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What happened in history on this day: January 13?
On January 13 in ...
- 1945 - Prokofchev's 5th Symphony premieres in Moscow.
- 1948 - First country music TV show, Midwestern Hayride, premieres on WLW Cincinnati, Ohio.
- 1967 - The Rolling Stones rock group appears on The Ed Sullivan Show.
- 1976 - Sarah Caldwell is first woman to conduct at New York's Metropolitan Opera House as she leads orchestra in a performance of "La Traviata".
- 2008 - In Beverly Hills, California, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announces winners of the Golden Globe Awards at a press conference. The usual three-hour broadcast was scrapped due to threats of strikers and a boycott.
- Best Film Drama and Best Original Score: Atonement,
- Best Film Musical: Sweeny Todd,
- Best Actor: Johnny Depp in Sweeny Todd.
Births on January 13
- 1870 - Birth of Henryk Opienski; Polish composer/conductor (Saint Moniuszko).
- 1925 - Birth of Gwen Verdon in Culver City, California, USA; actress/singer/dancer (Cotton Club, Sweet Charity, Damn Yankees, All My Children, Magnum PI, The Cosby Mysteries, Walker Texas Ranger).
- 1947 - Birth of John Lees in England; rock guitarist/vocalist (Medicine Man).
- 1952 - Birth of Cornelius Bumpus; keyboardist (Doobie Brothers - "Minute by Minute").
- 1954 - Birth of Trevor Rabin; guitarist (Yes - "Roundabout").
- 1955 - Birth of Fred White; drummer (Earth, Wind and Fire - "Shining Star", "Easy Lover").
- 1956 - Birth of Malcolm Foster; rock bassist (Pretenders - "Mystery Achievement").
- 1957 - Birth of Don Snow; rocker (Squeeze).
- 1961 - Birth of Graham "Suggs" McPherson in Sussex, England; rock vocalist (Madness - "Our House").
- 1963 - Birth of Tim Patrick Kelly in Trenton, New Jersey, USA; guitarist (Slaughter - "Stick it Live").
Deaths on January 13
- 1979 - Death of Donny Hathaway of suicide at age 33 in Chicago, Illinois, USA; African-American musician ("Where Is The Love?") (born 1945).
- 1995 - Ruby Starr, vocalist (Grey Ghost), dies of brain tumor at age 44.
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