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 13^th 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, 482,424 hours 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.

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.

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.
• 1607 –
  The Bank of Genoa fails after announcement of national bankruptcy in Spain.
• 1733 –
  James Oglethorpe and 130 colonists arrive in Charleston, South Carolina.
• 1785 –
  John Walter publishes the first issue of the Daily Universal Register (later renamed The Times).
• 1822 –
  The design of the Greek flag is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
• 1840 –
  The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
• 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.
• 1974 –
  Seraphim is elected Archbishop of Athens and All Greece.

Who were born on January 13?

• 1616 –
  Antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic (d. 1680)
• 1720 –
  Richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (d. 1808)
• 1861 –
  Max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959)
• 1906 –
  Zhou Youguang, Chinese linguist
• 1924 –
  Paul Feyerabend, Austrian-born philosopher (d. 1994)
• 1949 –
  Brandon Tartikoff, American television executive (d. 1997)
• 1957 –
  Lorrie Moore, American writer
• 1961 –
  Kelly Hrudey, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1966 –
  Patrick Dempsey, American actor
• 1991 –
  Goo Ha-ra, South Korean singer/actress/MC

Who died on January 13?

• 614 –
  Saint Kentigern (Saint Mungo), patron saint of Glasgow
• 1138 –
  Simon I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1076)
• 1797 –
  Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Bevern, wife of Frederick II of Prussia (b. 1715)
• 1885 –
  Schuyler Colfax, American politician (b. 1823)
• 1889 –
  Solomon Bundy, American politician (b. 1823)
• 1923 –
  Alexandre Ribot, French statesman (b. 1842)
• 1958 –
  Jesse L. Lasky, American film producer (b. 1880)
• 2002 –
  Frank Shuster, Canadian comedian (b. 1916)
• 2009 –
  Nancy Bird Walton, Australian aviator (b. 1915)
• 2010 –
  Teddy Pendergrass, American R&B singer (b. 1950)