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January 13 Events in History - January 13 Birthdays - January 13 Deaths
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January 13, 2001 Earthquake and landslides kill 850 in El Salvador January 13, 1998 "Patti LaBelle On Broadway," opens at St. James Theater New York City January 13, 1998 CBS pays $4 billion to televise AFC games for 8-years January 13, 1995 26 HNL teams unanimously ratify agreement to end NHL strike January 13, 1995 America3 becomes 1st all-female crew to win an America's Cup race January 13, 1994 Italian government of Ciampi resigns January 13, 1994 Tonya Harding's bodyguard, Shawn Eric Eckardt and Derrick Brian Smith arrested and charged with conspiracy in attack of skater Nancy Kerrigan January 13, 1993 STS-54 (Endeavour) launches into orbit January 13, 1993 Super Bowl XXVII in Pasadena - Cowboys beat Bills January 13, 1992 Excavation of new ballpark at Gateway (Jacobs Field) begins January 13, 1992 US serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer pleads guilty but insane January 13, 1991 12th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 25 awards January 13, 1991 42 killed in exhibition soccer match in Johannesburg South Africa January 13, 1991 Phil Mickelson wins PGA Northern Telecom Golf Open January 13, 1991 President Mario Soares of Portugal re-elected January 13, 1991 Soccer stadium riot in Orkney South Africa, at least 40 die January 13, 1991 U.N. Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar meets with Saddam January 13, 1990 1st elected U.S. black governor inaugurated (Douglas Wilder-Virginia) January 13, 1989 "Friday the 13th" virus strikes hundreds of IBM computers in Britain January 13, 1989 "Ryan's Hope" ends 13 year run on ABC-TV January 13, 1989 Computers across Britain hit by "Friday the 13th" virus January 13, 1989 Jerry Parks, Oklahoma defensive back, charged with shooting a teammate January 13, 1989 Ruins of Mashkan-shapir (occupied 2050-1720 BC) found in Iraq January 13, 1989 Subway gunman Bernhard Goetz begins 1-year jail sentence January 13, 1988 LA Dodger/SD Padre Steve Garvey retires January 13, 1988 Supreme Court rules (5-3) public school officials have broad powers to censor school newspapers, plays and other expressive activities January 13, 1987 7 top New York Mafia bosses sentenced to 100 years in prison each January 13, 1987 West German police arrest Mohammed Ali Hamadi, suspect in 1985 hijacking January 13, 1986 NCCA institutes eligibility requirements based on college exams January 13, 1986 South Yemen President Ali Nasser Mohammed's bodyguard shoots opponents January 13, 1985 23rd Tennis Fed Cup: Czech beats USA in Nagoya Japan (2-1) January 13, 1985 99-yr-old Otto Bucher scores a hole-in-one at Spanish golf course January 13, 1985 Blackhawk Doug Wilson failed on 12th penalty shot against Islanders January 13, 1985 Cerberal Palsy telethon raises $17,1000,000 January 13, 1985 Express train derails in Ethiopia, kills at least 428 January 13, 1984 TV anchor Christine Craft wins $325,000 in her case against KMBC-TV January 13, 1983 AMA urges ban on boxing sites Muhammad Ali's deteriorating condition January 13, 1983 Quebec Nordiques play 251st NHL game without being shut out January 13, 1982 Hank Aaron and Frank Robinson elected to Hall of Fame January 13, 1982 Air Florida 737 took off in a snowstorm, crashes into 14th St. Bridge in Washington, D.C., and falls into Potomac River, killing 78 January 13, 1981 Barbara Sonntag, Colo, crochets record 147 stitches/min for 1/2 hour January 13, 1981 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to May Swenson and Howard Nemerov January 13, 1981 Islander's Mike Bossy's 15th career hat trick-4 goals January 13, 1980 "King of Schnorrers" closes at Playhouse Theater New York City after 63 performances January 13, 1980 Head of narcotic brigade arrested for drug smuggling in Belgium January 13, 1980 Togo's constitution becomes effective January 13, 1979 Charlie Daniels hosts Volunteer Jam January 13, 1979 YMCA files libel suit against Village People's YMCA song January 13, 1976 Sarah Caldwell is 1st woman to conduct at New York's Metropolitan Opera House as she led orchestra in a performance of "La Traviata" January 13, 1974 Superbowl VIII: Miami Dolphins beat Minnesota Vikings, 24-7 in Houston Superbowl MVP: Larry Csonka, Miami, RB January 13, 1973 "Tricks" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 8 performances January 13, 1973 Efskind skates world record 1000m (1:17.6) January 13, 1972 Former umpire, now housewife Bernice Gera wins her suit against baseball, initiated on March 15, 1971 to be allowed to umpire January 13, 1971 "Soon" closes at Ritz Theater New York City after 3 performances January 13, 1969 Beatles release "Yellow Submarine" album January 13, 1968 "Hallelujah, Baby!" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 293 performances January 13, 1968 "Illya Darling" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 320 performances January 13, 1968 Beginning of Tet-offensive in Vietnam January 13, 1968 Minn North Stars center Bill Masterton fatally injured (dies on 15th) January 13, 1967 Coup in Togo January 13, 1967 Rolling Stones appear on Ed Sullivan Show January 13, 1966 1st black selected for President cabinet (Lyndon Baines Johnson selects Robert C Weaver-HUD) January 13, 1966 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site January 13, 1964 Karol Wojtyla becomes archbishop of Krakow January 13, 1963 AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 21-14 January 13, 1963 NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 30-20 January 13, 1962 "Do Re Mi" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 400 performances January 13, 1962 Wilt Chamberlain of Warriors scores then NBA-record 73 pts vs Chicago January 13, 1959 De Gaulle grants amnesty to 130 to Algerian death row convicts January 13, 1959 King Boudouin promises Belgian Congo independence January 13, 1958 9,000 scientists of 43 nations petition United Nations for nuclear test ban January 13, 1958 US newspaper "Daily Worker" ceases publication January 13, 1957 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Allen Tate January 13, 1957 Mickey Wright wins Sea Island Golf Open January 13, 1957 NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 19-10 January 13, 1957 Wham-O Company produces the 1st Frisbee January 13, 1954 Miltary rule in Egypt; 318 Mohammedan Brotherhood arrested January 13, 1954 WEAR TV channel 3 in Pensacola-Mobile, Florida (ABC) begins broadcasting January 13, 1953 Gas explosion in Belgium coal mine kills 14 January 13, 1953 KOLD TV channel 13 in Tucson, Arizona (CBS) begins broadcasting January 13, 1953 Marshal Josip Tito chosen president of Yugoslavia January 13, 1951 German general F Christian freed early from Dutch prison January 13, 1949 "Along 5th Avenue" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 180 performances January 13, 1948 1st country music TV show, Midwestern Hayride, premieres on WLW Cin January 13, 1945 Prokofchev's 5th Symphony premieres in Moscow January 13, 1943 British premier Winston Churchill arrives in Casablanca January 13, 1943 Hitler declares "Total War" January 13, 1943 Russian offensive at Don under general Golikov January 13, 1943 US infantry captures Galloping Horse-ridge Guadalcanal January 13, 1942 Allied Conference for war trials January 13, 1942 German U-boats begin harassing shipping on U.S. east coast January 13, 1942 Henry Ford patents a method of constructing plastic auto bodies January 13, 1942 Interallied war trial conference publishes St. James Declaration January 13, 1939 Belgian premier signs Burgos-treaty for trade relations with Franco January 13, 1935 Plebiscite in Saar, indicates a desire (90.3%) to join Nazi Germany January 13, 1930 "Mickey Mouse" comic strip 1st appears January 13, 1929 Humanist Society established, Hollywood California January 13, 1927 US and Mexico battle over oil interests January 13, 1924 Nationalist Wafd-party wins Egyptian parliament elections January 13, 1922 Buck Weaver, a Black Sox, applies unsuccessfully for reinstatement January 13, 1922 Conference of Cannes concerning German retribution payments ended January 13, 1922 WHA-AM in Madison WI begins radio transmissions January 13, 1920 New York Times editorial (falsely) reports rockets can never fly January 13, 1919 Dutch Soccer team OSV forms January 13, 1915 Earthquake in Avezzano Italy kills 29,800 January 13, 1915 Winston Churchill presents plan for assault on Dardanelles January 13, 1914 IWW-leader/songwriter Joe Hill arrested "Girl from Utah" East-Prussia January 13, 1912 -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C), Oakland, Maryland (state record) January 13, 1911 Gerhart Hauptmann's "Die Ratten," premieres in Berlin January 13, 1911 Roald Amundsens anchors at Walvis Bay January 13, 1911 South Africa's 1st win over Australia, at Adelaide January 13, 1910 JM Synge's "Deirdre of the Sorrows," premieres in Dublin January 13, 1908 Rhodes Opera House burns in Boyertown Pa, killing 170 January 13, 1908 French pilot Henry Farman is 1st European to fly roundtrip January 13, 1908 Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers sweep Ottawa Victorias in 2 games January 13, 1906 1st radio set advertised (Telimco for $7.50 in Scientific American) claimed to receive signals up to one mile January 13, 1902 Textile workers strike in Enschede Netherlands till June 1 January 13, 1898 Emile Zola publishes his open letter (J'accuse) in defense of Dreyfus January 13, 1895 Oscar Wilde's "Ideal Husband," premieres in London January 13, 1894 Revolution in Sicily crushed by government troops January 13, 1893 British Independent Labor Party forms (Keir Hardie as its leader) January 13, 1888 National Geographic Society founded in Washington, D.C. January 13, 1883 Fire in circus Ferroni in Berditschoft Poland kills 430 January 13, 1883 Henrik Ibsen's "En Folkefiende," premieres in Oslo January 13, 1882 Richard Wagner completes his opera "Parsifal" January 13, 1874 Battle between jobless and police in New York City, 100s injuried January 13, 1874 US troops land in Honolulu to protect the king January 13, 1873 P B S Pinchback relinquishes office at Louisiana governor January 13, 1869 Colored National Labor Union, 1st Black labor convention January 13, 1869 National convention of black leaders meets in Washington D.C. January 13, 1863 Chenille manufacturing machine patented by William Canter, New York City January 13, 1863 Thomas Crapper pioneers one-piece pedestal flushing toilet January 13, 1854 Anthony Foss patents accordion January 13, 1849 Vancouver Island granted to Hudson's Bay Co January 13, 1830 Great fire in New Orleans thought to be set by rebel slaves January 13, 1794 Congress changes U.S. flag to 15 stars and 15 stripes January 13, 1785 John Walter publishes 1st issue of London Times January 13, 1770 De Beaumarchais' "Les Deux Amis," premieres in Paris January 13, 1733 James Oglethorpe and 130 English colonists arrive at Charleston, SC January 13, 1695 Jonathan Swift ordained an Anglican priest in Ireland January 13, 1673 Jean Racine's "Mithridate," premieres in Paris January 13, 1630 Patent to Plymouth Colony issued January 13, 1621 Jan Pieterszoon Coen's fleet sets sail to Moluccas (from Jacarta) January 13, 1610 Galileo Galilei discovers Callisto, 4th satellite of Jupiter January 13, 1559 Elizabeth I crowned queen of England in Westminster Abbey January 13, 1547 Earl Henry Howard of Surrey sentenced to death January 13, 1099 Crusaders set fire to Mara Syria January 13, 888 Duke Odo becomes king of West-France |