About January 13
January 13, 2024 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.
You can browse the full year calendar in case you need it.
Do you drink coffee? Did you know that coffee and word games are an excellent combination to sharpen your vocabulary? Try this! Within 30 seconds, how many words can you think of from these letters OCAOAFOB? Check your answers here: Word scramble OCAOAFOB. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)
Capricorn is the sun 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.
January 13: More About This Day
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).
What Happened On January 13
- 1328 –Edward III of England marries Philippa of Hainault, daughter of the Count of Hainault.
- 1435 –Sicut Dudum is promulgated by Pope Eugene IV about the enslaving of black natives in Canary Islands by Spanish natives.
- 1785 –John Walter publishes the first issue of the Daily Universal Register (later renamed The Times).
- 1797 –French Revolutionary Wars: A naval battle between a French ship of the line and two British frigates off the coast of Brittany ends with the French vessel running ashore, resulting in the death of over 900.
- 1830 –The Great fire of New Orleans, Louisiana begins.
- 1832 –President Andrew Jackson writes to Vice President Martin Van Buren expressing his opposition to South Carolina’s defiance of federal authority in the Nullification Crisis.
- 1840 –The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
- 1893 –The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting.
- 1893 –U.S. Marines land in Honolulu from the USS Boston to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution.
- 1898 –Emile Zola’s J'accuse exposes the Dreyfus affair.
- 1908 –The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
- 1913 –Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated was founded on the campus of Howard University.
- 1915 –An earthquake in Avezzano, Italy kills 29,800.
- 1939 –The Black Friday bush fires burn 20,000 square kilometres of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people.
- 1942 –Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, which is 30% lighter than a regular car.
- 1958 –The Moroccan Liberation Army ambushes a Spanish patrol in the Battle of Edchera.
- 1968 –Johnny Cash performs live at Folsom Prison
- 1982 –Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737 jet crashes into Washington, DC’s 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 including four motorists.
- 1985 –A passenger train plunges into a ravine in Ethiopia, killing 428 in the worst railroad disaster in Africa.
- 1986 –A month-long violent struggle begins in Aden, South Yemen between supporters of Ali Nasir Muhammad and Abdul Fattah Ismail, resulting in thousands of casualties.
Is this your birthday? Are you not curious to learn who shares your special day? Find out the January 13 famous birthdays and expand your knowledge today. (Sponsored link)
Share or Link to This Page: