Tukuk-OS📅 January 13
19 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on January 13? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2012 — The Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia (pictured) ran aground on a reef and capsized off Isola del Giglio, Tuscany.
- 2003 — The trans-Neptunian object 208996 Achlys was discovered by Chad Trujillo and Michael E. Brown at Palomar Observatory, California.
- 2001 — The first of two large earthquakes in the span of a month struck El Salvador, killing at least 944 people and destroying over 100,000 homes.
- 2000 — Steve Ballmer replaced Bill Gates as the chief executive officer of Microsoft.
- 1972 — Ghanaian military officer Ignatius Kutu Acheampong led a coup to overthrow Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia and President Edward Akufo-Addo.
- 1972 — Bernice Gera won a sex-discrimination lawsuit against the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, allowing her to become the first female professional baseball umpire.
- 1969 — British rock band Led Zeppelin released their first album, Led Zeppelin, in the United States.
- 1968 — American singer Johnny Cash recorded his landmark album At Folsom Prison live at Folsom State Prison in California.
- 1963 — Togo's first president, Sylvanus Olympio (pictured), was assassinated by military officers in a coup d'état led by Emmanuel Bodjollé, Étienne Eyadéma, and Kléber Dadjo.
- 1953 — Nine Moscow doctors were accused of a plot to poison members of the Soviet political and military leadership.
- 1949 — In the first recorded instance of strike action by Catholic laity against the clergy, gravediggers at Calvary Cemetery in Queens, New York City, went on strike.
- 1916 — The first Feminist Congress of Yucatán (delegates pictured) began in Mérida, Mexico, to propose reforms for women's social, educational, and legal rights.
- 1915 — About 30,000 people were killed when an earthquake struck the Province of L'Aquila in Italy.
- 1884 — Welsh physician William Price (pictured) was arrested for attempting to cremate his deceased infant son; this eventually led to the passing of the Cremation Act 1902 by Parliament.
William Price (physician)Cremation Act 1902Parliament of the United Kingdom
- 1847 — The Treaty of Cahuenga was signed, informally ending the fighting of the Mexican–American War in California.
- 1842 — First Anglo-Afghan War: William Brydon, an assistant surgeon in the British Army, was the sole European of the 14,000 people retreating from Kabul to Jalalabad who evaded capture or death.
- 1815 — British troops captured Fort Peter in St. Marys, in the only battle of the War of 1812 to take place in the state of Georgia.
- 1797 — French Revolutionary Wars: A naval battle off the coast of Brittany between two British frigates and a French ship of the line ended with hundreds of deaths when the latter ran aground.
- 1435 — Pope Eugene IV promulgated the papal bull Sicut dudum, forbidding the enslavement of the native Guanche of the Canary Islands by the Spanish.
Births
- 2005 — Iker Bravo, Spanish footballer
- 2003 — Oksana Selekhmeteva, Russian tennis player
- 2000 — Harley Smith-Shields, Australian rugby league player
- 1997 — Douglas Augusto, Brazilian footballer
- 1997 — Egan Bernal, Colombian cyclist
- 1997 — Luis Díaz, Colombian footballer
- 1997 — Henry Ellenson, American basketball player
- 1997 — Connor McDavid, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1997 — Ivan Provorov, Russian ice hockey player
- 1995 — Natalia Dyer, American actress
- 1995 — Maxim Mamin, Russian ice hockey player
- 1995 — Eros Vlahos, English actor and comedian
Deaths
- 2026 — Scott Adams, American author and illustrator (born 1957)
- 2026 — David Webb, British activist shareholder (born 1965)
- 2025 — Oliviero Toscani, Italian photographer (born 1942)
- 2024 — Joyce Randolph, American actress (born 1924)
- 2020 — Bryan Monroe, American journalist and educator, (born 1965)
- 2020 — Philip Tartaglia, Scottish prelate, Catholic archbishop of Glasgow (born 1951)
- 2019 — Phil Masinga, South African footballer (born 1969)
- 2017 — Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, English photographer and a former member of the British royal family (born 1930)
- 2017 — Dick Gautier, American actor (born 1931)
- 2017 — Magic Alex, Greek electronics engineer (born 1942)
- 2016 — Brian Bedford, English-American actor and director (born 1935)
- 2016 — Giorgio Gomelsky, Georgian-American director, producer, songwriter, and manager (born 1934)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Blessed Veronica of Milan
- Christian feast day: Elian
- Christian feast day: Hilary of Poitiers
- Christian feast day: Mungo
- Christian feast day: St. Knut's Day or Tjugondag Knut, the last day of Christmas. (Sweden and Finland)
- Christian feast day: January 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Constitution Day (Mongolia)
- Democracy Day (Cape Verde)
- Gluten-free diet day
- Liberation Day (Togo)
- Old New Year's Eve (Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Serbia, Montenegro, Republic of Srpska, North Macedonia), and its related observances: Malanka (Ukraine, Russia, Belarus)
- Sidereal winter solstice's eve celebrations in South and Southeast Asian cultures; the last day of the six-month Dakshinayana period (see January 14): Bhogi (Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu)
- Sidereal winter solstice's eve celebrations in South and Southeast Asian cultures; the last day of the six-month Dakshinayana period (see January 14): Lohri (Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh)
- Sidereal winter solstice's eve celebrations in South and Southeast Asian cultures; the last day of the six-month Dakshinayana period (see January 14): Uruka (Assam)
- Stephen Foster Memorial Day (United States)
- Yennayer (Berbers)
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