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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 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 352 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 31, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,736,726,400 seconds 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 16 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 4,406 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
- 888 –Odo, Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks.
- 1893 –U.S. Marines land in Honolulu from the USS Boston to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution.
- 1942 –Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, which is 30% lighter than a regular car.
- 1974 –Seraphim is elected Archbishop of Athens and All Greece.
- 2001 –An earthquake hits El Salvador, killing more than 800.
Who were born on January 13?
- 1935 –Elsa Martinelli, Italian actress
- 1938 –Shivkumar Sharma, santoor player, music composer
- 1939 –Cesare Maniago, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1981 –Reggie Brown, American football player
- 1989 –Triinu Kivilaan, Estonian singer
Who died on January 13?
- 888 –Charles the Fat, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 839)
- 1832 –Thomas Lord, English cricketer, founder of Lord’s cricket ground (b. 1755)
- 1838 –Ferdinand Ries, German composer (b. 1784)
- 1905 –George Thorn, Premier of Queensland (b. 1838)
- 1977 –Henri Langlois, French film archivist, and a co-founder of the Cinémathèque Française (b. 1914)
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