January 13: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

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).

Events

• 888 - Odo, Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks.
• 1099 - Crusaders set fire to Mara, Syria.
• 1328 - Edward III of England marries Philippa, 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, 16, is admitted to Christ's College, Cambridge.
• 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.
• 1847 - The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the Mexican-American War in California.
• 1854 - The accordion is patented by Anthony Faas.
• 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.
• 1913 - Delta Sigma Theta, Sorority, Inc. founded.
• 1915 - An Earthquake in Avezzano, Italy kills 29,800.
• 1930 - Mickey Mouse comic strip makes its first appearance.
• 1935 - A plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Nazi Germany.
• 1942 - Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, which is 30% lighter than a regular car.
• 1942 - The United States begins Japanese American internment.
• 1953 - Marshal Josip Broz Tito chosen President of Yugoslavia.
• 1957 - Wham-O Company produces the first Frisbee.
• 1958 - Moroccan Liberation Army ambushes Spanish patrol in the Battle of Edchera.
• 1966 - Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member by being appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1989 - The final episode of the American soap opera Ryan's Hope is aired, ending a 14-year run on the ABC network.
• 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.
• 1998 - ABC and ESPN negotiate a $1.15 billion a season contract to keep Monday Night Football.
• 1999 - Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls basketball team announces his retirement (for the second time -- he has since rescinded his retirement).
• 2001 - An earthquake hits El Salvador, killing more than 800.
• 2002 - US President George W. Bush faints allegedly after choking on a pretzel.

• 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 (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, narrator, lyricist and dramatist (d. 1825)
• 1805 - Thomas Dyer, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1862)
• 1808 - Salmon Chase, Secretary of the Treasury and 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)
• 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-Adolphe Groulx, called Abbé Groulx (Canon Groulx), a Roman Catholic priest, historian and Canadian nationalist (d. 1967).
• 1879 - Melvin Jones, American founder of Lions Clubs International (d. 1961)
• 1884 - Sophie Tucker, Russian-born singer, comedienne, and vaudeville performer (d. 1966)
• 1893 - Clark Ashton Smith, American writer (d. 1961)
• 1899 - Kay Francis, American actress (d. 1968)
• 1909 - Marinus van der Lubbe, Dutch communist accused of setting fire to the Reichstag (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)
• 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 biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• 1930 - Frances Sternhagen, American actress
• 1931 - Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor
• 1934 - Rip Taylor, American actor
• 1938 - William B. Davis, Canadian actor
• 1938 - Tord Grip, Swedish football manager
• 1942 - Richard Moll, American actor
• 1943 - Carol Cleveland, English actress
• 1946 - Eero Koivistoinen, Finnish jazz musician
• 1948 - Gaj Singh, Maharaja of Jodhpur
• 1949 - Brandon Tartikoff, American television executive (d. 1997)
• 1954 - Trevor Rabin, South African musician (Yes)
• 1955 - Jay McInerney, American writer
• 1958 - Andrew Stanton, American actor and director
• 1961 - Julia Louis-Dreyfus, American actress
• 1961 - Graham McPherson, English singer
• 1962 - Trace Adkins, American musician
• 1964 - Penelope Ann Miller, American actress
• 1966 - Patrick Dempsey, American actor
• 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
• 1973 - Nikolai Khabibulin, Russian hockey player
• 1977 - Orlando Bloom, English actor
• 1980 - Krzysztof Czerwinski, Polish conductor and organist
• 1982 - Guillermo Coria, Argentine tennis player

• 85 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 - Duke Frederick I of Austria (b. 1286)
• 1363 - Meinhard III, Count of Tyrol
• 1547 - Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, English poet (b. 1517)
• 1599 - Edmund Spenser, English poet (b. 1552)
• 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, queen 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)
• 1929 - Wyatt Earp, Western lawman (b. 1848)
• 1934 - Paul Ulrich Villard, French physicist (b. 1860)
• 1941 - James Joyce, Irish writer (b. 1882)
• 1962 - Ernie Kovacs, American actor and comedian (b. 1919)
• 1974 - Salvador Novo, Mexican writer and poet (b. 1904)
• 1978 - Hubert H. Humphrey, Vice President of the United States and Senator from Minnesota (b. 1911)
• 1978 - Joe McCarthy, baseball manager (b. 1908)
• 1979 - Donny Hathaway, American musician (b. 1945)
• 1988 - Chiang Ching-kuo, President of the Republic of China (b. 1910)
• 2001 - Michael Cuccione, Canadian actor and singer (b. 1985)
• 2002 - Ted Demme, American film and television 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 and businessman (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)

• National Vocation Awareness Week.

• In Sweden, Christmas ends on the 20th day, St. Knut's Day. Children celebrate a party throwing out the Christmas tree (julgransplundring).

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