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 2013 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 352 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 31, 2012 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 22,633,920 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 28 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 23 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
Out of the blue someone is thinking of you today. If that special someone wants to buy a gift for you, which one will you choose: gift baskets, boxes of chocolate or bath toys?
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
- 1605 –The controversial play Eastward Hoe by Ben Jonson, George Chapman, and John Marston is performed, landing two of the authors in prison.
- 1893 –U.S. Marines land in Honolulu from the USS Boston to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution.
- 1915 –An earthquake in Avezzano, Italy kills 29,800.
- 1935 –A plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Nazi Germany.
- 1942 –World War II: First use of aircraft ejection seat by a German test pilot in a Heinkel He 280 jet fighter.
- 1951 –First Indochina War: The Battle of Vinh Yen begins, which will end in a major victory for France.
- 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.
- 1966 –Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member by being appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
- 1968 –Johnny Cash performs live at Folsom Prison
- 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.
Who were born on January 13?
- 1864 –Wilhelm Wien, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1928)
- 1905 –Kay Francis, American actress (d. 1968)
- 1930 –Liz Anderson, American singer
- 1931 –Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor (d. 2007)
- 1935 –Mauro Forghieri, Italian automotive & mechanical engineer (Scuderia Ferrari)
- 1939 –Jacek Gmoch, Polish footballer and coach
- 1968 –Traci Bingham, American actress
- 1973 –Gloria Yip, Hong Kong actor
- 1980 –Nils-Eric Johansson, Swedish footballer
- 1984 –Nathaniel Motte, American musician (3OH!3)
Who died on January 13?
- 858 –King Ethelwulf of Wessex (b. 795)
- 1691 –George Fox, English founder of Quakerism (b. 1624)
- 1717 –Maria Sibylla Merian, naturalist and scientific illustrator (b. 1647)
- 1882 –Wilhelm Mauser, German weapon designer and manufacturer (b. 1834)
- 1905 –George Thorn, Premier of Queensland (b. 1838)
- 1974 –Raoul Jobin, Canadian tenor (b. 1906)
- 1976 –Margaret Leighton, English actress (b. 1922)
- 1993 –Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian composer (b. 1907)
- 2002 –Gregorio Fuentes, Cuban fisherman, Ernest Hemingway’s first mate (b. 1897)
- 2009 –Doña Mary Ejercito, Filipino supercentarian, mother of Joseph Ejercito Estrada (b. 1905)
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