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Day Of The Week: January 13
January 13, 2025 is the 13th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 352 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Monday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Capricorn is your zodiac sign. Garnet is your modern birthstone. Emerald is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Day In History: January 13
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).
Historical Events: January 13
- 1605 –The controversial play Eastward Hoe by Ben Jonson, George Chapman, and John Marston is performed, landing two of the authors in prison.
- 1733 –James Oglethorpe and 130 colonists arrive in Charleston, South Carolina.
- 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.
- 1822 –The design of the Greek flag is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
- 1840 –The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
- 1842 –Dr. William Brydon, an assistant surgeon in the British East India Company Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for being the sole survivor of an army of 4,500 men and 12,000 camp followers when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad.
- 1910 –The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the opera Cavalleria rusticana is sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.
- 1966 –Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member by being appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
- 2001 –An earthquake hits El Salvador, killing more than 800.
Who were born on January 13?
- 1893 –Roy Cazaly, Australian rules footballer (d. 1963)
- 1936 –Renato Bruson, Italian operatic baritone
- 1949 –Brandon Tartikoff, American television executive (d. 1997)
- 1954 –Trevor Rabin, South African guitarist (Yes)
- 1959 –James Lomenzo, American musician (Megadeth)
- 1962 –Kevin Mitchell, American baseball player
- 1962 –Paul Higgins, Canadian hockey player
- 1964 –Ronan Rafferty, Northern Irish golfer
- 1987 –Sven Wetzel, German rugby player
- 1995 –Qaasim Middleton, American musician and actor
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