January 13
January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 352 days remain until the end of the year (353 in leap years).
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).
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 is published.
- 1605 - The controversial play Eastward Hoe by 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 (later renamed 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 burns and sinks four miles off the coast of 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 exposes the 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)
- 1622 - Molière, French playwright (d. 1673)
- 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, Canadian ice hockey player 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 (d. 2007)
- 1934 - Rip Taylor, American actor
- 1935 - Elsa Martinelli, Italian actress
- 1935 - Mauro Forghieri, Italian engineer
- 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
- 1957 - Mark O'Meara, Major winning American Golfer
- 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 - LaKisha Jones, fourth place American Idol contestant from the sixth season
- 1980 - Krzysztof Czerwinski, Polish conductor and organist
- 1980 - Akira Kaji, Japanese footballer
- 1980 - Michael Rupp, American ice hockey player
- 1981 - Reggie Brown, American football player
- 1981 - Darrell Rasner, American baseball player
- 1982 - Guillermo Coria, Argentine tennis player
- 1983 - Julian Morris, English actor
- 1983 - Ronny Turiaf, French basketball player
- 1986 - Joannie Rochette, Canadian figure skater
- 1989 - Triinu Kivilaan, Estonian singer
- 1997 - Marius Borg Høiby, son of Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway
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)
- 1860 - William Mason, American politician (b. 1786)
- 1864 - Stephen Foster, American composer (b. 1826)
- 1889 - Solomon Bundy, American politician (b. 1823)
- 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)
- 2007 - Danny Oakes, racecar driver (b. 1911)
Holidays and observances
- In Sweden, Christmas ends on the 20th day, St. Knut's Day or Tjugondag Knut. Children celebrate a party throwing out the Christmas tree (julgransplundring).
- In Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, in various Russophone communities, and in the Republic of Macedonia the Old New Year is celebrated (the New Year by the Old Style calendar) on the night of January 13/14.
- In UK, as proposed by comedian Bob Mills on BBC Radio 5 Live's Fighting Talk this is the day beyond which the penalty for wishing someone a Happy New Year should be death.
- Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm designated January 13 "Steve Yzerman Day."
Religious feast days
References
- ^ Attwater, Donald and Catherine Rachel John. The Penguin Dictionary of Saints. 3rd edition. New York: Penguin Books, 1993. ISBN 0-140-51312-4.