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Birthday January 13, 1807 Napoleon Bonaparte Buford is born |
Birthday January 13, 1808 Salmon P. Chase (R), senator and cabinet member and 6th chief justice |
Birthday January 13, 1832 Horatio Alger Jr., American clergyman and author of boys' books |
Birthday January 13, 1884 Sophie Tucker, last red hot mamma |
Birthday January 13, 1913 Ralph Edwards, (This is your life) |
Birthday January 13, 1919 Jesse White, Actor (Maytag repairman) |
Birthday January 13, 1919 Robert Stack, TV & film Actor (Elliot Ness) |
Birthday January 13, 1925 Gwen Verdon, Actress and dancer (Cotton Club) in LA |
Birthday January 13, 1931 Charles Nelson Reilly, comedian |
History January 13, 1610 Galileo Galilei discovers Callisto 4th satellite of Jupiter |
History January 13, 1630 Patent to Plymouth Colony issued |
History January 13, 1776 British raid Prudence Island in Narragansett Bay |
History January 13, 1842 Sole British soldier escapes Kabul |
History January 13, 1854 Anthony Foss obtains patent for accordion |
History January 13, 1864 Stephen Foster dies |
History January 13, 1894 Revolution in Sicily crushed by government troops |
History January 13, 1898 Zola's J'accuse letter is printed |
History January 13, 1916 Battle of Wadi |
History January 13, 1920 NY Times Editorial says rockets can never fly |
History January 13, 1929 Wyatt Earp dies in Los Angeles |
History January 13, 1930 Mickey Mouse comic strip first appears |
History January 13, 1939 Yankee owner Jacob Ruppert dies |
History January 13, 1939 Doc Barker is killed by prison guards as he attempts to escape |
History January 13, 1941 James Joyce dies |
History January 13, 1942 Allies promise prosecution of war criminals |
History January 13, 1950 Soviets boycott United Nations Security Council |
History January 13, 1958 The Manuel Massacres |
History January 13, 1962 First Operation Farm Gate missions flown |
History January 13, 1962 Comedian killed in Corvair crash |
History January 13, 1966 1st black in presidental cabinet (LBJ selects Robert C Weaver) |
History January 13, 1966 Johnson appoints first African-American cabinet member |
History January 13, 1969 Beatles release "Yellow Submarine" album |
History January 13, 1971 Apollo 14 launched |
History January 13, 1972 Nixon announces additional troop withdrawals |
History January 13, 1978 Yankee manager Joe McCarthy dies at 90 |
History January 13, 1981 Islander's Mike Bossy's 15th career hat trick - 4 goals |
History January 13, 1982 Plane crashes into Potomac |
History January 13, 1985 Carol Wayne dies at 42 |
History January 13, 1985 Blackhawk Doug Wilson failed on 12th penalty shot against Islanders |
History January 13, 1998 Georgia Governor Zell Miller proposes writing The Mozart effect into law |
History January 13, 1999 Michael Jordan retires for a second time |
History January 13, 2008 Golden Globes curtailed due to writers’ strike |