January, 13th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Sunday 13, 2002:
US President George W. Bush faints after choking on a pretzel.

Saturday 13, 2001:
An earthquake hits El Salvador. More than 5,000 deaths.

Wednesday 13, 1999:
Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls basketball team announces his retirement (for the second time -- he has since rescinded his retirement).

Tuesday 13, 1998:
ABC and ESPN negotiate a $1.15 billion a season contract to keep Monday Night Football.

Monday 13, 1992:
Japan apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during World War II.

Sunday 13, 1991:
Soviet military troops attacked Lithuanian independence supporters in Vilnius.

Saturday 13, 1990:
L. Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office in Richmond, Virginia.

Friday 13, 1989:
The final episode of the American soap opera Ryan's Hope is aired, ending a 14-year run on the network.

Monday 13, 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.

Wednesday 13, 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.

Thursday 13, 1972:
Prime Minister Kofi Busia and President Edward Akufo-Addo of Ghana were ousted in a bloodless military coup by Col. Ignatius Kutu Acheampong.

Thursday 13, 1966:
Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member by being appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

Monday 13, 1958:
Moroccan Liberation Army ambushes Spanish patrol in the Battle of Edchera

Sunday 13, 1957:
Wham-O Company produces the first Frisbee.

Tuesday 13, 1953:
Marshal Josip Broz Tito chosen President of Yugoslavia.

Tuesday 13, 1942:
The United States begins the iternment of Japanese-Americans living on the American west coast.

Sunday 13, 1935:
A plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Nazi Germany.

Monday 13, 1930:
Mickey Mouse comic strip makes first appearance.

Wednesday 13, 1915:
Earthquake in Avezzano, Italy kills 29,800

Monday 13, 1913:
Delta Sigma Theta, Sorority, Inc. founded. Currently the largest African-American women's organization

Thursday 13, 1898:
Emile Zola's J'accuse exposes the Dreyfus affair.

Friday 13, 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.

Wednesday 13, 1869:
National convention of black leaders meets in Washington D.C.

Friday 13, 1854:
The accordion is patented by Anthony Faas.

Wednesday 13, 1847:
The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the Mexican-American War in California.

Monday 13, 1840:
The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.

Friday 13, 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.

Wednesday 13, 1830:
Great fire in New Orleans thought to be set by rebel slaves.

Thursday 13, 1785:
John Walter publishes first issue of the Daily Universal Register (later renamed The Times).

Tuesday 13, 1733:
James Oglethorpe and 130 colonists arrive in Charleston,South Carolina.

Monday 13, 1625:
John Milton, 16, admitted to Christ's College, Cambridge.

Thursday 13, 1622:
Work on the printing of the First Folio of William Shakespeare is suspended.

Wednesday 13, 1610:
Galileo Galilei discovers Callisto, 4th satellite of Jupiter.

Saturday 13, 1607:
Bank of Genoa fails after announcement of national bankruptcy in Spain.

Thursday 13, 1605:
The controversial play Eastward Hoe by Ben Jonson, George Chapman, and John Marston is performed, landing two of the authors in prison.

Sunday 13, 1602:
William Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor is published.

Tuesday 13, 1559:
Elizabeth I crowned queen of England in Westminster Abbey.

Monday 13, 1547:
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey sentenced to death

Tuesday 13, 1328:
Edward III of England marries Philippa, daughter of the Count of Hainault.

Friday 13, 1099:
Crusaders set fire to Mara, Syria.

Tuesday 13, 888:
Odo, Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/13-january/on-this-day.html


People born on January 13

1987:
Evans Knight, Louisiana-born actor (b: January 13, 1987) (Biography of Evans Knight)

1983:
William Hung, Hong Kong-born singer (b: January 13, 1983) (Biography of William Hung)

1982:
Guillermo Coria, Argentine tennis player (b: January 13, 1982) (Biography of Guillermo Coria)

1980:
Krzysztof Czerwinski, Polish conductor and organist (b: January 13, 1980) (Biography of Krzysztof Czerwinski)

1977:
Orlando Bloom, English actor (b: January 13, 1977) (Biography of Orlando Bloom)

1973:
Nikolai Khabibulin, Russian hockey player (b: January 13, 1973) (Biography of Nikolai Khabibulin)

1972:
Nicole Eggert, American actress (b: January 13, 1972) (Biography of Nicole Eggert)

1970:
Keith Coogan, American actor (b: January 13, 1970) (Biography of Keith Coogan)
Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (b: January 13, 1970 ; d: February 14, 2004) (Biography of Marco Pantani)

1969:
Stephen Hendry, Scottish snooker player (b: January 13, 1969) (Biography of Stephen Hendry)

1966:
Patrick Dempsey, American actor (b: January 13, 1966) (Biography of Patrick Dempsey)

1964:
Penelope Ann Miller, American actress (b: January 13, 1964) (Biography of Penelope Ann Miller)

1962:
Trace Adkins, American musician (b: January 13, 1962) (Biography of Trace Adkins)

1961:
Graham McPherson, English singer (b: January 13, 1961) (Biography of Graham McPherson)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, American actress (b: January 13, 1961) (Biography of Julia Louis-Dreyfus)

1958:
Andrew Stanton, actor/director, creator of Finding Nemo (b: January 13, 1958) (Biography of Andrew Stanton)

1955:
Jay McInerney, writer (b: January 13, 1955) (Biography of Jay McInerney)

1954:
Trevor Rabin, South African musician (Yes) (b: January 13, 1954) (Biography of Trevor Rabin)

1949:
Brandon Tartikoff, American television executive (b: January 13, 1949 ; d: August 27, 1997) (Biography of Brandon Tartikoff)

1948:
Gaj Singh, Maharaja of Jodhpur (b: January 13, 1948) (Biography of Gaj Singh)

1943:
Carol Cleveland, English actress (b: January 13, 1943) (Biography of Carol Cleveland)

1942:
Richard Moll, American actor (b: January 13, 1942) (Biography of Richard Moll)

1938:
William B. Davis, Canadian actor (b: January 13, 1938) (Biography of William B. Davis)
Tord Grip, Swedish football manager (b: January 13, 1938) (Biography of Tord Grip)

1934:
Rip Taylor, American actor (b: January 13, 1934) (Biography of Rip Taylor)

1931:
Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor (b: January 13, 1931) (Biography of Charles Nelson Reilly)

1930:
Frances Sternhagen, American actress (b: January 13, 1930) (Biography of Frances Sternhagen)
Liz Anderson, American singer (b: January 13, 1930) (Biography of Liz Anderson)

1927:
Brock Adams, American politician (b: January 13, 1927 ; d: September 10, 2004) (Biography of Brock Adams)

1926:
Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, American feminist author (b: January 13, 1926) (Biography of Carolyn Gold Heilbrun)
Michael Bond, British writer (b: January 13, 1926) (Biography of Michael Bond)

1925:
Gwen Verdon, American actress and dancer (b: January 13, 1925 ; d: October 18, 2000) (Biography of Gwen Verdon)

1924:
Paul Feyerabend, Austrian-born philosopher (b: January 13, 1924) (Biography of Paul Feyerabend)

1919:
Robert Stack, American actor (b: January 13, 1919 ; d: May 14, 2003) (Biography of Robert Stack)

1911:
Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Premier of Queensland (b: January 13, 1911 ; d: April 23, 2005) (Biography of Joh Bjelke-Petersen)

1909:
Marinus van der Lubbe, Dutch communist accused of setting fire to the Reichstag (b: January 13, 1909 ; d: January 10, 1934) (Biography of Marinus van der Lubbe)

1899:
Kay Francis, American actress (b: January 13, 1899 ; d: August 26, 1968) (Biography of Kay Francis)

1893:
Clark Ashton Smith, American writer (b: January 13, 1893) (Biography of Clark Ashton Smith)

1884:
Sophie Tucker, Russian-born singer, comedienne, and vaudeville performer (b: January 13, 1884 ; d: February 9, 1966) (Biography of Sophie Tucker)

1879:
Melvin Jones, American founder of Lions Clubs International (b: January 13, 1879) (Biography of Melvin Jones)

1866:
Vasily Kalinnikov, Russian composer (b: January 13, 1866 ; d: January 11, 1901) (Biography of Vasily Kalinnikov)
1866?- G. I. Gurdjieff, Greek-Armenian mystic (b: January 13, 1866 ; d: October 29, 1949) (Biography of G. I. Gurdjieff)

1864:
Wilhelm Wien, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: January 13, 1864 ; d: August 30, 1928) (Biography of Wilhelm Wien)

1832:
Horatio Alger, Jr., American minister and author (b: January 13, 1832) (Biography of Horatio Alger, Jr.)

1812:
Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (b: January 13, 1812 ; d: December 13, 1883) (Biography of Victor de Laprade)

1808:
Salmon Chase, Secretary of the Treasury and Chief Justice of the United States (b: January 13, 1808) (Biography of Salmon Chase)

1805:
Thomas Dyer, Mayor of Chicago (b: January 13, 1805) (Biography of Thomas Dyer)

1749:
Friedrich Müller, painter, narrator, lyricist and dramatist (b: January 13, 1749) (Biography of Friedrich Muller)

1651:
Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (b: January 13, 1651 ; d: January 2, 1694) (Biography of Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington)

1635:
Philipp Jakob Spener, German theologian (b: January 13, 1635 ; d: February 5, 1705) (Biography of Philipp Jakob Spener)

1616:
Antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic (b: January 13, 1616 ; d: October 30, 1680) (Biography of Antoinette Bourignon)

1610:
Maria Anna of Austria (b: January 13, 1610 ; d: September 25, 1665) (Biography of Maria Anna of Austria)

1596:
Jan van Goyen, Dutch painter (b: January 13, 1596 ; d: April 27, 1656) (Biography of Jan van Goyen)

1562:
Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet (b: January 13, 1562) (Biography of Mark Alexander Boyd)

1334:
King Henry II of Castile (b: January 13, 1334 ; d: May 29, 1379) (Biography of Henry II of Castile)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/13-january/births.html

[Spiritus Temporis]

They left us on January 13

2005:
Nell Rankin, American soprano (b: January 3, 1924 ; d: January 13, 2005) (Biography of Nell Rankin)
Earl Cameron (d: January 13, 2005) (Biography of Earl Cameron)

2004:
Harold Shipman, British serial killer (b: January 14, 1946 ; d: January 13, 2004) (Biography of Harold Shipman)
Arne Næss Jr., Norwegian mountain climber and businessman (b: December 8, 1937 ; d: January 13, 2004) (Biography of Arne Næss jr.)

2003:
Norman Panama (d: January 13, 2003) (Biography of Norman Panama)

2002:
Ted Demme (d: January 13, 2002) (Biography of Ted Demme)
Frank Shuster (d: January 13, 2002) (Biography of Frank Shuster)

2001:
Michael Cuccione, Canadian actor and singer (b: January 5, 1985 ; d: January 13, 2001) (Biography of Michael Cuccione)

1988:
Chiang Ching-kuo, President of the Republic of China (b: March 18, 1910 ; d: January 13, 1988) (Biography of Chiang Ching-kuo)

1979:
Donny Hathaway (d: January 13, 1979) (Biography of Donny Hathaway)

1978:
Hubert H. Humphrey, Vice President of the United States (b: May 27, 1911 ; d: January 13, 1978) (Biography of Hubert H. Humphrey)
Joe McCarthy (baseball) (d: January 13, 1978) (Biography of Joe McCarthy (baseball))

1962:
Ernie Kovacs, American comedian (b: January 23, 1919 ; d: January 13, 1962) (Biography of Ernie Kovacs)

1941:
James Joyce, Irish author (b: February 2, 1882 ; d: January 13, 1941) (Biography of James Joyce)

1929:
Wyatt Earp, American policeman and gunfighter (b: March 19, 1848 ; d: January 13, 1929) (Biography of Wyatt Earp)

1864:
Stephen Foster, American songwriter (b: July 4, 1826 ; d: January 13, 1864) (Biography of Stephen Foster)

1852:
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Russian naval officer and explorer (b: September 20, 1778 ; d: January 13, 1852) (Biography of Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen)

1775:
Johann Georg Walch, German theologian (b: June 17, 1693 ; d: January 13, 1775) (Biography of Johann Georg Walch)

1762:
Leonhard Trautsch, German composer (b: November 8, 1694 ; d: January 13, 1762) (Biography of Leonhard Trautsch)

1691:
George Fox (d: January 13, 1691) (Biography of George Fox)

1658:
Edward Sexby (d: January 13, 1658) (Biography of Edward Sexby)

1599:
Edmund Spenser (d: January 13, 1599) (Biography of Edmund Spenser)

1547:
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (d: January 13, 1547) (Biography of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey)

1363:
Meinhard III of Gorizia-Tyrol (d: January 13, 1363) (Biography of Meinhard III of Gorizia-Tyrol)

1330:
Frederick I of Austria (Habsburg) (d: January 13, 1330) (Biography of Frederick I of Austria (Habsburg))

1177:
Henry II of Austria (d: January 13, 1177) (Biography of Henry II of Austria)

1151:
Abbot Suger (d: January 13, 1151) (Biography of Abbot Suger)

888:
Charles the Fat (d: January 13, 888) (Biography of Charles the Fat)

858:
Ethelwulf of Wessex (d: January 13, 858) (Biography of Ethelwulf of Wessex)

703:
Empress Jito (d: January 13, 703) (Biography of Empress Jito)

-85:
Marius (d: January 13, -85) (Biography of Marius)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/13-january/deaths.html