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What happened in history on this day: January 13?
On January 13 in ...
- 1794 - US Congress changes US flag to 15 stars and 15 stripes.
- 1863 - Chenille manufacturing machine patented by William Canter, New York City, New York.
- 1865 - Federals attack Fort Fisher, North Carolina.
- 1869 - Colored National Labor Union, first Black labor convention, meets in Washington, D.C.
- 1873 - P.B.S. Pinchback relinquishes office as Louisiana Governor.
- 1874 - Battle between jobless and police in New York City, New York, hundreds injured.
- 1874 - US troops land in Honolulu, Hawaii to protect the king.
- 1879 - In Saint Augustine, Florida, USA, a large magnitude earthquake occurs. Felt from Daytona Beach to Savannah, Georgia.
- 1908 - Rhoads Opera House burns in Boyertown, Pennsylvania, USA, killing 170.
- 1912 - -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C), Oakland, Maryland (state record).
- 1920 - New York Times editorial (falsely) reports rockets can never fly.
- 1927 - US and Mexico battle over oil interests.
- 1928 - Ernst F. W. Alexanderson gives the first public demonstration of television at Schenectady, New York, USA, using a perforated scanning disk and high-frequency neon lamps.
- 1929 - Humanist Society established, in Hollywood, California.
- 1930 - The first Mickey Mouse comic strip is published, in the New York Mirror newspaper in the USA. The strip is initially written by Walt Disney, and drawn by Ub Iwerks.
- 1942 - German submarines begin harassing shipping on US east coast.
- 1942 - Henry Ford patents a method of constructing plastic auto bodies.
- 1943 - US infantry captures Galloping Horse ridge Guadalcanal.
- 1951 - Nine Jewish Kremlin physicians "exposed" as British/US agents; known as the Doctors' Plot.
- 1958 - US newspaper Daily Worker ceases publication.
- 1966 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1982 - Shortly after takeoff in a snowstorm, with heavy ice on wings, Air Florida Flight 90 Boeing 737 crashes into Washington, D.C.'s 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 74 of 79 on board, and 4 in cars on the bridge.
- 1984 - Jack Tramiel, founder of Commodore International, resigns as president and CEO. Tramiel founded the company in 1954 as a typewriter repair service.
- 1985 - Cerebral Palsy telethon raises US$17,100,000.
- 1986 - NCCA institutes eligibility requirements based on college exams.
- 1987 - Seven top New York Mafia bosses including Anthony "Fat Tony" Salerno and Carmine Peruccia are sentenced to 100 years in prison each.
- 1988 - US Supreme Court rules (5-3) public school officials have broad powers to censor school newspapers, plays and other expressive activities.
- 1990 - The Walt Disney World Swan Hotel opens in Walt Disney World.
- 1990 - In Maryland, a magnitude 2.6 earthquake occurs, the largest historical earthquake in Maryland.
- 1992 - US serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer pleads guilty but insane to the murders of 15 young men and boys.
- 1994 - Tonya Harding's bodyguard Shawn Eric Eckardt, and Derrick Brian Smith are arrested and charged with conspiracy in attack of skater Nancy Kerrigan.
- 1994 - The Barona Indian tribe in the USA opens the largest tented casino in the world, at the Barona Casino near Lakeside, California, with a total of 105,000 square feet, including almost 1000 video gaming machines.
- 2009 - Citigroup and Morgan Stanley agree to combine their brokerages, with Morgan Stanley paying Citigroup US$2.7 billion for a 51 percent stake in the joint venture. The new Morgan Stanley Smith Barney will have US$1.7 trillion in client assets.
- 2016 - Iran releases US Navy boats and crew that were picked up January 12 in Iranian waters.
- 2016 - US Powerball lottery is US$1.6 billion, won by three ticket buyers in California, Florida, and Tennessee.
- 2021 - The US House of Representatives votes to impeach President Donald J. Trump.
Births on January 13
- 1834 - Birth of Horatio Alger Junior in Revere, Massachusetts, USA; author (Lost at Sea, Work and Win).
- 1903 - Birth of Kay Francis [Katherine E Gibbs] in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; actress (False Madonna).
- 1913 - Birth of Jeff Morrow in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Bart - Union Pacific, Temperature's Rising).
- 1918 - Birth of Steve Dunne in Northampton, Massachusetts, USA; actor (The Adventures of Sam Spade radio show, Professional Father TV show, The Brothers Brannigan, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Brady Bunch, The Millionaire, Lux Video Theatre).
- 1919 - Birth of Robert Stack in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Eliot Ness - The Untouchables, Airplane, The Name of the Game, Falcon Crest), host (Unsolved Mysteries).
- 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).
- 1928 - Birth of David Sheiner in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Paul - Mr Novak, Norman - Diana, Mission Impossible, Blind Ambition).
- 1928 - Birth of Gregory Walcott in Wilson, North Carolina, USA; actor (87th Precinct, Bonanza, Laramie, Rawhide).
- 1930 - Birth of Frances Sternhagen in Washington DC, USA; actress (Outland, Starting Over, ER, Sex and The City, Cheers).
- 1931 - Birth of Charles Nelson Reilly in New York City, New York, USA; American actor (Match Game, Ghost and Mrs Muir) (dies 2007).
- 1938 - Birth of Billy Gray in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Bud - Father Knows Best).
- 1943 - Birth of Richard Moll in California, USA; actor (Night Court, House, Dungeonmaster, Survivor).
- 1952 - Birth of Sharon Gabet in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA; actress (Raven - Edge of Night, Brittany - Another World, Melinda - One Life to Live).
- 1957 - Birth of Christina Seufert in Sacramento, California, USA; diver (Olympics-bronze-1984).
- 1957 - Birth of Mark Francis O'Meara in Goldsboro, North Carolina, USA; PGA golfer (1984 Greater Milwaukee).
- 1959 - Birth of Kevin Anderson in Illinois, USA; actor (Hoffa, Sleeping with the Enemy).
- 1961 - Birth of Julia Louis-Dreyfus in New York City, New York, USA; comedienne (Saturday Night Live, Seinfeld, Day by Day, Soul Man, Troll, New Adventures of Old Christine).
- 1963 - Birth of Felita Carr in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA; dance skater (and Komarov-1995 Pacific Champion).
- 1963 - Birth of Tim Patrick Kelly in Trenton, New Jersey, USA; guitarist (Slaughter - "Stick it Live").
- 1964 - Birth of Penelope Ann Miller in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Kindergarden Cop, Gwen - Popcorn Kids, Vanished, A Minute with Stan Hooper).
- 1966 - Birth of Joseph Harper in Ventura, California, USA; canoe (alternate-Olympics-1996).
- 1966 - Birth of Patrick Dempsey in Lewiston, Maine, USA; actor (Mike - Fast Times, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Can't Buy Me Love, Face The Music, Grey's Anatomy).
- 1969 - Birth of Andre Cason; US runner (world record 50 indoor).
- 1969 - Birth of Kevin Foster; US baseball pitcher (Chicago Cubs).
- 1970 - Birth of Keith Coogan in Palm Springs, California, USA; actor (Adventures in Babysitting, Hiding Out, The Waltons, The MacKenzies of Paradise Cove).
- 1970 - Birth of Keith Mitchell in Palm Springs, California, USA; actor (Jeffrey - The Waltons, Gun Shy).
- 1972 - Birth of Nicole Eggert in Glendale, California, USA; actress (Charles in Charge, Chrissie - TJ Hooker, Summer - Baywatch, Home Fires).
Deaths on January 13
- 1864 - Stephen Foster, composer (My Old Kentucky Home), dies in a New York hospital at age 37.
- 1929 - Wyatt Earp, US marshall (OK Corral), dies at age 80.
- 1947 - Veit Valentin, German/US historian (German People), dies at age 61.
- 1978 - Death of Hubert Humphrey at age 66 in Waverly, Minnesota, USA; U.S. Vice President and Senator (Minnesota) (born 1911).
- 1979 - Death of Donny Hathaway of suicide at age 33 in Chicago, Illinois, USA; African-American musician ("Where Is The Love?") (born 1945).
- 1983 - D Mack Reynolds, US writer (Amazon Planet, Once Departed), dies.
- 1993 - Death of Ken Anderson in La Cañada Flintridge, California; worked on Disney animated films, Disneyland attractions, named a Disney Legend in 1991.
- 2023 - Death of Al Brown at age 83 of complications from Alzheimer's disease in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; actor (Police Commissioner Stan Valchek - The Wire TV show).
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