1959 - James Lomenzo , American musician (Megadeth )
1961 - Julia Louis-Dreyfus , American actress
1961 - Graham McPherson , English singer
1961 - Wayne Coyne , American singer (The Flaming Lips )
1962 - Trace Adkins , American musician
1963 - Kevin McClatchy , American businessman
1964 - Penelope Ann Miller , American actress
1966 - Patrick Dempsey , American actor
1968 - Traci Bingham , American actress
1968 - Mike Whitlow , English footballer
1969 - Stephen Hendry , Scottish snooker player
1969 - Stefania Belmondo , Italian cross-country skier
1970 - Keith Coogan , American actor
1970 - Marco Pantani , Italian cyclist (d. 2004 )
1972 - Nicole Eggert , American actress
1972 - Vitaly Scherbo , Belarussian gymnast
1973 - Nikolai Khabibulin , Russian ice hockey player
1974 - Sergei Brylin , Russian ice hockey player
1976 - Tania Vicent , Canadian short track speed skater
1977 - Orlando Bloom , English actor
1980 - Krzysztof Czerwinski , Polish conductor and organist
1980 - Akira Kaji , Japanese footballer
1980 - Michael Rupp , American ice hockey player
1980 - LaKisha Jones , American singer and American Idol 1981 - Reggie Brown , American football player
1982 - Guillermo Coria , Argentine tennis player
1983 - William Hung , Chinese-American college student and musician
1983 - Julian Morris , English actor
1983 - Ronny Turiaf , French basketball player
1986 - Joannie Rochette , Canadian figure skater
1989 - Triinu Kivilaan , Estonian singer
Deaths 86 BC - Gaius Marius , Roman general and politician
703 - Empress Jitō of Japan (b. 645 )
858 - King Ethelwulf of Wessex
888 - Charles the Fat , Holy Roman Emperor
1138 - Simon I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1076 )
1151 - Abbot Suger , French statesman and historian
1177 - Henry II of Austria (b. 1107 )
1330 - Frederick I of Austria (b. 1286 )
1363 - Meinhard III of Gorizia-Tyrol
1599 - Edmund Spenser , English poet (b. 1552 )
1630 - Yuan Chonghuan , Chinese military commander
1658 - Edward Sexby , English Puritan soldier (b. 1616 )
1691 - George Fox , English founder of the Quakers (b. 1624 )
1766 - King Frederick V of Denmark (b. 1723 )
1775 - Johann Georg Walch , German theologian (b. 1693 )
1790 - Luc Urbain de Bouexic, comte de Guichen , French admiral (b. 1712 )
1796 - John H. D. Anderson , Scottish scientist and inventor (b. 1726 )
1797 - Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Bevern , wife of Frederick II of Prussia (b. 1715 )
1852 - Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen , Russian explorer (b. 1778 )
1864 - Stephen Foster , American composer (b. 1826 )
1906 - Alexander Popov , Russian physicist (b. 1859 )
1923 - Alexandre Ribot , French statesman (b. 1842 )
1924 - Georg Hermann Quincke , German phsycist (b. 1834 )
1929 - Wyatt Earp , American Western lawman (b. 1848 )
1932 - Sophia of Prussia , consort of Constantine I of Greece (b. 1870 )
1934 - Paul Ulrich Villard , French physicist (b. 1860 )
1941 - James Joyce , Irish writer (b. 1882 )
1943 - Sophie Taeuber-Arp , Swiss artist (b. 1889 )
1962 - Ernie Kovacs , American actor and comedian (b. 1919 )
1971 - Robert Still , English composer (b. 1910 )
1974 - Salvador Novo , Mexican writer and poet (b. 1904 )
1974 - Raoul Jobin , Canadian tenor (b. 1906 )
1978 - Hubert H. Humphrey , 38th Vice President of the United States (b. 1911 )
1978 - Joe McCarthy , American baseball manager (b. 1887 )
1979 - Donny Hathaway , American musician (b. 1945 )
1980 - Andre Kostelanetz , Russian-born popular music conductor and arranger (b. 1901 )
1982 - Marcel Camus , French film director (b. 1912 )
1988 - Chiang Ching-kuo , President of the Republic of China (b. 1910 )
1993 - Camargo Guarnieri , Brazilian composer (b. 1907 )
2001 - Michael Cuccione , Canadian actor and singer (b. 1985 )
2002 - Ted Demme , American film director (b. 1963 )
2002 - Frank Shuster , Canadian comedian (b. 1916 )
2003 - Norman Panama , American screenwriter and director (b. 1914 )
2004 - Arne Næss Jr. , Norwegian mountain climber (b. 1937 )
2004 - Harold Shipman , British serial killer (b. 1946 )
2005 - Earl Cameron , Canadian broadcaster (b. 1915 )
2005 - Nell Rankin , American mezzo-soprano (b. 1924 )
2006 - Frank Fixaris , American sportscaster (b. 1934 )
2006 - Marc Potvin , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1967 )
2007 - Michael Brecker , American jazz saxophonist (b. 1949 )
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