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January 13 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 death1559 - 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 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.1733 - James Oglethorpe and 130 colonists arrive in Charleston,South Carolina.1785 - John Walter publishes first issue of the Daily Universal Register The Times 1830 - Great fire in New Orleans thought to be set by rebel slaves.1832 - President Andrew Jackson wrote Vice President Martin Van Buren 1834 - John Mason Cook, whom JMC Air is named after was born.
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.
1898 - Emile Zola 's J'accuse exposes the Dreyfus affair .1913 - Delta Sigma Theta , Sorority, Inc. founded. Currently the largest African-American women's organization1915 - Earthquake in Avezzano , Italy kills 29,8001930 - 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.
The United States begins the iternment of Japanese-Americans living on the American west coast.
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
1334 to 1899
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 )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 )1864 - Wilhelm Wien , German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1928 )1866 ?- G. I. Gurdjieff , Greek-Armenian mystic (d. 1949 )
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 )
1900 to 1999
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 - Carolyn Gold Heilbrun , American feminist author (d. 2003 )
1927 - Brock Adams , American politician (d. 2004 )1930 - Frances Sternhagen , American actress
1931 - Charles Nelson Reilly , American actor1934 - Rip Taylor , American actor1938 - William B. Davis , Canadian actor
1942 - Richard Moll , American actor1943 - Carol Cleveland , English actress1948 - Gaj Singh , Maharaja of Jodhpur1949 - Brandon Tartikoff , American television executive (d. 1997 )1954 - Trevor Rabin , South African musician (Yes )1955 - Jay McInerney , writer1958 - Andrew Stanton , actor and director1961 - Graham McPherson , English singer
1962 - Trace Adkins , American musician1964 - Penelope Ann Miller , American actress1966 - Patrick Dempsey , American actor1969 - Stephen Hendry , Scottish snooker player1970 - Keith Coogan , American actor
1972 - Nicole Eggert , American actress1973 - Nikolai Khabibulin , Russian hockey player1977 - Orlando Bloom , English actor1980 - Krzysztof Czerwinski , Polish conductor and organist1982 - Guillermo Coria , Argentine tennis player1983 - William Hung , Hong Kong-born singer (d. 2005 )
Deaths
85 BC to 1899
85 BC - Gaius Marius , Roman general and politician703 - 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 historian1177 - 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 )1762 - Leonhard Trautsch , German composer (b. 1694 )1775 - Johann Georg Walch , German theologian (b. 1693 )1852 - Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen , Russian explorer (b. 1778 )1864 - Stephen Foster , American composer (b. 1826 )
1900 to 1999
2000 onwards
Holidays and observances
National Vocation Awareness Week
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
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