What are the important events that happened on January 13? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
January 13: Facts & Myths About This Day
January 13 is the 13th day of the year 2017 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 352 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 31, 2016 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 24,737,760 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘tridecagon’ day.
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Capricorn is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 15 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 1,484 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 13: This Day In History
It is still celebrated as New Year’s Eve (at least in the 20th & 21st centuries) by countries still using the thirteen-day-slower Julian calendar (Old New Year).
January 13 Historical Events
- 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.
- 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 City.
- 1913 –Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated was founded on the campus of Howard University.
- 1934 –The Candidate of Science degree is established in the USSR.
- 1939 –The Black Friday bush fires burn 20,000 square kilometres of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people.
- 1942 –World War II: First use of aircraft ejection seat by a German test pilot in a Heinkel He 280 jet fighter.
- 1966 –Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member by being appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
- 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.
- 1991 –Soviet Union troops attack Lithuanian independence supporters in Vilnius, killing 14 people and wounding 1000.
- 2001 –An earthquake hits El Salvador, killing more than 800.
Who were born on January 13?
- 1865 –Princess Marie of Orléans (d. 1908)
- 1931 –Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor (d. 2007)
- 1936 –Renato Bruson, Italian operatic baritone
- 1938 –Tord Grip, Swedish football manager
- 1960 –Takis Lemonis, Greek footballer and coach
- 1961 –Suggs, English singer (Madness)
- 1963 –Kevin McClatchy, American businessman
- 1972 –Vitaly Scherbo, Belarusian gymnast
- 1980 –Akira Kaji, Japanese footballer
- 1984 –Nathaniel Motte, American musician (3OH!3)
Who died on January 13?
- 1599 –Edmund Spenser, English poet (b. 1552)
- 1790 –Luc Urbain de Bouexic, comte de Guichen, French admiral (b. 1712)
- 1797 –Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Bevern, wife of Frederick II of Prussia (b. 1715)
- 1882 –Wilhelm Mauser, German weapon designer and manufacturer (b. 1834)
- 1885 –Schuyler Colfax, American politician (b. 1823)
- 1894 –Nadezhda von Meck, Russian patroness of Pyotr Tchaikovsky (b. 1831)
- 1962 –Ernie Kovacs, American actor and comedian (b. 1919)
- 1980 –André Kostelanetz, Russian-born music conductor and arranger (b. 1901)
- 2004 –Harold Shipman, British serial killer (b. 1946)
- 2008 –Johnny Podres, American baseball player (b. 1932)
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