- January 13
It is still celebrated as New Year's Eve by those on the
Julian calendar (Old New Year ).Events
*
532 -Nika riots inConstantinople .
*888 -Odo, Count of Paris becomes King of theFranks .
*1328 -Edward III of England marriesPhilippa of Hainault , daughter of theCount of Hainault .
*1547 -Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey is sentenced to death.
*1559 -Elizabeth I crowned queen of England in Westminster Abbey, London.
*1605 - The controversial play "Eastward Hoe " byBen Jonson ,George Chapman , andJohn Marston is performed, landing two of the authors in prison.
*1607 - The Bank ofGenoa fails after announcement of national bankruptcy inSpain .
*1610 -Galileo Galilei discovers Callisto, 4th moon of Jupiter.
*1733 -James Oglethorpe and 130 colonists arrive inCharleston, South Carolina .
*1785 - John Walter publishes the first issue of the "Daily Universal Register " (later renamed "The Times ").
*1822 - The design of the Greek flag is adopted by the First National Assembly atEpidaurus .
*1830 - The Great fire ofNew Orleans, Louisiana begins.
*1832 -President Andrew Jackson writes toVice President Martin Van Buren expressing his opposition toSouth Carolina 's defiance of federal authority in theNullification Crisis .
*1840 - The steamship "Lexington" burns and sinks four miles off the coast ofLong Island with the loss of 139 lives.
*1842 - Dr.William Brydon , a surgeon in the British Army during theFirst Anglo-Afghan War , becomes famous for being the sole survivor of an army of 16,500 when he reaches the safety of a garrison inJalalabad .
*1847 - TheTreaty of Cahuenga ends theMexican-American War inCalifornia .
*1869 - National convention of black leaders meets inWashington D.C.
*1893 - TheIndependent Labour Party of the UK has its first meeting.
* 1893 - U.S. Marines land inHonolulu from the U.S.S. Boston to prevent the queen from abrogating theBayonet Constitution .
*1898 -Emile Zola 's "J'accuse " exposes theDreyfus affair .
*1908 -Rhoads Opera House fire inBoyertown , PA killing 171 people.
*1913 -Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated was founded on the campus ofHoward University as the second Black Greek Letter Organization for Women. The mission was to make a move towards social activism.
*1915 - Anearthquake inAvezzano ,Italy kills 29,800.
*1934 - TheCandidate of Science degree is established in the USSR.
*1935 - Aplebiscite inSaarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join NaziGermany .
*1938 - TheChurch of England accepts the theory ofevolution .
*1939 - The Black Friday bush fires burn 20,000 square kilometres of land inAustralia , claiming the lives of 71 people.
*1942 -Henry Ford patents aplastic automobile , which is 30% lighter than a regular car.
* 1942 -World War II : First use of aircraft ejection seat by a German test pilot in aHeinkel He 280 jet fighter.
*1953 - MarshalJosip Broz Tito is chosen as President of Yugoslavia.
*1958 - Moroccan Liberation Army ambushes Spanish patrol in the Battle of Edchera.
*1964 -Hindu -Muslim rioting breaks out in theIndia n city of Calcutta - now Kolkata - resulting in the deaths of more than 100 people.
*1964 -Karol Wojtyla , the futurePope John Paul II , is appointedarchbishop ofKrakow, Poland .
*1966 -Robert C. Weaver becomes the firstAfrican American Cabinet member by being appointedUnited States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development .
*1968 -Johnny Cash performs live atFolsom Prison
*1972 - Prime MinisterKofi Busia and PresidentEdward Akufo-Addo ofGhana are ousted in a bloodlessmilitary coup by Col.Ignatius Kutu Acheamphong .
*1974 - Seraphim is electedArchbishop of Athens and All Greece .
*1982 - Shortly after takeoff,Air Florida Flight 90 737 jet crashes intoWashington, DC 's 14th Street Bridge and falls into thePotomac River , killing 78 including four motorists. Coincidentally, a Washington DC Metro Rail train is derailed, killing 3 people.
*1985 - A passenger train plunged into a ravine atEthiopia , killing 428, where accident is the worst railroad disaster in Africa.
*1986 - A month-long violent struggle begins inAden , South Yemen between supporters ofAli Nasir Muhammad andAbdul Fattah Ismail , resulting in thousands of casualties.
*1990 - L. Douglas Wilder becomes the first electedAfrican American governor as he takes office inRichmond, Virginia .
*1991 -Soviet Union military troops attackLithuania n independence supporters inVilnius .
*1992 -Japan apologizes for forcingKorea n women into sexual slavery duringWorld War II .
*2001 - Anearthquake hitsEl Salvador , killing more than 800.
*2007 - Two thirds of theVenus 's southern hemisphere suddenly brightened as something triggered aerosols to form at a furious rate.Births
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1334 - KingHenry II of Castile (d.1379 )
*1505 - Joachim II Hector,Elector of Brandenburg (d.1571 )
*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 )
*1683 -Christoph Graupner , German composer (d.1760 )
*1720 - Richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (d.1808 )
*1749 -Friedrich Müller , painter and dramatist (d.1825 )
*1777 -Elisa Bonaparte , Grand Duchess of Tuscany, sister of Napoleon Bonaparte (d.1820 )
*1787 - John Davis, 14th and 17thGovernor of Massachusetts (d.1854 )
*1804 -Paul Gavarni , French caricaturist (d.1866 )
*1805 -Thomas Dyer , Mayor of Chicago (d.1862 )
*1808 -Salmon P. Chase , 6thChief 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 -F%C3%A9lix Tisserand , French Astronomer (d.1896 )
*1858 -Oskar Minkowski , Biologist (d.1931 )
*1859 -Kostis Palamas , Greek poet (d.1943 )
*1861 -Max Nonne , German neurologist (d.1959 )
*1864 -Wilhelm Wien , German physicist,Nobel Prize laureate (d.1928 )
*1865 - Princess Marie of Orléans (d.1908 )
*1866 -Vasily Kalinnikov , Russian composer (d.1901 )
*1869 -Emanuele Filiberto, 2nd Duke of Aosta , Italian aristocrat (d.1931 )
*1870 -Ross Granville Harrison , American biologist (d.1959 )
*1878 -Lionel Groulx , Canadian nationalist (d.1967 )
*1881 -Essington Lewis , Australian industrialist (d.1961 )
*1884 -Sophie Tucker , Russian-born singer and performer (d.1966 )
*1885 -Alfred Fuller , Canadian businessman, The "Fuller Brush Man" (d.1973 )
*1886 -Art Ross , Canadian ice hockey player and executive (d.1964 )
*1887 -George Gurdjieff , Armenian-Greek mystic (d.1949 )
*1890 -Jüri Uluots , Estonian Prime Minister (d.1945 )
*1893 -Roy Cazaly , Australian rules footballer (d.1963 )
* 1893 -Clark Ashton Smith , American writer (d.1961 )
*1898 -Kai Munk , Danish playwright and Lutheran pastor, martyr (d.1944 )
* 1898 -Carlo Tagliabue , Italian baritone (d.1978 )
*1899 -Kay Francis , American actress (d.1968 )
*1901 -A. B. Guthrie , American novelist, historian (d.1991 )
* 1901 -Mieczysław Żywczyński , Polish historian and priest (d.1978 )
*1904 -Richard Addinsell , British composer (Warsaw Concerto ) (d.1977 )
*1909 -Marinus van der Lubbe , Dutch communist (d.1934 )
*1910 -Yannis Tsarouchis , Greek painter (d.1989 )
*1911 -Joh Bjelke-Petersen , Premier of Queensland (d.2005 )
*1913 - Jeff Morrow, American actor (d.1993 )
*1914 - Lord Ted Willis, British television dramatist (d.1992 )
*1919 -Robert Stack , American actor (d.2003 )
*1921 -Dachine Rainer , British writer (d.2000 )
*1922 -Albert Lamorisse , French film director and producer (d.1970 )
*1923 -Daniil Shafran , Russian cellist (d.1997 )
*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
*1929 -Joe Pass , U.S. jazz guitarist (d.1994 )
*1930 -Liz Anderson , American singer
* 1930 -Frances Sternhagen , American actress
*1931 -Ian Hendry , English actor (d.1984 )
* 1931 -Charles Nelson Reilly , American actor (d.2007 )
*1934 -Rip Taylor , American actor
*1935 -Mauro Forghieri , Italian automotive & mechanical engineer (Scuderia Ferrari )
* 1935 -Elsa Martinelli , Italian actress
*1936 -Renato Bruson , Italian operatic baritone
*1938 -William B. Davis , Canadian actor
* 1938 -Tord Grip , Swedish football manager
*1939 -Jacek Gmoch , Polish footballer and coach
* 1939 -Cesare Maniago , Canadian ice hockey player
*1940 -Edmund White , American author
*1941 -Pasqual Maragall , Spanish politician
*1943 -Carol Cleveland , English actress
* 1943 -Richard Moll , American actor
*1946 -Eero Koivistoinen , Finnish musician
*1947 -Jacek Majchrowski , Mayor ofKraków
* 1947 -Carles Rexach , former Spanish-Catalan footballer and coach
*1948 -Gaj Singh , Maharaja of Jodhpur
*1949 -Brandon Tartikoff , American television executive (d.1997 )
*1949 -Rakesh Sharma , first Indian and 138th man to visit space
*1950 -Bob Forsch , American baseball player
* 1950 -John McNaughton , American film director
*1954 -Trevor Rabin , South African guitarist (Yes)
*1955 - Paul Kelly, Australian singer
* 1955 -Jay McInerney , American writer
*1957 -Lorrie Moore , American writer
* 1957 -Mark O'Meara , Major winning American Golfer
*1959 -James Lomenzo , American musician (Megadeth )
*1960 -Takis Lemonis , Greek footballer and coach
*1961 -Wayne Coyne , American singer (The Flaming Lips )
* 1961 -Julia Louis-Dreyfus , American actress
* 1961 - Suggs, English singer
*1962 -Trace Adkins , American country music singer-songwriter
* 1962 -Paul Higgins , Canadian hockey player
* 1962 - Kevin Mitchell American baseball player
*1963 -Kevin McClatchy , American businessman
*1964 -Penelope Ann Miller , American actress
* 1964 -Ronan Rafferty , Northern Irish golfer
*1966 -Patrick Dempsey , American actor
*1967 - Annie Jones, Australian actress
* 1967 -George Paterson , Scottish singer/songwriterDMP
*1968 -Traci Bingham , American actress
* 1968 -Mike Whitlow , English footballer
* 1968 - Chara, Japanese singer and actress
*1969 -Stefania Belmondo , Italian cross-country skier
* 1969 -Stephen Hendry , Scottish snooker player
*1970 -Keith Coogan , American actor
* 1970 -Marco Pantani , Italian cyclist (d.2004 )
* 1970 -Shonda Rhimes , American screenwriter/creatorGrey's Anatomy
*1971 -John Mallory Asher , American film actor/director
*1972 -Mark Bosnich , Australian footballer
* 1972 -Nicole Eggert , American actress
* 1972 -Atoosa Rubenstein , Iranian-born American magazine editor
* 1972 -Vitaly Scherbo , Belarusian gymnast
*1973 -Nikolai Khabibulin , Russian ice hockey player
*1973 -Gloria Yip , Hong Kong actor
*1974 -Sergei Brylin , Russian ice hockey player
*1976 -Michael Peña , American actor
* 1976 -Tania Vicent , Canadian short track speed skater
*1977 -Orlando Bloom , English actor
* 1977 -James Posey , American basketball player
*1979 -Jill Wagner , American Actor
*1980 -Krzysztof Czerwinski , Polish conductor and organist
* 1980 -Nils-Eric Johansson , Swedish footballer
* 1980 -Akira Kaji , Japanese footballer
* 1980 -Michael Rupp , American ice hockey player
*1981 - Reggie Brown, American football player
* 1981 -Shad Gaspard , American professional wrestler, bodyguard, and actor
* 1981 -Jason James , Welsh musician (Bullet for My Valentine )
* 1981 -Darrell Rasner , American baseball player
*1982 -Guillermo Coria , Argentine tennis player
*1983 - Julian Morris, English actor
* 1983 -William Hung ,American Idol contestant
* 1983 -Ronny Turiaf , French basketball player
*1986 -Joannie Rochette , Canadian figure skater
*1989 -Bryan Arguez , American soccer player
* 1989 -Triinu Kivilaan , Estonian singer
*1995 -Qaasim Middleton ,American musician and actorDeaths
*
86 BC -Gaius Marius , Roman general and politician (b.157 BC )*
703 - Empress Jitō of Japan (b.645 )
*858 - KingEthelwulf 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 )
*1363 -Meinhard III of Gorizia-Tyrol (b.1344 )
*1599 -Edmund Spenser , English poet (b.1552 )
*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 )
*1691 -George Fox , English founder of the Quakers (b.1624 )
*1766 - KingFrederick 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 ofFrederick II of Prussia (b.1715 )
*1832 -Thomas Lord , English cricketer, founder ofLord's cricket ground (b.1755 )
*1838 -Ferdinand Ries , German composer (b.1784 )
*1853 -Theophilos Kairis , Greek priest, humanist and revolutionary (b.1783 )
*1860 - William Mason, American politician (b.1786 )
*1864 -Stephen Foster , American composer (b.1826 )
*1882 -Wilhelm Mauser , German weapon designer and manufacturer (b.1834 )
*1885 -Schuyler Colfax ,American politician (b.1823 )
*1889 -Solomon Bundy , American politician (b.1823 )
*1894 -Nadezhda von Meck , Russian patroness ofPyotr Tchaikovsky (b.1831 )
*1905 -George Thorn ,Premier of Queensland (b.1838 )
*1906 - Alexander Popov, Russian physicist (b.1859 )
*1915 -Mary Slessor , Scottish missionary (b.1848 )
*1923 -Alexandre Ribot , French statesman (b.1842 )
*1924 -Georg Hermann Quincke , German phsycist (b.1834 )
*1929 -Wyatt Earp , American Western lawman (b.1848 )
* 1929 -H. B. Higgins , Australian politician and judge (b.1851 )
*1932 -Sophia of Prussia , consort ofConstantine 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 )
*1958 -Jesse L. Lasky , U.S. film producer (b.1880 )
*1962 -Ernie Kovacs , American actor and comedian (b.1919 )
*1967 -Anatole de Grunwald , British film producer and screenwriter (b.1910 )
*1971 -Robert Still , English composer (b.1910 )
*1974 -Raoul Jobin , Canadian tenor (b.1906 )
* 1974 -Salvador Novo , Mexican writer and poet (b.1904 )
*1976 -Margaret Leighton , English actress (b.1922 )
*1978 -Hubert H. Humphrey , 38thVice President of the United States (b.1911 )
* 1978 - Joe McCarthy, American baseball manager (b.1887 )
*1979 -Donny Hathaway , American musician (b.1945 )
* 1979 -Marjorie Lawrence , Australian soprano (b.1907 )
*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 )
*1995 -Max Harris , Australian poet, critic, columnist, commentator, publisher and bookseller (b.1921 )
*2001 -Michael Cuccione , Canadian actor and singer (b.1985 )
*2002 -Ted Demme , American film director (b.1963 )
* 2002 -Gregorio Fuentes , Cuban fisherman, reputed model for Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea" (b.1897 )
* 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 )
*2008 - Sergei Larin, Lithuanian tenor (b.1956 )
* 2008 -Johnny Podres , American baseball player (b.1932 )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").
* InRussia ,Belarus ,Ukraine , in variousRussophone communities, and in theRepublic of Macedonia theOld New Year is celebrated (theNew Year by theOld Style calendar) on the night ofJanuary 13 /14.
*Hilary of Poitiers
*January 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) External links
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/13 BBC: On This Day]
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* [http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=Jan&day=13 On This Day in Canada] ----
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