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 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 353 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 31, 2023 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,418,400 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 4,040 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
- 1328 –Edward III of England marries Philippa of Hainault, daughter of the Count of Hainault.
- 1822 –The design of the Greek flag is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
- 1830 –The Great fire of New Orleans, Louisiana begins.
- 1869 –National convention of black leaders meets in Washington D.C.
- 1934 –The Candidate of Science degree is established in the USSR.
- 1942 –Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, which is 30% lighter than a regular car.
- 1953 –Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen as President of Yugoslavia.
- 1974 –Seraphim is elected Archbishop of Athens and All Greece.
- 1990 –L. Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office in Richmond, Virginia.
- 2001 –An earthquake hits El Salvador, killing more than 800.
Who were born on January 13?
- 1683 –Christoph Graupner, German composer (d. 1760)
- 1804 –Paul Gavarni, French caricaturist (d. 1866)
- 1898 –Carlo Tagliabue, Italian baritone (d. 1978)
- 1927 –Sydney Brenner, British Nobel Laureate
- 1949 –Brandon Tartikoff, American television executive (d. 1997)
- 1957 –Mark O'Meara, Major winning American Golfer
- 1963 –Kevin McClatchy, American businessman
- 1968 –Mike Whitlow, English footballer
- 1972 –Park Jin-Young, Korean singer
- 1978 –Ashmit Patel, Indian actor
Who died on January 13?
- 1625 –Jan Brueghel the Elder, Flemish painter (b. 1568)
- 1797 –Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Bevern, wife of Frederick II of Prussia (b. 1715)
- 1885 –Schuyler Colfax, American politician (b. 1823)
- 1906 –Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (b. 1859)
- 1932 –Sophia of Prussia, consort of Constantine I of Greece (b. 1870)
- 1958 –Jesse L. Lasky, American film producer (b. 1880)
- 1980 –André Kostelanetz, Russian-born music conductor and arranger (b. 1901)
- 1993 –Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian composer (b. 1907)
- 2005 –Earl Cameron, Canadian broadcaster (b. 1915)
- 2009 –Nancy Bird Walton, Australian aviator (b. 1915)
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