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 ).
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 - Earl Henry Howard 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 Ho! 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 satellite of Jupiter .
1622 - Work on the printing of the First Folio of William Shakespeare is suspended.
1625 - John Milton , 16, admitted to Christ's College, Cambridge.
1785 - John Walter publishes first issue of London Times .
1830 - Great fire in New Orleans thought to be set by rebel slaves.
1832 - President Andrew Jackson wrote Vice President Martin Van Buren expressing his opposition to South Carolina's defiance of federal authority in the Nullification Crisis .
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 protect the king and stop the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution .
1898 - Emile Zola 's J'accuse exposes the Dreyfus affair .
1913 - Delta Sigma Theta , Sorority, Inc. founded. Currently the largest African-American women's organization
1915 - Earthquake in Avezzano , Italy kills 29,800
1930 - Mickey Mouse comic strip makes 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.
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 were ousted in a bloodless military coup by Col. Ignatius Kutu Acheampong .
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. Plane was not properly de-iced. There were five survivors.
1986 - A month-long violent struggle began 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 network.
1990 - L. Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office in Richmond, Virginia .
1991 - Soviet military troops attacked 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 . More than 5,000 deaths.
2002 - US President George W. Bush faints after choking on a pretzel .
Births
1596 - Jan van Goyen , painter (d. 1656 )
1653 - Philipp Jakob Spener , theologian (d. 1705 )
1749 - Friedrich Müller , painter, narrator, lyricist and dramatist, also known as Maler Müller (d. 1825 )
1805 - Thomas Dyer , mayor of Chicago (d. 1862 )
1808 - Salmon Chase , Secretary of the Treasury under Abraham Lincoln , Chief Justice, (d. 1873 )
1832 - Horatio Alger, Jr. , Unitarian minister, author (d. 1899 )
1859 - Karl Bleibtreu , critic (d. 1928 )
1864 - Wilhelm Wien , physicist (d. 1928 )
1866 ?- G. I. Gurdjieff , Greek-Armenian mystic. He stated he was born at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve Julian calendar (d. 1949 )
1866 - Vasily Kalinnikov , composer (d. 1901 )
1867 - Francis Everett Townsend , American physician and social reformer
1879 - Melvin Jones , founder of Lions Clubs International (d. 1961 )
1884 - Sophie Tucker , singer, comedienne, vaudeville performer (d. 1966 )
1893 - Clark Ashton Smith , writer (d. 1961 )
1899 - Kay Francis , stage & later film actress with Warner Bros. (d. 1968 )
1909 - Marinus van der Lubbe , Dutch communist accused of setting fire to the Reichstag (d. 1934 )
1919 - Army Archerd , Hollywood journalist
1919 - Robert Stack , actor (d. 2003 )
1922 - Albert Lamorisse , film director (d. 1970 )
1924 - Paul Feyerabend , philosopher (d. 1994 )
1925 - Gwen Verdon , actress, dancer (d. 2000 )
1926 - Carolyn Gold Heilbrun (Amanda Cross), feminist author (d. 2003 )
1926 - Michael Bond , writer
1927 - Brock Adams , American politician (d. 2004 )
1927 - Generoso Pope, Jr. , publisher (d. 1099 )
1930 - Frances Sternhagen , actress
1930 - Liz Anderson , singer
1931 - Charles Nelson Reilly , actor
1934 - Rip Taylor , actor
1938 - Billy Gray , actor
1938 - William B. Davis , actor
1942 - Richard Moll , actor
1943 - Carol Cleveland , actress
1949 - Brandon Tartikoff , television executive (d. 1997 )
1954 - Trevor Rabin , musician
1955 - Jay McInerney , writer
1955 - Fred White , musician (Earth, Wind and Fire )
1960 - Kevin Anderson , actor
1961 - Julia Louis-Dreyfus , actress
1962 - Trace Adkins , musician
1964 - Penelope Ann Miller , actress
1966 - Patrick Dempsey , actor
1969 - Stephen Hendry , Scottish snooker player
1970 - Keith Coogan , actor
1970 - Marco Pantani , cyclist (d. 2004 )
1972 - Nicole Eggert , actress
1973 - Nikolai Khabibulin , Russian NHL goalie
1977 - Orlando Bloom , actor
1982 - Guillermo Coria , Argentinian professional tennis player
Deaths
86 BC - Gaius Marius , Roman general and politician
858 - Ethelwulf Wessex 800 )
888 - Charles the Fat , Holy Roman Emperor , King of Swabia , East Francia , Saxony , Bavaria and Italy
1151 - Abbot Suger abbot of Saint-Denis (b. 1081 )
1177 - Henry II of Austria (b. 1107 )
1330 - Duke Frederick I of Austria (Habsburg) ("the Handsome")
1363 - Meinhard III, Count of Tyrol
1599 - Edmund Spenser , poet (b. 1552 )
1691 - George Fox , founder of the Quakers (b. 1624 )
1864 - Stephen Foster , composer (b. 1826 )
1929 - Wyatt Earp , Western legend (b. 1848 )
1941 - James Joyce , writer (b. 1882 )
1962 - Ernie Kovacs , actor, comedian (b. 1919 )
1978 - Hubert H. Humphrey - Vice President of the United States and former Senator from Minnesota (b. 1911 )
1978 - Joe McCarthy , baseball manager (b. 1908 )
1979 - Donny Hathaway , musician
1985 - Carol Wayne , actress
1988 - Chiang Ching-kuo , President of the Republic of China (b. 1910 )
2001 - Michael Cuccione , actor and singer (b. 1985 )
2001 - Stan Freeman , pianist, composer, comedian, writer
2002 - Ted Demme film and television director (b. 1963 )
2002 - Frank Shuster , Canadian comedian
2003 - Norman Panama , screenwriter and director
2004 - Harold Shipman , British serial killer , found dead in his cell (b. 1946 )
2004 - Arne Nĉss jr. , Norwegian mountaineer and businessman (b. 1937 )
2005 - Earl Cameron , Canadian broadcaster and The National 1915 )
2005 - Nell Rankin , United States mezzo-soprano (b. 1924 )
Holidays and observances
National Vocation Awareness Week
Lovers of Life International - Day of Orgiastic Life
Liberation Day in Togo
In Sweden, Christmas ends on the 20th day, St. Knut's Day . Children celebrate a party throwing out the Christmas tree (julgransplundring )
External links
January 12 - January 14 - December 13 - February 13 -- listing of all days
