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What happend on 13. January in History
In our data base we found 367 events happened on 13. January:
• 532: Nika riots in Constantinople. [category: Events]
• 533: Saint Remigius, bishop of Reims (b. 437) [category: Deaths]
• 614: Saint Kentigern (Saint Mungo), patron saint of Glasgow [category: Deaths]
• 703: Empress Jitō of Japan (b. 645) [category: Deaths]
• 858: Ethelwulf, king of Wessex (b. 795) [category: Deaths]
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• 888: Charles the Fat, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 839) [category: Deaths]
• 888: Odo, Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks. [category: Events]
• 1138: Simon I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1076) [category: Deaths]
• 1151: Abbot Suger, French statesman and historian (b. 1081) [category: Deaths]
• 1177: Henry II of Austria (b. 1107) [category: Deaths]
• 1330: Frederick I of Austria (b. 1286) [category: Deaths]
• 1334: King Henry II of Castile (d. 1379) [category: Births]
• 1363: Meinhard III of Gorizia-Tyrol (b. 1344) [category: Deaths]
• 1435: Sicut Dudum, forbidding the enslavement of the Guanche natives in Canary Islands by the Spanish, is promulgated by Pope Eugene IV. [category: Events]
• 1505: Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1571) [category: Births]
• 1547: Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey is sentenced to death. [category: Events]
• 1562: Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet (d. 1601) [category: Births]
• 1596: Jan van Goyen, Dutch painter (d. 1656) [category: Births]
• 1599: Edmund Spenser, English poet (b. 1552) [category: Deaths]
• 1607: The Bank of Genoa fails after announcement of national bankruptcy in Spain. [category: Events]
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• 1610: Maria Anna of Austria, Electress of Bavaria (d. 1665) [category: Births]
• 1616: Antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic (d. 1680) [category: Births]
• 1625: Jan Brueghel the Elder, Flemish painter (b. 1568) [category: Deaths]
• 1630: Yuan Chonghuan, Chinese military commander (b. 1584) [category: Deaths]
• 1635: Philipp Jakob Spener, German theologian (d. 1705) [category: Births]
• 1651: Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (d. 1694) [category: Births]
• 1658: Edward Sexby, English Puritan soldier (b. 1616) [category: Deaths]
• 1683: Christoph Graupner, German composer (d. 1760) [category: Births]
• 1691: George Fox, English founder of Quakerism (b. 1624) [category: Deaths]
• 1698: Metastasio, Italian poet and librettist (d. 1782) [category: Births]
• 1717: Maria Sibylla Merian, naturalist and scientific illustrator (b. 1647) [category: Deaths]
• 1720: Richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (d. 1808) [category: Births]
• 1749: Friedrich Müller, painter and dramatist (d. 1825) [category: Births]
• 1766: King Frederick V of Denmark (b. 1723) [category: Deaths]
• 1775: Johann Georg Walch, German theologian (b. 1693) [category: Deaths]
• 1777: Elisa Bonaparte, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, sister of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1820) [category: Births]
• 1787: John Davis, 14th and 17th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1854) [category: Births]
• 1790: Luc Urbain de Bouexic, comte de Guichen, French admiral (b. 1712) [category: Deaths]
• 1793: Nicolas Jean Hugon de Bassville, representative of Revolutionary France, lynched by a mob in Rome [category: Events]
• 1796: John H. D. Anderson, Scottish scientist and inventor (b. 1726) [category: Deaths]
• 1797: Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Bevern, wife of Frederick II of Prussia (b. 1715) [category: Deaths]
• 1797: French Revolutionary Wars: A naval battle between a French ship of the line and two British frigates off the coast of Brittany ends with the French vessel running ashore, resulting in the death of over 900. [category: Events]
• 1804: Paul Gavarni, French caricaturist (d. 1866) [category: Births]
• 1805: Thomas Dyer, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1862) [category: Births]
• 1808: Salmon P. Chase, 6th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1873) [category: Births]
• 1812: Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (d. 1883) [category: Births]
• 1815: War of 1812: British troops capture Fort Peter in St. Marys, Georgia, the only battle of the war to take place in the state. [category: Events]
• 1822: The design of the Greek flag is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus. [category: Events]
• 1830: The Great fire of New Orleans, Louisiana begins. [category: Events]
• 1832: Horatio Alger, Jr., American minister and author (d. 1899) [category: Births]
• 1832: Thomas Lord, English cricketer, founder of Lord's cricket ground (b. 1755) [category: Deaths]
• 1832: President Andrew Jackson writes to Vice President Martin Van Buren expressing his opposition to South Carolina's defiance of federal authority in the Nullification Crisis. [category: Events]
• 1838: Ferdinand Ries, German composer (b. 1784) [category: Deaths]
• 1840: The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives. [category: Events]
• 1842: Dr. William Brydon, an assistant surgeon in the British East India Company Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for being the sole survivor of an army of 4,500 men and 12,000 camp followers when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad. [category: Events]
• 1845: Félix Tisserand, French astronomer (d. 1896) [category: Births]
• 1847: The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the Mexican–American War in California. [category: Events]
• 1852: Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Russian explorer (b. 1778) [category: Deaths]
• 1853: Theophilos Kairis, Greek priest, humanist and revolutionary (b. 1783) [category: Deaths]
• 1858: Oskar Minkowski, biologist (d. 1931) [category: Births]
• 1859: Kostis Palamas, Greek poet (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1860: William Mason, American politician (b. 1786) [category: Deaths]
• 1861: Max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1864: Wilhelm Wien, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1928) [category: Births]
• 1864: Stephen Foster, American composer (b. 1826) [category: Deaths]
• 1865: Princess Marie of Orléans (d. 1908) [category: Births]
• 1866: Vasily Kalinnikov, Russian composer (d. 1901) [category: Births]
• 1869: Emanuele Filiberto, 2nd Duke of Aosta, Italian aristocrat (d. 1931) [category: Births]
• 1869: National convention of black leaders meets in Washington, D.C. [category: Events]
• 1870: Ross Granville Harrison, American biologist (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1878: Geert Lotsij, Dutch rower (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1878: Lionel Groulx, Canadian nationalist (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1881: Essington Lewis, Australian industrialist (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1882: Wilhelm Mauser, German weapon designer and manufacturer (b. 1834) [category: Deaths]
• 1883: Nathaniel Cartmell, American athlete (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1883: Prince Arthur of Connaught (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1884: Sophie Tucker, Russian-born singer and performer (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1885: Alfred Fuller, Canadian businessman, The "Fuller Brush Man" (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1885: Schuyler Colfax, American politician (b. 1823) [category: Deaths]
• 1886: Art Ross, Canadian ice hockey player and executive (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1887: Gabriel Gabrio, French actor (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1887: George Gurdjieff, Georgian-Armenian-Greek mystic (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1889: Solomon Bundy, American politician (b. 1823) [category: Deaths]
• 1890: Jüri Uluots, Estonian Prime Minister (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1893: Clark Ashton Smith, American writer (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1893: Roy Cazaly, Australian rules footballer (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1893: The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting. [category: Events]
• 1893: U.S. Marines land in Honolulu, Hawaii from the USS Boston to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution. [category: Events]
• 1894: Nadezhda von Meck, Russian patroness of Pyotr Tchaikovsky (b. 1831) [category: Deaths]
• 1898: Carlo Tagliabue, Italian baritone (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1898: Kai Munk, Danish playwright and Lutheran pastor, martyr (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1898: Émile Zola's J'accuse exposes the Dreyfus affair. [category: Events]
• 1901: A. B. Guthrie, American novelist, historian (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1901: Mieczysław Żywczyński, Polish historian and priest (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1904: Nathan Milstein, Ukrainian-American violinist (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1904: Richard Addinsell, British composer (Warsaw Concerto) (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1905: Kay Francis, American actress (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1905: George Thorn, Premier of Queensland (b. 1838) [category: Deaths]
• 1906: Zhou Youguang, Chinese linguist [category: Births]
• 1906: Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (b. 1859) [category: Deaths]
• 1908: The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people. [category: Events]
• 1909: Marinus van der Lubbe, Dutch communist (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1910: Yannis Tsarouchis, Greek painter (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1910: The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the opera Cavalleria rusticana is sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, New York. [category: Events]
• 1911: Sir Johannes "Joh" Bjelke-Petersen, Premier of Queensland (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1913: Jeff Morrow, American actor (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1913: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated was founded on the campus of Howard University. [category: Events]
• 1914: Lord Ted Willis, British television dramatist (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1915: Mary Slessor, Scottish missionary (b. 1848) [category: Deaths]
• 1915: An earthquake in Avezzano, Italy kills 29,800. [category: Events]
• 1919: Robert Stack, American actor (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1921: Dachine Rainer, British writer (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1922: Albert Lamorisse, French film director and producer (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1923: Daniil Shafran, Russian cellist (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1923: Willem Slijkhuis, Dutch athlete (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1923: Alexandre Ribot, French statesman (b. 1842) [category: Deaths]
• 1924: Paul Feyerabend, Austrian-born philosopher (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1924: Roland Petit, French choreographer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1924: Georg Hermann Quincke, German physicist (b. 1834) [category: Deaths]
• 1925: Georgi Kaloyanchev, Bulgarian actor (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1925: Gwen Verdon, American actress and dancer (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1926: Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, American feminist author (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1926: Melba Liston, American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1926: Michael Bond, British writer [category: Births]
• 1926: Shakti Samanta, Indian film director and producer (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1927: Brock Adams, American politician (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1927: Sydney Brenner, British Nobel Laureate [category: Births]
• 1928: Mara Buneva, Bulgarian revolutionary (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1929: Joe Pass, American jazz guitarist (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1929: H. B. Higgins, Australian politician and judge (b. 1851) [category: Deaths]
• 1929: Wyatt Earp, American Western lawman (b. 1848) [category: Deaths]
• 1930: Frances Sternhagen, American actress [category: Births]
• 1930: Liz Anderson, American singer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1931: Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1931: Chris Wiggins, British actor [category: Births]
• 1931: Ian Hendry, English actor (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1932: Barry Bishop, American mountaineer (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1932: Bearcat Wright, American professional wrestler (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1932: Sophia of Prussia, consort of Constantine I of Greece (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1934: Rip Taylor, American actor [category: Births]
• 1934: Paul Ulrich Villard, French physicist (b. 1860) [category: Deaths]
• 1934: The Candidate of Sciences degree is established in the Soviet Union. [category: Events]
• 1935: Elsa Martinelli, Italian actress [category: Births]
• 1935: Mauro Forghieri, Italian automotive & mechanical engineer (Scuderia Ferrari) [category: Births]
• 1935: A plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Nazi Germany. [category: Events]
• 1936: Renato Bruson, Italian operatic baritone [category: Births]
• 1937: Antoine Védrenne, French rower (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1938: Dave Edwards, American politician (d. 2013) [category: Births]
• 1938: Richard Anthony, French singer of Egyptian descent [category: Births]
• 1938: Shivkumar Sharma, Indian santoor player and composer [category: Births]
• 1938: Tord Grip, Swedish football manager [category: Births]
• 1938: William B. Davis, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1939: Cesare Maniago, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1939: Edgardo Cozarinsky, Argentinian writer and film director [category: Births]
• 1939: Jacek Gmoch, Polish footballer and coach [category: Births]
• 1939: The Black Friday bush fires burn 20,000 square kilometers of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people. [category: Events]
• 1940: Edmund White, American author [category: Births]
• 1941: Pasqual Maragall, Spanish politician [category: Births]
• 1941: James Joyce, Irish writer (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: Carol Cleveland, English actress [category: Births]
• 1942: Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, which is 30% lighter than a regular car. [category: Events]
• 1942: World War II: First use of an aircraft ejection seat by a German test pilot in a Heinkel He 280 jet fighter. [category: Events]
• 1943: Richard Moll, American actor [category: Births]
• 1943: William Duckworth, American composer and author (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1943: Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss artist (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: Eero Koivistoinen, Finnish musician [category: Births]
• 1947: Carles Rexach, former Spanish-Catalan footballer and coach [category: Births]
• 1947: Jacek Majchrowski, Mayor of Kraków [category: Births]
• 1947: John Lees, English Musician (Barclay James Harvest) [category: Births]
• 1948: Gaj Singh, Maharaja of Jodhpur [category: Births]
• 1949: Brandon Tartikoff, American television executive (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1949: Klaus Brandner, German politician [category: Births]
• 1949: Rakesh Sharma, first Indian Astronaut/Cosmonaut and 138th person to visit space [category: Births]
• 1950: Bob Forsch, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1950: John McNaughton, American film director [category: Births]
• 1951: Bruce Hart, Canadian professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1951: Frank E. Peretti, author of Christian fiction [category: Births]
• 1951: First Indochina War: The Battle of Vinh Yen begins, which will end in a major victory for France. [category: Events]
• 1953: An article appears in Pravda accusing some of the most prestigious and prominent doctors, mostly Jews, in the Soviet Union of taking part in a vast plot to poison members of the top Soviet political and military leadership. [category: Events]
• 1953: Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen as President of Yugoslavia. [category: Events]
• 1954: Trevor Rabin, South African guitarist (Yes) [category: Births]
• 1955: Jay McInerney, American writer [category: Births]
• 1955: Paul Kelly, Australian singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1956: Janet Hubert-Whitten, American actress [category: Births]
• 1956: Lyonel Feininger, German-American painter and caricaturist (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Lorrie Moore, American writer [category: Births]
• 1957: Mark O'Meara, American golfer [category: Births]
• 1958: Ton du Chatinier, Dutch retired footballer and football manager [category: Births]
• 1958: Jesse L. Lasky, American film producer (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol in the Battle of Edchera. [category: Events]
• 1959: Ernie Irvan, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1959: James Lomenzo, American musician (Megadeth, White Lion and Black Label Society) [category: Births]
• 1960: Takis Lemonis, Greek footballer and coach [category: Births]
• 1961: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, American actress [category: Births]
• 1961: Kelly Hrudey, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1961: Suggs, English singer (Madness) [category: Births]
• 1961: Wayne Coyne, American singer (The Flaming Lips) [category: Births]
• 1961: Herman Glass, American gymnast (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Kevin Mitchell, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1962: Paul Higgins, Canadian hockey player [category: Births]
• 1962: Trace Adkins, American country music singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1962: Ernie Kovacs, American actor and comedian (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Kevin McClatchy, American businessman [category: Births]
• 1964: Bill Bailey, British comedian [category: Births]
• 1964: Penelope Ann Miller, American actress [category: Births]
• 1964: Ronan Rafferty, Northern Irish golfer [category: Births]
• 1964: Anti-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta, resulting in 100 deaths. [category: Events]
• 1964: Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, is appointed archbishop of Kraków, Poland. [category: Events]
• 1966: Leo Visser, Dutch speed skate champion [category: Births]
• 1966: Patrick Dempsey, American actor, race car driver [category: Births]
• 1966: Shelagh Fogarty, British radio presenter [category: Births]
• 1966: Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member when he is appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. [category: Events]
• 1967: Annie Jones, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1967: Neal Hargrove, American professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1967: Anatole de Grunwald, British producer and screenwriter (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Antonio Tartaglia, Italian bobsledder [category: Births]
• 1968: Chara, Japanese singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Mike Whitlow, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1968: Traci Bingham, American actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Johnny Cash performs live at Folsom State Prison [category: Events]
• 1969: John Kronus, American professional wrestler (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1969: Stefania Belmondo, Italian cross-country skier [category: Births]
• 1969: Stephen Hendry, Scottish snooker player [category: Births]
• 1970: Frank Kooiman, Dutch football goalkeeper [category: Births]
• 1970: Keith Coogan, American actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1970: Shonda Rhimes, American screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1971: John Mallory Asher, American film actor/director [category: Births]
• 1971: Phil Whyman, English paranormal researcher, television personality, writer and musician [category: Births]
• 1971: Robert Still, English composer (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Atoosa Rubenstein, Iranian-born American magazine editor [category: Births]
• 1972: James O'Brien, British radio presenter and journalist [category: Births]
• 1972: Mark Bosnich, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Nicole Eggert, American actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Park Jin-Young, Korean singer [category: Births]
• 1972: Vitaly Scherbo, Belarusian gymnast [category: Births]
• 1972: Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia and President Edward Akufo-Addo of Ghana are ousted in a bloodless military coup by Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheampong. [category: Events]
• 1973: Gloria Yip, Hong Kong actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Nikolai Khabibulin, Russian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1974: Sergei Brylin, Russian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1974: Raoul Jobin, Canadian tenor (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Salvador Novo, Mexican writer and poet (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Seraphim is elected Archbishop of Athens and All Greece. [category: Events]
• 1976: Mario Yepes, Colombian footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Michael Peña, American actor [category: Births]
• 1976: Tania Vicent, Canadian short track speed skater [category: Births]
• 1976: Margaret Leighton, English actress (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Elliot Mason, British jazz trombonist, also plays bass trumpet [category: Births]
• 1977: James Posey, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Orlando Bloom, English actor [category: Births]
• 1977: William Ash (actor), British actor [category: Births]
• 1977: Henri Langlois, French film archivist, and a co-founder of the Cinémathèque Française (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Ashmit Patel, Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1978: Nate Silver, American journalist and statistician [category: Births]
• 1978: Hubert H. Humphrey, 38th Vice President of the United States (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Joe McCarthy, American baseball manager (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Katy Brand, English actress and comedian [category: Births]
• 1979: Donny Hathaway, American musician (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Marjorie Lawrence, Australian soprano (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Akira Kaji, Japanese footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Krzysztof Czerwinski, Polish conductor and organist [category: Births]
• 1980: Michael Rupp, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1980: Mirko Soltau, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Nils-Eric Johansson, Swedish footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: André Kostelanetz, Russian-born music conductor and arranger (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Darrell Rasner, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Jason James, Welsh bassist (Bullet for My Valentine) [category: Births]
• 1981: Reggie Brown, American football player [category: Births]
• 1981: Shad Gaspard, American professional wrestler, bodyguard, and actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Yujiro Takahashi, Japanese professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1982: Constantinos Makrides, Cypriot football player [category: Births]
• 1982: Guillermo Coria, Argentine tennis player [category: Births]
• 1982: Kamran Akmal, Pakistan cricketer [category: Births]
• 1982: Mason Ryan, Welsh wrestler [category: Births]
• 1982: Arland D. Williams, Jr., hero of Air Florida Flight 90 (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Marcel Camus, French director (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737 jet crashes into Washington, D.C.'s 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 including four motorists. [category: Events]
• 1983: Imran Khan, Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1983: Julian Morris, English actor [category: Births]
• 1983: Mauricio Martín Romero, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Ronny Turiaf, French basketball player [category: Births]
• 1983: Sebastian Kneißl, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: William Hung, Chinese-American singer [category: Births]
• 1984: Kamghe Gaba, German sprinter [category: Births]
• 1984: Lourdes Arévalos, Paraguayan beauty model [category: Births]
• 1984: Matteo Cavagna, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Nathaniel Motte, American musician (3OH!3) [category: Births]
• 1985: Luke Robinson, American professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1985: Qi Hui, Chinese swimmer [category: Births]
• 1985: A passenger train plunges into a ravine in Ethiopia, killing 428 in the worst railroad disaster in Africa. [category: Events]
• 1986: Joannie Rochette, Canadian figure skater [category: Births]
• 1986: Josefine Preuß, German actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Laura Ludwig, German beach volleyball player [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1987: Alexandre Pliuschin, Moldovan cyclist [category: Births]
• 1987: Daniel Oss, Italian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1987: Lee Seung Gi, South Korean singer [category: Births]
• 1987: Marc Staal, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1987: Stefano Del Sante, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Sven Wetzel, German rugby player [category: Births]
• 1988: Daniel Scheinig, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Josh Freeman, American football player [category: Births]
• 1988: Chiang Ching-kuo, President of the Republic of China (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Beau Mirchoff, American-Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1989: Bryan Arguez, American footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: James Berrett, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Tim Matavž, Slovenian footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Triinu Kivilaan, Estonian singer (Vanilla Ninja) [category: Births]
• 1990: Liam Hemsworth, Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1990: Vincenzo Fiorillo, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office in Richmond, Virginia. [category: Events]
• 1991: Goo Ha-ra, South Korean singer and actress (Kara) [category: Births]
• 1991: Soviet Union troops attack Lithuanian independence supporters in Vilnius, killing 14 people and wounding 1000. [category: Events]
• 1992: Adam Matthews, Welsh footballer [category: Births]
• 1992: Dinah Pfizenmaier, German tennis player [category: Births]
• 1993: Max Whitlock, British gymnast [category: Births]
• 1993: Xénia Krizsán, Hungarian heptathlete [category: Births]
• 1993: Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian composer (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Space Shuttle program: Endeavour heads for space for the third time as STS-54 launches from the Kennedy Space Center. [category: Events]
• 1995: Qaasim Middleton, American musician and actor (The Naked Brothers Band) [category: Births]
• 1995: Max Harris, Australian poet, columnist and publisher (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Michael Cuccione, Canadian actor and singer (2ge+her) (b. 1985) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: An earthquake hits El Salvador, killing more than 800. [category: Events]
• 2002: Frank Shuster, Canadian comedian (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Gregorio Fuentes, Cuban fisherman, Ernest Hemingway's first mate (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Ted Demme, American film director (b. 1963) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Norman Panama, American screenwriter and director (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Arne Næss Jr., Norwegian mountain climber (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Harold Shipman, British serial killer (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Zeno Vendler, American philosopher of language (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Earl Cameron, Canadian broadcaster (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Nell Rankin, American mezzo-soprano (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Frank Fixaris, American sportscaster (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Marc Potvin, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1967) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Danny Oakes, American racecar driver (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Michael Brecker, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Johnny Podres, American baseball player (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Sergei Larin, Lithuanian tenor (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Dai Llewellyn Welsh socialite [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Doña Mary Ejercito, Filipino supercentarian, mother of Joseph Ejercito Estrada (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Lanny Kean, American professional wrestler (b. 1960) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Mansour Rahbani, Lebanese composer and lyricist (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Nancy Bird Walton, Australian aviator (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Patrick McGoohan, American actor (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: William De Witt Snodgrass, American poet under the pseudonym S. S. Gardons (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Jay Reatard, American garage punk musician (The Reatards and Lost Sounds) (b. 1980) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Kalifa Tillisi, Libyan writer and linguist (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Teddy Pendergrass, American R&B singer (Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes) (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Albert Heijn, a Dutch entrepreneur, major stock holder and founder and chairman of the board of Ahold (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Lefter Küçükandonyadis, Turkish footballer (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Rauf Denktaş, Turkish Cypriot politician, founder and first president of Northern Cyprus (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia sinks off the coast of Italy. There are 32 deaths (and a few people still missing) amongst the 4232 passengers and crew. [category: Events]
• 86_bc: Gaius Marius, Roman general and politician (b. 157 BC) [category: Deaths]
• _: Bhogi (Tamil) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Hilary of Poitiers [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: January 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Knut (Sweden and Finland) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Korean American Day [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Liberation Day (Togo) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Lohri (Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Old New Year's Eve (see Old New Year), celebrated on the night of January 13. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Saint Veronica of Milan [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Sidereal winter solstice's eve celebrations in South and Southeast Asian cultures; the last day of the six-month Dakshinayana period (see January 14): [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: St. Elian [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: St. Knut's Day or Tjugondag Knut, the last day of Christmas. (Sweden and Finland) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Uruka (Assam) [category: Holidays and observances]