January 13
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. There are 352 days remaining (353 in a
leap year).
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888 -
Odo, Count of Paris becomes King of the
Franks.
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1099 -
Crusaders set fire to
Mara,
Syria.
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1328 -
Edward III of England marries
Philippa, daughter of the
Count of Hainault.
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1547 -
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey sentenced to death.
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1559 -
Elizabeth I crowned
queen of
England in
Westminster Abbey.
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1602 -
William Shakespeare's
The Merry Wives of Windsor is published.
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1605 - The controversial play
Eastward Hoe by
Ben Jonson,
George Chapman, and
John Marston is performed, landing two of the authors in prison.
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1607 - Bank of
Genoa fails after announcement of national bankruptcy in
Spain.
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1610 -
Galileo Galilei discovers Callisto,
4th moon of
Jupiter.
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1622 - Work on the printing of the
First Folio of
William Shakespeare is suspended.
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1625 -
John Milton, 16, is admitted to
Christ's College, Cambridge.
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1733 -
James Oglethorpe and 130 colonists arrive in
Charleston, South Carolina.
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1785 -
John Walter publishes first issue of the
Daily Universal Register (later renamed
The Times).
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1830 - Great fire of
New Orleans, Louisiana begins.
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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.
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1840 - The steamship
Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of
Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
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1847 - The
Treaty of Cahuenga ends the
Mexican-American War in
California.
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1854 - The
accordion is patented by
Anthony Faas.
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1869 - National convention of black leaders meets in
Washington D.C..
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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.
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1898 -
Emile Zola's
J'accuse exposes the
Dreyfus affair.
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1915 - An
Earthquake in
Avezzano,
Italy kills 29,800.
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1930 -
Mickey Mouse comic strip makes its first appearance.
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1935 - A
plebiscite in
Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join
Nazi Germany.
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1938 -
Church of England accepts theory of
evolution.
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1942 -
Henry Ford patents a
plastic automobile, which is 30% lighter than a regular car.
* 1942 - The
United States begins
Japanese American internment.
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1953 - Marshal
Josip Broz Tito chosen President of
Yugoslavia.
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1957 -
Wham-O Company produces the first
Frisbee.
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1958 -
Moroccan Liberation Army ambushes
Spanish patrol in the
Battle of Edchera.
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1966 -
Robert C. Weaver becomes the first
African American Cabinet member by being appointed
United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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1990 -
L. Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected
African American governor as he takes office in
Richmond, Virginia.
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1991 -
Soviet Union military troops attack
Lithuanian independence supporters in
Vilnius.
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1992 -
Japan apologizes for forcing
Korean women into sexual slavery during
World War II.
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2001 - An
earthquake hits
El Salvador, killing more than 800.
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1334 - King
Henry II of Castile (d.
1379)
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1562 -
Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet (d.
1601)
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1596 -
Jan van Goyen, Dutch painter (d.
1656)
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1610 -
Maria Anna of Austria (d.
1665)
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1616 -
Antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic (d.
1680)
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1635 -
Philipp Jakob Spener, German theologian (d.
1705)
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1651 -
Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (d.
1694)
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1720 -
Richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (d.
1808)
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1749 -
Friedrich Müller, painter, narrator, lyricist and dramatist (d.
1825)
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1805 -
Thomas Dyer, Mayor of Chicago (d.
1862)
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1808 -
Salmon P. Chase, 6th
Chief Justice of the United States (d.
1873)
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1812 -
Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (d.
1883)
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1832 -
Horatio Alger, Jr., American minister and author (d.
1899)
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1861 -
Max Nonne, German neurologist (d.
1959)
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1864 -
Wilhelm Wien, German physicist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d.
1928)
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1866 -
Vasily Kalinnikov, Russian composer (d.
1901)
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1878 -
Lionel-Adolphe Groulx, Canadian nationalist (d.
1967).
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1879 -
Melvin Jones, American founder of Lions Clubs International (d.
1961)
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1884 -
Sophie Tucker, Russian-born singer, comedienne, and vaudeville performer (d.
1966)
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1893 -
Clark Ashton Smith, American writer (d.
1961)
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1899 -
Kay Francis, American actress (d.
1968)
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1909 -
Marinus van der Lubbe, Dutch communist (d.
1934)
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1911 -
Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Premier of Queensland (d.
2005)
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1919 -
Robert Stack, American actor (d.
2003)
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1924 -
Paul Feyerabend, Austrian-born philosopher (d.
1994)
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1925 -
Gwen Verdon, American actress and dancer (d.
2000)
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1926 -
Michael Bond, British writer
* 1926 -
Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, American feminist author (d.
2003)
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1927 -
Brock Adams, American politician (d.
2004)
* 1927 -
Sydney Brenner, British
Nobel Laureate*
1930 -
Frances Sternhagen, American actress
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1930 -
Liz Anderson, American singer
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1931 -
Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor
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1934 -
Rip Taylor, American actor
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1938 -
William B. Davis, Canadian actor
* 1938 -
Tord Grip, Swedish football manager
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1942 -
Richard Moll, American actor
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1943 -
Carol Cleveland, English actress
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1946 -
Eero Koivistoinen, Finnish musician
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1947 -
Jacek Majchrowski, Mayor of
Kraków*
1948 -
Gaj Singh, Maharaja of Jodhpur
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1949 -
Brandon Tartikoff, American television executive (d.
1997)
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1950 -
Bob Forsch, baseball player
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1954 -
Trevor Rabin, South African guitarist (
Yes)
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1955 -
Jay McInerney, American writer
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1958 -
Andrew Stanton, American actor and director
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1961 -
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, American actress
* 1961 -
Graham McPherson, English singer
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1961 -
Wayne Coyne, American singer (
The Flaming Lips)
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1962 -
Trace Adkins, American musician
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1964 -
Penelope Ann Miller, American actress
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1966 -
Patrick Dempsey, American actor
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1968 -
Mike Whitlow, English footballer
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1969 -
Stephen Hendry, Scottish snooker player
* 1969 -
Stefania Belmondo, Italian cross-country skier
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1970 -
Keith Coogan, American actor
* 1970 -
Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (d.
2004)
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1972 -
Nicole Eggert, American actress
* 1972 -
Vitaly Scherbo, Belarussian gymnast
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1973 -
Nikolai Khabibulin, Russian hockey player
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1977 -
Orlando Bloom, English actor
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1980 -
Krzysztof Czerwinski, Polish conductor and organist
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1980 -
Akira Kaji, Japanese National Football Player
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1982 -
Guillermo Coria, Argentine tennis player
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1983 -
Julian Morris, English actor
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85 BC -
Gaius Marius, Roman general and politician
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703 -
Empress Jitō of Japan (b.
645)
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858 - King
Ethelwulf of Wessex*
888 -
Charles the Fat,
Holy Roman Emperor*
1138 -
Simon I, Duke of Lorraine (b.
1076)
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1151 -
Abbot Suger, French statesman and historian
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1177 -
Henry II of Austria (b.
1107)
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1330 - Duke
Frederick I of Austria (b.
1286)
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1363 -
Meinhard III, Count of Tyrol*
1547 -
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, English poet (b.
1517)
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1599 -
Edmund Spenser, English poet (b.
1552)
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1658 -
Edward Sexby, English Puritan soldier (b.
1616)
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1691 -
George Fox, English founder of the Quakers (b.
1624)
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1766 - King
Frederick V of Denmark (b.
1723)
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1775 -
Johann Georg Walch, German theologian (b.
1693)
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1790 -
Luc Urbain de Bouexic, comte de Guichen, French admiral (b.
1712)
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1796 -
John H. D. Anderson, Scottish scientist and inventor (b.
1726)
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1797 -
Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Bevern, wife of
Frederick II of Prussia (b.
1715)
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1852 -
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Russian explorer (b.
1778)
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1864 -
Stephen Foster, American composer (b.
1826)
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1906 -
Alexander Popov, Russian physicist (b.
1859)
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1923 -
Alexandre Ribot, French statesman (b.
1842)
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1929 -
Wyatt Earp, Western lawman (b.
1848)
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1934 -
Paul Ulrich Villard, French physicist (b.
1860)
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1941 -
James Joyce, Irish writer (b.
1882)
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1943 -
Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss artist (b.
1889)
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1962 -
Ernie Kovacs, American actor and comedian (b.
1919)
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1974 -
Salvador Novo, Mexican writer and poet (b.
1904)
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1978 -
Hubert H. Humphrey, 38th
Vice President of the United States and Senator from Minnesota (b.
1911)
* 1978 -
Joe McCarthy, baseball manager (b.
1908)
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1979 -
Donny Hathaway, American musician (b.
1945)
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1988 -
Chiang Ching-kuo,
President of the Republic of China (b.
1910)
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1993 -
Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian composer (b.
1907)
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2001 -
Michael Cuccione, Canadian actor and singer (b.
1985)
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2002 -
Ted Demme, American film and television director (b.
1963)
* 2002 -
Frank Shuster, Canadian comedian (b.
1916)
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2003 -
Norman Panama, American screenwriter and director (b.
1914)
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2004 -
Arne Næss Jr., Norwegian mountain climber and businessman (b.
1937)
* 2004 -
Harold Shipman, British serial killer (b.
1946)
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2005 -
Earl Cameron, Canadian broadcaster (b.
1915)
* 2005 -
Nell Rankin, American mezzo-soprano (b.
1924)
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2006 -
Frank Fixaris, Sportscaster (b.
1934)
* In
Sweden,
Christmas ends on the 20th day,
St. Knut's Day. Children celebrate a party throwing out the Christmas tree (
julgransplundring).
* This day is considdered Trogday on the website
Homestar Runner, an observance for the creation of
Trogdor.
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