January 13
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January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 352 days remaining until the end of the year (353 in leap years).
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Births [change]
- 1334 – Henry II of Castile (d. 1379)
- 1505 – Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1571)
- 1610 – Maria Anna of Austria, Electress of Bavaria (d. 1665)
- 1615 - Henrik Bjelke, Norwegian admiral (d. 1683)
- 1683 - Christoph Graupner, German composer (d. 1760)
- 1698 - Metastasio, Italian poet (d. 1782)
- 1777 – Elisa Bonaparte, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (d. 1820)
- 1779 - William Badger, 20th Governor of New Hampshire (d. 1852)
- 1787 - John Davis, 14th and 17th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1854)
- 1805 – Thomas Dyer, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1862)
- 1808 – Salmon P. Chase, 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)
- 1845 – Felix Tisserand, French astronomer (d. 1896)
- 1855 – Otto Lehmann, German physicist (d. 1922)
- 1859 - Kostis Palamas, Greek poet (d. 1943)
- 1861 – Max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959)
- 1864 – Wilhelm Wien, German physicist (d. 1928)
- 1866 - Vasily Kalinnikov, Russian composer (d. 1901)
- 1869 - Emanuele Filiberto, 2nd Duke of Aosta, Italian aristocrat (d. 1931)
- 1869 - William G. Bulow, Governor of South Dakota (d. 1960)
- 1870 - Jedrzej Moraczewski, Polish politician (d. 1944)
- 1870 – Ross Granville Harrison, American biologist (d. 1959)
- 1880 - Herbert Brenon, American director, screenwriter and actor (d. 1958)
- 1883 – Prince Arthur of Connaught (d. 1938)
- 1890 – Juri Uluots, Prime Minister of Estonia (d. 1945)
- 1893 - Clark Ashton Smith, American sculptor, writer and painter (d. 1961)
- 1898 – Kaj Munk, Danish pastor, poet and Resistance activist (d. 1944)
- 1898 - Carlo Tagliabue, Italian baritone (d. 1978)
- 1901 - Mieczyslaw Zywczysnki, Polish historian and priest (d. 1978)
- 1904 - Richard Addinsell, British composer (d. 1977)
- 1905 - Kay Francis, American actress (d. 1968)
- 1906 – Zhou Youguang, Chinese linguist
- 1909 - Martinus van der Lubbe, Dutch Communist (d. 1934)
- 1911 – Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Australian politician, Premier of Queensland (d. 2005)
- 1913 - Jeff Morrow, American actor (d. 1993)
- 1920 – Knut Nordahl, Swedish footballer (d. 1984)
- 1922 - Albert Lamorisse, French film director and producer (d. 1970)
- 1923 - Willem Slijkhuis, Dutch athlete (d. 2003)
- 1924 – Paul Feyerabend, Austrian philosopher (d. 1994)
- 1924 – Roland Petit, French choreographer (d. 2011)
- 1926 – Michael Bond, British writer
- 1927 – Sydney Brenner, South African biologist
- 1931 – Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor (d. 2007)
- 1932 - Barry Bishop, American mountaineer (d. 1994)
- 1934 - Rip Taylor, American actor
- 1935 - Mauro Forghieri, Italian racecar designer
- 1936 - Renato Bruson, Italian operatic baritone
- 1938 - Shivkumar Sharma, Indian composer
- 1939 - Jacek Gmoch, Polish footballer
- 1941 – Pascual Maragall i Mira, Catalan politician
- 1943 – Richard Moll, American actor
- 1947 – Jacek Majchrowski, Polish politician and Krakow Mayor
- 1947 – Carles Rexach, Catalan-Spanish footballer
- 1948 - Gaj Singh, Maharaja of Jodhpur
- 1949 – Rakesh Sharma, Indian astronaut
- 1951 – Bernard Loiseau, French chef (d. 2003)
- 1951 - Antoni Szymanowski, Polish footballer
- 1952 - John Lee Hooker, Jr., American blues singer
- 1955 – Huh Jung-Moo, South Korean footballer
- 1955 – Paul Kelly, Australian singer-songwriter
- 1955 - Jay McInerney, American writer
- 1957 – Mark O'Meara, American golfer
- 1959 - Jay Lomenzo, American musician
- 1961 – Suggs, British singer
- 1961 – Julia Louis-Dreyfus, American actress
- 1963 – Charles Muscat, Maltese footballer (d. 2011)
- 1964 – Bill Bailey, British comedian
- 1964 – Penelope Ann Miller, American actress
- 1964 – Ronan Rafferty, Northern Irish golfer
- 1966 – Patrick Dempsey, American actor
- 1968 – Chara, Japanese singer and actress
- 1969 – Stephen Hendry, Scottish snooker player
- 1970 - Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (d. 2004)
- 1971 - John Mallory Asher, American film actor and director
- 1975 - Daniel Kehlmann, Austrian-German writer
- 1976 – Bic Runga, New Zealand singer
- 1976 – Mario Yepes, Colombian footballer
- 1977 – Orlando Bloom, British actor
- 1979 - Katy Brand, British actress and comedienne
- 1980 - Michael Rupp, American ice hockey player
- 1980 – Nils-Eric Johansson, Swedish footballer
- 1980 – Michael Rupp, American ice hockey player
- 1981 - Jason James, Welsh musician
- 1982 – Guillermo Coria, Argentine tennis player
- 1984 - Kamghe Gaba, German athlete
- 1986 – Joannie Rochette, Canadian figure skater
- 1987 – Marc Staal, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1987 – Lee Seung Gi, Korean singer & actor
- 1989 - Triinu Kivilaan, Estonian singer
- 1992 - Adam Matthews, Welsh footballer
- 1993 - Max Whitlock, British gymnast
- 1995 - Qaasim Middleton, American musician and actor
Deaths [change]
- 86 BC – Gaius Marius, Roman general and politician (b. 157 BC)
- 533 - Saint Remigius, Bishop of Reims (b. 437)
- 614 – Saint Kentigern (Saint Mungo), patron saint of Glasgow
- 703 - Empress Jiti of Japan (b. 645)
- 858 – Ethelwulf of Wessex (b. 795)
- 888 – Charles the Fat, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 839)
- 1138 - Simon I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1076)
- 1151 - Abbot Suger, French statesman and historian (b. 1081)
- 1177 – Henry II of Austria (b. 1107)
- 1330 – Frederick I of Austria (b. 1286)
- 1625 – Jan Brueghel the Elder, Flemish painter (b. 1568)
- 1630 - Yuan Chonghuan, Chinese military commander (b. 1584)
- 1658 - Edward Sexby, English Puritan soldier (b. 1616)
- 1766 – Frederick V of Denmark (b. 1723)
- 1796 - John H. D. Anderson, Scottish scientist and inventor (b. 1726)
- 1797 - Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Bevern, consort of Frederick II of Prussia (b. 1715)
- 1832 - Thomas Lord, English cricketer (b. 1755)
- 1852 – Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, German-Russian explorer (b. 1778)
- 1853 – Theophilus Kairis, Greek revolutionary (b. 1783)
- 1864 – Stephen Foster, American musician (b. 1826)
- 1885 – Schuyler Colfax, Vice President of the United States (b. 1823)
- 1889 - Solomon Bundy, American politician (b. 1823)
- 1905 – George Thorn, Premier of Queensland (b. 1838)
- 1915 – Mary Slessor, Scottish missionary (b. 1848)
- 1916 – Victoriano Huerta, President of Mexico (b. 1850)
- 1923 - Alexandre Ribot, French statesman (b. 1842)
- 1928 - Mara Buneva, Bulgarian revolutionary (b. 1902)
- 1929 – Wyatt Earp, American Western figure (b. 1848)
- 1932 – Sophia of Prussia, Queen Consort of Greece (b. 1870)
- 1934 - Paul Ulrich Villard, French physicist (b. 1860)
- 1941 – James Joyce, Irish writer (b. 1882)
- 1949 – Aino Aalto, Finnish architect and designer (b. 1894)
- 1962 - Ernie Kovacs, American actor and comedian (b. 1919)
- 1963 – Sylvanus Olympio, 1st President of Togo (b. 1902)
- 1969 - Li Zongren, Chinese politician (b. 1890)
- 1974 - Salvador Novo, Mexican writer and poet (b. 1904)
- 1978 – Hubert Humphrey, Vice President of the United States (b. 1911)
- 1980 - Andre Kostelanetz, Russian-born music conductor and arranger (b. 1901)
- 1982 – Marcel Camus, French director (b. 1912)
- 1988 – Chiang Ching-kuo, President of the Republic of China (b. 1910)
- 2002 – Gregorio Fuentes, Cuban fisherman (b. 1897)
- 2002 - Paul J. Fannin, Governor of Arizona (b. 1907)
- 2004 – Harold Shipman, British doctor and serial killer (b. 1946)
- 2006 - Marc Potvin, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1967)
- 2007 - Michael Brecker, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1949)
- 2009 – Patrick McGoohan, American actor (b. 1928)
- 2010 – Teddy Pendergrass, American singer-songwriter (b. 1950)
- 2011 – Charles Muscat, Maltese footballer (b. 1963)
- 2012 – Rauf Denktas, 1st President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (b. 1924)
Events [change]
- 888 - Odo, Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks.
- 1328 – Edward III of England marries Philippa of Hainault.
- 1733 – James Oglethorpe and 130 colonists arrive at Charleston, South Carolina.
- 1822 – The design of the Flag of Greece is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
- 1830 – The Great Fire of New Orleans begins.
- 1840 – The Steamship Lexington burns and sinks 4 miles off Long Island, New York, killing 139 people.
- 1893 – The independent British Labour Party holds its first meeting.
- 1893 - United States marines land in Honolulu, Hawaii from the ship USS Boston to prevent Queen Liliuokalani from abandoning the Bayonet Constitution.
- 1898 - Emile Zola's J'accuse exposes the Dreyfus affair.
- 1908 - The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania, killing 171 people.
- 1910 - The first public radio broadcast takes place from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.
- 1915 - An earthquake in Avezzano, Italy, kills 29,800 people.
- 1930 – An expedition led by Douglas Mawson discovers the Aagaard Islands off Antarctica.
- 1935 – Most voters in Saarland decide to become part of Germany.
- 1939 - The Black Friday bush fires burn 20,000 square kilometres of land in Australia, killing 71 people.
- 1942 - Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile.
- 1951 - First Indochina War: The Battle of Vinh Yen begins, later ending in French victory.
- 1953 – Josip Broz Tito is chosen as the President of Yugoslavia.
- 1963 – A coup in Togo kills the country's first President, Sylvanus Olympio.
- 1964 – An Anti-Muslim riot in Calcutta leaves 100 people dead.
- 1964 – Karol Woityla, later Pope John Paul II, becomes archbishop of Krakow.
- 1972 – A coup occurs in Ghana.
- 1982 - Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737 jet, crashes into Washington, DC's 14th Street Bridge, shortly after take-off, and falls into the Potomac River, killing 74 people on board, and 4 motorists on the bridge.
- 1985 – Africa's worst rail disaster occurs in Ethiopia, when a train plunges into a ravine, killing 428 people.
- 1986 – Voyager 2 discovers three moons of Uranus: Desdemona, Belinda and Rosalind.
- 1986 - A civil war begins in Yemen.
- 1990 – The US' first elected African American state Governor, L. Douglas Wilder takes office in Virginia.
- 1991 – Soviet troops crush a pro-independence demonstration in Vilnius, Lithuania, killing 14 people, and wounding over 1,000.
- 1993 – The Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts off, as STS-54 launches from Cape Canaveral.
- 1993 – Erich Honecker and his wife Margot go into exile in Chile.
- 2001 – An earthquake that was 7.6 on the Richter scale hits all of El Salvador, killing over 800 people.
- 2012 – The 2012 Winter Youth Olympics begin in Innsbruck, Austria. These are the first Winter Youth Olympics.
- 2012 - Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia crashes onto rocks off the island of Giglio, off the coast of Tuscany, killing 32 people.
