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13 Jan 1404
The Act of Multipliers is passed by the English Parliament forbidding alchemists to use their knowledge to create precious metals (it was feared that if any alchemist should succeed it would bring ruin upon the state)
13 Jan 1607
The Bank of Genoa fails after announcement of national bankruptcy in Spain
13 Jan 1621
Jan Pieterszoon Coens fleet sets sail to Moluccas (from Jacarta)
13 Jan 1733
James Oglethorpe & 130 English colonists arrive at Charleston South Carolina
13 Jan 1770
De Beaumarchais Les Deux Amis premieres in Paris
13 Jan 1785
John Walter publishes 1st issue of The Times of London
13 Jan 1794
Congress changes US flag to 15 stars & 15 stripes
13 Jan 1822
The design of the Greek flag is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus
13 Jan 1830
Great fire in New Orleans thought to be set by rebel slaves
13 Jan 1840
The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives
13 Jan 1842
Dr. William Brydon a surgeon in the British Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War becomes famous for (reputedly) being the sole survivor of an army of 16500 when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad.
13 Jan 1849
Vancouver Island granted to Hudsons Bay Company
13 Jan 1863
Chenille yarn making machine patented by William Canter in NYC
13 Jan 1869
Colored National Labor Union 1st Black labor convention meets in Washington D.C.
13 Jan 1873
P B S Pinchback relinquishes office of Louisiana Governor
13 Jan 1874
Battle between jobless & police in NYC 100s injuried
13 Jan 1874
US troops land in Honolulu to protect the king
13 Jan 1883
Fire in Circus Ferroni in Berditschoft Poland kills 430
13 Jan 1883
Henrik Ibsens En Folkefiende premieres in Oslo
13 Jan 1893
British Independent Labour Party forms (Keir Hardie as its leader)
13 Jan 1893
U.S. Marines land in Honolulu from the U.S.S. Boston to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution.
13 Jan 1894
Revolution in Sicily crushed by government troops
13 Jan 1898
Emile Zola publishes his open letter Jaccuse accusing the French government of framing Alfred Dreyfus for sabotage
13 Jan 1902
Textile workers strike in Enschede Netherlands (until 1st June)
13 Jan 1904
Bela Bartoks symphonic poem Kossuth premieres in Budapest
13 Jan 1908
Stanley Cup Montreal Wanderers sweep Ottawa Victorias in 2 games
13 Jan 1908
Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown PA killing 171 people.
13 Jan 1910
JM Synges Deirdre of the Sorrows premieres in Dublin
13 Jan 1911
South Africas 1st win over Australia at Adelaide
13 Jan 1912
-40F (-40C) Oakland Maryland (state record)
13 Jan 1913
Delta Sigma Theta the worlds largest Black Womens Sorority is founded at Howard University Washington D.C.
13 Jan 1914
IWW-leadersongwriter Joe Hill arrested Girl from Utah East-Prussia
13 Jan 1915
Winston Churchill First Lord of the Admiralty presents plan for assault on Dardanelles
13 Jan 1917
Ammunitions ship explosion at Ekonomiia port near Archangel Russia kills many and injures hundreds
13 Jan 1920
NY Times editorial (falsely) reports rockets can never fly
13 Jan 1922
Buck Weaver a Black Sox applies unsuccessfully for reinstatement
13 Jan 1922
Conference of Cannes concerning German retribution payments ended
13 Jan 1922
WHA-AM in Madison WI begins radio transmissions
13 Jan 1924
Nationalist Wafd-party wins Egyptian parliament elections
13 Jan 1928
RCA and GE install three test television sets in homes in Schenectady New York allowing American inventor E.F.W. Alexanderson to demonstrate the first home television receiver which delivered a poor and unsteady 1.5 square inch picture
13 Jan 1929
Humanist Society established Hollywood California
13 Jan 1934
The Candidate of Science degree is established in the USSR
13 Jan 1935
Plebiscite in Saar indicates a desire (90.3%) to join Nazi Germany
13 Jan 1938
The Church of England accepts the theory of evolution
13 Jan 1939
The Black Friday bush fires burn 20000 square kilometres of land in Australia claiming the lives of 71 people.
13 Jan 1942
German U-boats begin harassing shipping on US east coast
13 Jan 1942
Interallied war trial conference publishes St James Declaration
13 Jan 1942
World War II First use of aircraft ejection seat by a German test pilot in a Heinkel He 280 jet fighter
13 Jan 1943
US infantry captures Galloping Horse Ridge Guadalcanal
13 Jan 1948
1st country music TV show Midwestern Hayride premieres on WLW Cin
13 Jan 1949
Along 5th Avenue opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 180 performances
13 Jan 1951
German general Christian Hansen freed early from Dutch prison
13 Jan 1953
KOLD TV channel 13 in Tucson AZ (CBS) begins broadcasting
13 Jan 1953
Marshal Josip Tito chosen president of Yugoslavia
13 Jan 1953
3rd NBA All-Star Game West beats East 79-75 at Fort Wayne Indiana
13 Jan 1954
Military rule in Egypt 318 Muslim Brotherhood members arrested
13 Jan 1954
WEAR TV channel 3 in Pensacola-Mobile FL (ABC) begins broadcasting
13 Jan 1957
Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Allen Tate
13 Jan 1957
7th NFL Pro Bowl LA Memorial Coliseum Western Conference beats Eastern Conference 19-10 MVPs Bert Rechichar Baltimore Colts K Ernie Stautner Pittsburgh Steelers DT
13 Jan 1958
9000 scientists of 43 nations petition UN for nuclear test ban
13 Jan 1958
US newspaper Daily Worker ceases publication
13 Jan 1958
Moroccan Liberation Army ambushes Spanish patrol in the Battle of Edchera.
13 Jan 1959
King Boudouin promises Belgian Congo independence
13 Jan 1962
Do Re Mi closes at St James Theater NYC after 400 performances
13 Jan 1963
2nd AFL All Star Game Balboa Stadium SD Western Division beats Eastern Division 21-14 MVPs Curtis McClinton Dallas Texans RB Earl Faison LA Chargers DE
13 Jan 1963
13th NFL Pro Bowl LA Memorial Coliseum Eastern Conference beats Western Conference 30-20 MVPs Jim Brown Cleveland Browns RB Eugene Lipscomb Pittsburgh Steelers DT
13 Jan 1964
Hindu-Muslim rioting breaks out in the Indian city of Calcutta - now Kolkata - resulting in the deaths of more than 100 people.
13 Jan 1964
Australian Championships Womens Tennis Australian Margaret Smith beats doubles partner Lesley Turner 6-3 6-2 for her 5th Australian singles crown
13 Jan 1965
15th NBA All-Star Game East beats West 124-123 at St. Louis
13 Jan 1967
Bloodless coup in Togo led by Lt. Col. tienne Eyadma and Klber Dadjo
13 Jan 1967
Rolling Stones appear again on the Ed Sullivan Show
13 Jan 1968
Hallelujah Baby closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 293 performances
13 Jan 1968
Illya Darling closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 320 performances
13 Jan 1968
Minn North Stars center Bill Masterton fatally injured (dies on 15th)
13 Jan 1970
Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu flees Biafra into exile leaving his deputy Philip Effiong to surrender to the Nigerian army unofficially ending the Nigerian Civil War
13 Jan 1970
Riots begin in the Ballymurphy area of Belfast
13 Jan 1971
Soon closes at Ritz Theater NYC after 3 performances
13 Jan 1971
In a high profile NHL trade the Montreal Canadiens obtain future Hockey Hall of Fame left wing Frank Mahovlich from Detroit in exchange for Bill Collins Guy Charron and Mickey Redmond
13 Jan 1972
Bernice Gera wins anti-discrimination case against the National Baseball Congressl initiated March 15 1971 to be allowed to umpire
13 Jan 1972
An army commander stages a bloodless coup in Ghan while the prime minister is in London
13 Jan 1973
Tricks closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 8 performances
13 Jan 1973
Lasse Daniel Efskind skates world record 1000m (117.6)
13 Jan 1974
Super Bowl VIII Rice Stadium Houston Miami Dolphins beat Minnesota Vikings 24-7 MVP Larry Csonka Miami RB
13 Jan 1974
Seraphim is elected Archbishop of Athens and All Greece.
13 Jan 1976
Sarah Caldwell is 1st woman to conduct at NYC Metropolitan Opera House as she led orchestra in a performance of La Traviata
13 Jan 1976
Future undisputed world middleweight boxing champion Marvin Hagler suffers his first career loss in a controversial 10-round majority decision to Bobby Watts at the Philadelphia Spectrum
13 Jan 1978
NASA select its first American women astronauts
13 Jan 1979
YMCA files libel suit against Village Peoples YMCA song
13 Jan 1980
King of Schnorrers closes at Playhouse Theater NYC after 63 performances
13 Jan 1980
Head of narcotic brigade arrested for drug smuggling in Belgium
13 Jan 1981
Barbara Sonntag Colo crochets record 147 stitchesmin for 12 hour
13 Jan 1981
Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to May Swenson & Howard Nemerov
13 Jan 1982
Air Florida 737 took off in a snowstorm crashes into 14th St Bridge in Washington D.C. & falls into Potomac River killing 78
13 Jan 1983
Quebec Nordiques play 251st NHL game without being shut out
13 Jan 1984
TV anchor Christine Craft wins 325000 in her case against KMBC-TV
13 Jan 1985
23rd Tennis Fed Cup Czech beats USA in Nagoya Japan (2-1)
13 Jan 1985
99-yr-old Otto Bucher scores a hole-in-one at Spanish golf course
13 Jan 1985
Blackhawk Doug Wilson failed on 12th penalty shot against Islanders
13 Jan 1985
Express train derails in Ethiopia killing at least 428
13 Jan 1985
Playing in his 436th career game Edmonton center Wayne Gretzky scores his 400th career NHL goal and adds 2 assists in a 5-4 Oilers win over the Sabres in Buffalo
13 Jan 1986
NCCA institutes eligibility requirements based on college exams
13 Jan 1986
South Yemen President Ali Nasser Mohammeds bodyguard shoots opponents
13 Jan 1986
ABCs TV premiere of The Right of The People whose writer and director is said to have been inspired by the 14 December 1980 massacre at Bobs Big Boy in Los Angeles
13 Jan 1987
Seven top New York City Mafia bosses sentenced to 100 years in prison each
13 Jan 1987
West German police arrest Mohammed Ali Hamadi suspect in 1985 hijacking
13 Jan 1988
Supreme Court rules (5-3) public school officials have broad powers to censor school newspapers plays & other expressive activities
13 Jan 1989
Computers across Britain hit by Friday the 13thJerusalem virus
13 Jan 1989
Jerry Parks Oklahoma defensive back charged with shooting a teammate
13 Jan 1989
Ruins of Mashkan-shapir (occupied 2050-1720 BC) found in Iraq
13 Jan 2004
Torontos Tom Fitzgerald and Gary Roberts become first teammates in NHL history to play their 1000th NHL game on the same night as the Maple Leafs beat the visiting Calgary Flames 4-1
13 Jan 2007
Two thirds of the Venuss southern hemisphere suddenly brightened as something triggered aerosols to form at a furious rate.
13 Jan 2008
Orlando Magic knock down a then NBA-record 23 3-pointers in 37 attempts (62.2%) Jameer Nelson goes 5-for-5 from beyond the arc as Magic beat the Sacramento Kings 139-107
13 Jan 2009
Global shipping experiences a drop in trade as exports from South Korea dropping an annualised 30% with Taiwan and Japan experiencing a 42% and 27% drop respectively
13 Jan 1989
Subway vigilante Bernhard Goetz begins 1-year jail sentence
13 Jan 1990
1st elected African American Governor inaugurated (Douglas Wilder-Virginia)
13 Jan 1991
12th ACE Cable Awards Weather Channel wins the Golden CableACE for the coverage of the hurricane Hugo
13 Jan 1991
42 killed in exhibition soccer match in Johannesburg South Africa
13 Jan 1991
Soccer stadium riot in Orkney South Africa at least 40 die
13 Jan 1991
Soviet troops continue attack on Vilnius capital of Lithuania 13 people killed and 140 injured as
13 Jan 1992
Excavation of new ballpark at Gateway (Jacobs Field) begins
13 Jan 1992
Japan apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during World War II
13 Jan 1993
French British and US fighter jets launch bombing raids in southern Iraq
13 Jan 1994
Tonya Hardings bodyguard Shawn Eric Eckardt & Derrick Brian Smith arrested & charged with conspiracy in attack of skater Nancy Kerrigan
13 Jan 1995
26 HNL teams unanimously ratify agreement to end NHL strike
13 Jan 1995
America3 becomes 1st all-female crew to win an Americas Cup race
13 Jan 1997
Radical guerrillas hold 72 hostages and shoot at police outside the Japanese Embassy in Lima Peru
13 Jan 1998
Patti LaBelle On Broadway opens at St James Theater NYC
13 Jan 1998
CBS pays 4 billion to televise AFC games for 8-years
13 Jan 2001
Earthquake measuring magnitude 7.6 strikes El Salvador killing more than 840 people
13 Jan 2001
Atlanta Hawks retire Dominique Wilkins No. 21 in pre-game ceremonies at Philips Arena joins Bob Pettit and Lou Hudson as the only Hawks to have their numbers retired
13 Jan 2004
Harold Shipman a British GP who is believed to have killed more than 200 of his patients in Manchester is found hanged in his prison cell
13 Jan 2012
Italian cruiseliner Costa Concordia runs aground at Isola de Giglio Italy causing 32 deaths
13 Jan 2014
14 people are killed and 7 are injured after an explosion in an illegal gambling hall in Kaili City China
13 Jan 2016
Record Powerball lottery held in America - 1.6 billion (3 winning tickets)
13 Jan 2017
Cricket all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan scores Bangladeshs top Test score ever (217) during the 1st Test v New Zealand in Wellington
13 Jan 2018
Early-morning ballistic missile alert sent across Hawaii in error revoked after 38 minutes
13 Jan 2018
Chelsea Manning former soldier responsible for Wikileaks announces her bid to run for US Senate
13 Jan 1770
Pierre de Beaumarchais Les Deux Amis premieres in Paris
13 Jan 1908
Stanley Cup Montreal Arena Westmount Quebec Montreal Wanderers rout Ottawa Victorias 13-1 for 2-0 sweep of challenge series
13 Jan 1917
Train at Ciurea station in Romania catches fire and explodes between 800-1000 die making it the third worst rail accident in history
13 Jan 1943
Adolf Hitler declares Total War against the Allies
13 Jan 1968
Minnesota North Stars NHL player Bill Masterson suffers head injuries during a game and dies two days later becoming the 1st player to die as result of a game
13 Jan 1974
Super Bowl VIII Rice Stadium Houston TX Miami Dolphins beat Minnesota Vikings 24-7 MVP Larry Csonka Miami RB
13 Jan 1985
99 year old Otto Bucher from Switzerland becomes oldest man to record a hole-in-one at Spanish GC La Mangas 130-yard 12th hole
13 Jan 1865
Second Battle of Fort Fisher A force of of 50 ships and over 8000 Union troops converge on Fort Fisher North Carolina
13 Jan 1874
Battle between jobless and police in NYC leaves 100s injured
13 Jan 1945
Sergei Prokofievs 5th Symphony premieres in Moscow
13 Jan 1972
An army commander stages a bloodless coup in Ghana while the prime minister is in London
13 Jan 1991
Football fans of the Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates clash in Orkney South Africa leading to a riot and 42 deaths in the Oppenheimer Stadium disaster
13 Jan 1865
Second Battle of Fort Fisher A force of 58 Union ships and over 8000 troops converge on Fort Fisher North Carolina
13 Jan 1945
Sergei Prokofievs 5th Symphony premieres by the USSR State Symphony Orchestra conducted by Prokofiev in the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory
13 Jan 1948
1st country music TV show Midwestern Hayride premieres on WLW-T in Cincinnati Ohio
13 Jan 1963
2nd AFL All Star Game Balboa Stadium San Diego California Western Division beats Eastern Division 21-14 MVPs Curtis McClinton Dallas Texans RB Earl Faison LA Chargers DE
13 Jan 1981
Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to May Swenson and Howard Nemerov
13 Jan 2015
TV comedy Schitts Creek created by and starring Eugene Levy and Dan Levy premieres on CBC in Canada
13 Jan 1883
Henrik Ibsens play En Folkefiende (An Enemy of the People) premieres in Oslo
13 Jan 1928
Swedish-American inventor E.F.W. Alexanderson of General Electric demonstrates the first television receiver at Proctors Theatre in Schenectady New York
13 Jan 1967
LondonDecca Records release Rolling Stones single Lets Spend the Night Together
13 Jan 1990
Douglas Wilder 1st elected African American Governor inaugurated (Virginia)
13 Jan 1733
British officer James Oglethorpe and 130 English colonists arrive at Charleston South Carolina
13 Jan 1849
British lease Vancouver Island to the Hudsons Bay Company for seven shillings a year granting them exclusive trading rights
13 Jan 1873
P. B. S. Pinchback relinquishes office of Louisiana Governor
13 Jan 1888
The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington D.C. for the increase and diffusion of geographic knowledge [1]
13 Jan 1908
Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown Pennsylvania kills 171 people
13 Jan 1910
John Millington Synges play Deirdre of the Sorrows premieres in Dublin
13 Jan 1911
South Africa cricket teams 1st win over Australia at Adelaide
13 Jan 1914
Emmerich Kelman y Catherine Chisholm Cushing and E.P. Heath operetta Sari opens at the Liberty Theatre later transferring to the New Amsterdam Theatre NYC runs for 151 performances
13 Jan 1914
Industrial Workers of the World leader and songwriter Joe Hill arrested for murder during a robbery
13 Jan 1929
Humanist Society established in Hollywood California
13 Jan 1942
Allied Conference on war trials at St. Jamess Palace London
13 Jan 1942
Operation Drumbeat (Paukenschlag) German U-boats begin harassing shipping on North American Atlantic coast (198 ships sunk by April)
13 Jan 1962
Jule Styne Betty Comden and Adolph Greens musical Do Re Mi starring Phil Silvers and Nancy Walker closes at the 54th Street Theater NYC after 400 performances
13 Jan 1971
Joseph Kookoolis and Scott Fagans rock opera musical Soon closes at Ritz Theater NYC after 3 performances
13 Jan 1973
Jerry Blatt and Lonnie Bursteins musical Tricks based on Molires classic The Pranks of Scapin and starring Ren Auberjonois closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 8 performances
13 Jan 1980
Judd Woldins musical King of Schnorrers based on Israel Zangwills novel closes at Playhouse Theater NYC after 63 performances
13 Jan 1985
99-year-old Otto Bucher from Switzerland becomes the oldest man to record a hole-in-one at Spanish GC La Mangas 130-yard 12th hole
13 Jan 2000
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates steps aside as chief executive and promotes company president Steve Ballmer to the position
13 Jan 1742
HMS Tyger runs aground on coral reefs near Garden Key Florida (rediscovered 1993 and identified 2024) [1]
13 Jan 2014
14 people are killed and 7 are injured from an explosion in an illegal gambling hall in Kaili City China
13 Jan 2019
Houston guard James Harden scores 38 points in Rockets 116-108 loss to Orlando 16th straight game with 30 points matching Kobe Bryants NBA record streak also goes 1 for 17 from 3-point arc tying record for most misses
13 Jan 2020
Houston Astros manager AJ Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow are fired by team owner Jim Crane for their roles in the sign-stealing scandal after MLB suspends both for one year
13 Jan 2020
Oldest material existing on earth at 7.5 billion years old revealed by scientists studying the Murchison meteorite that fell to earth in Australia in 1960s
13 Jan 2021
Deadliest air raid by Israel on Syria since 2018 when 10 soldiers and 47 allied fighters killed in attacks on military positions [1]
13 Jan 2021
Irish PM Minister Michel Martin issues apology for treatment of unmarried mothers and babies in church-run institutions 1920-1990s after report 9000 children had died [1]
13 Jan 2021
Worlds oldest known cave painting of an animal - a pig 45000 years old discovered in Leang Tedongnge cave island of Sulawesi Indonesia [1]
13 Jan 2022
Australian equals hottest temperature on record of 50.7C (123.26F) in Onslow Western Australia
13 Jan 2022
Britains Prince Andrew stripped of his military titles and royal patronages by Buckingham Palace amid continuing sexual assault allegations
13 Jan 2022
Landmark conviction of former Syrian intelligence officer Anwar Raslan for state-sponsored crimes against humanity in Koblenz Germany [1]
13 Jan 2023
China reports 60000 COVID-19-related deaths in just over a month while another report estimates 900 million people have been infected 64% of the countrys population [1]
13 Jan 2023
English actor Julian Sands (65) reported missing after failing to return from a hike on Mount Baldy in San Bernardino County California
13 Jan 2024
Arctic blast affects large parts of the US with 44 million people under winter weather advisory Chester Montana registers continental US record low of 54 degrees below zero [1]
13 Jan 2024
Taiwans Democratic Progressive Party is re-elected for the third time led by vice president Lai Ching-te amid Chinese warnings their election would increase conflict with China [1]
13 Jan 1794
Congress changes US flag to 15 stars and 15 stripes
13 Jan 1936
Screen Directors Guild incorporates in Hollywood later voting King Vidor as their first president
13 Jan 1948
First country music TV show Midwestern Hayride premieres on WLW-T in Cincinnati Ohio
13 Jan 1979
YMCA files libel suit against Village Peoples Y.M.C.A. song [1]
13 Jan 1991
Soviet troops continue attack on Vilnius capital of Lithuania 13 people killed and 140 injured in last ditch effort to control the country
13 Jan 2021
Worlds oldest known cave painting of an animal a pig 45000 years old is discovered in Leang Tedongnge cave on the island of Sulawesi Indonesia [1]
13 Jan 2025
China announces a record trade surplus of 990 billion with the country now producing a third of the worlds manufactured goods [1]
13 Jan 2025
Worlds largest religious festival the Mahakumbh Mela for 400 million people begins beside the Ganges in Prayagraj India. Held every 12 years is the grand Kumbh Mela held every 144 years. [1]