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{{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[[27 BC]] – [[Augustus|Octavian]] transfers the state to the free disposal of the [[Roman Senate]] and the people. He receives [[Hispania|Spain]], [[Roman Gaul|Gaul]], and [[Roman Syria|Syria]] as his province for ten years.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the World|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1989|page=198|isbn=0-13-133463-8}}</ref> * [[532]] – The [[Nika riots]] break out, during the racing season at the [[Hippodrome]] in [[Constantinople]], as a result of discontent with the rule of the Emperor [[Justinian I]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Marcellinus (comes)|author-link1=Marcellinus Comes|first2=Brian|last2=Croke|first3=Theodor|last3=Mommsen|author-link3=Theodor Mommsen|title=The Chronicle of Marcellinus: A Translation and Commentary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8WMbAAAAYAAJ|year=1995|publisher=Australian Association for Byzantine Studies|isbn=978-0-9593626-6-4|page=125}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first1=John|last1=Freely|author-link1=John Freely|first2=Anthony|last2=Glyn|title=The Companion Guide to Istanbul and Around the Marmara|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gxwB5fQeMWIC&pg=PA86|year=2000|publisher=Companion Guides|isbn=978-1-900639-31-6|pages=86}}</ref> *[[1435]] – ''[[Sicut Dudum]]'', forbidding the enslavement by the Spanish of the [[Guanches|Guanche]] natives in [[Canary Islands]] who had converted, or were converting to, Christianity, is promulgated by [[Pope Eugene IV]]. *[[1547]] – [[Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey]], is sentenced to death for treason, on the grounds of having quartered his arms to make them similar to those of the King, [[Henry VIII of England]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Henry Howard Earl of Surrey|author-link1=Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey|author2=Thomas Sackville Earl of Dorset|author-link2=Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset|first3=Nicholas|last3=Grimald|author-link3=Nicholas Grimald|author4=Thomas Vaux Baron Vaux|author-link4=Thomas Vaux, 2nd Baron Vaux of Harrowden|title=Poetical Works of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey: Minor Contemporaneous Poets, and Thomas Sackville, Lord Buckhurst|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tuY-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA30|year=1854|publisher=J. W. Parker|page=30}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1793]] – [[Nicolas Jean Hugon de Bassville]], representative of [[Revolutionary France]], is lynched by a mob in Rome. *[[1797]] – [[French Revolutionary Wars]]: A [[Action of 13 January 1797|naval battle]] between a French [[ship of the line]] and two British frigates off the coast of [[Brittany]] ends with the French vessel running aground, resulting in over 900 deaths. *[[1815]] – [[War of 1812]]: [[British Empire|British]] troops capture [[Battle of Fort Peter|Fort Peter]] in [[St. Marys, Georgia]], the only battle of the war to take place in the state. *[[1822]] – The design of the [[Flag of Greece|Greek flag]] is adopted by the [[First National Assembly at Epidaurus]]. *[[1833]] – United States President [[Andrew Jackson]] writes to [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] elect [[Martin Van Buren]] expressing his opposition to [[South Carolina]]'s defiance of federal authority in the [[Nullification Crisis]]. *[[1840]] – The steamship ''[[Lexington (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 [[1842 retreat from Kabul|sole survivor of an army]] of 4,500 men and 12,000 [[camp follower]]s when he reaches the safety of a garrison in [[Jalalabad]], Afghanistan. *[[1847]] – The [[Treaty of Cahuenga]] ends the [[Mexican–American War]] in [[California]]. *[[1849]] – Establishment of the [[Colony of Vancouver Island]]. * 1849 – Second Anglo-Sikh War: [[Battle of Chillianwala]]: British forces retreat from the Sikhs. *[[1888]] – The [[National Geographic Society]] is founded in Washington, D.C. *[[1893]] – The [[Independent Labour Party]] of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting. * 1893 – [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marines]] land in [[Honolulu|Honolulu, Hawaii]] from the {{USS|Boston|1884|6}} to prevent the queen from abrogating the [[1887 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii|Bayonet Constitution]]. *[[1895]] – [[First Italo-Ethiopian War]]: The war's opening battle, the [[Battle of Coatit]], occurs; it is an Italian victory. *[[1898]] – [[Émile Zola]]'s ''[[J'accuse…!]]'' exposes the [[Dreyfus affair]]. *[[1900]] – To combat [[Czech nationalism]], Emperor [[Franz Joseph]] decrees [[German language|German]] will be language of the [[Austro-Hungarian Armed Forces]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the World|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1989|page=10|isbn=0-13-133463-8}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1908]] – The [[Rhoads Opera House fire]] in [[Boyertown, Pennsylvania]] kills 171 people. *[[1915]] – The 6.7 {{M|w}} [[1915 Avezzano earthquake|Avezzano earthquake]] shakes the [[Province of L'Aquila]] in Italy with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of XI (''Extreme''), killing between 29,978 and 32,610. *[[1920]] – The [[Reichstag Bloodbath|Reichstag Bloodbath of January 13, 1920]], the bloodiest demonstration in German history.{{sfn|Liang|1970|p=98}}{{sfn|Weipert|2012|p=16}}{{sfn|Fisher|1948|p=120}} *[[1935]] – A [[1935 Saar status referendum|plebiscite]] in [[Saar (League of Nations)|Saarland]] shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to no more [[Territory_of_the_Saar_Basin|being a "region occupied and governed by the United Kingdom and France"]]. *[[1939]] – The [[Black Friday bushfires]] burn {{convert|20,000|km2}} of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people. *[[1942]] – [[Henry Ford]] patents a [[soybean car]], which is 30% lighter than a regular car.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://patentyogi.com/this-day-in-patent-history/this-day-in-patent-history-on-january-13-1942-henry-ford-patented-a-soybean-car-a-plastic-car-which-is-30-lighter-than-a-regular-car/ |title=This Day in Patent History - On January 13, 1942, Henry Ford patented a Soybean car (a plastic car), which is 30% lighter than a regular car |date=13 January 2016 |publisher=Patent Yogi LLC |access-date=13 January 2021 |archive-date=15 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115203100/https://patentyogi.com/this-day-in-patent-history/this-day-in-patent-history-on-january-13-1942-henry-ford-patented-a-soybean-car-a-plastic-car-which-is-30-lighter-than-a-regular-car/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1942 – [[World War II]]: First use of an aircraft [[ejection seat]] by a German test pilot in a [[Heinkel He 280]] jet fighter. *[[1950]] – British submarine {{HMS|Truculent|P315|6}} collides with an oil tanker in the [[Thames Estuary]], killing 64 men. * 1950 – Finland forms [[China–Finland relations|diplomatic relations]] with the People's Republic of China. *[[1951]] – [[First Indochina War]]: The [[Battle of Vĩnh Yên]] begins. *[[1953]] – An article appears in ''[[Pravda]]'' accusing some of the most prestigious and prominent doctors, mostly Jews, in the Soviet Union of taking part in a [[Doctors' plot|vast plot]] to poison members of the top Soviet political and military leadership. *[[1958]] – The [[Moroccan Army of Liberation]] ambushes a Spanish patrol in the [[Ifni War|Battle of Edchera]]. *[[1963]] – [[1963 Togolese coup d'état|Coup d'état]] in [[Togo]] results in the assassination of president [[Sylvanus Olympio]]. *[[1964]] – [[Violence against Muslims in India|Anti-Muslim]] riots break out in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], in response to [[1964 East Pakistan riots|anti-Hindu riots]] in [[East Pakistan]]. About one hundred people are killed. * 1964 – In [[Manchester, New Hampshire]], fourteen-year-old Pamela Mason is murdered. Edward Coolidge is tried and convicted of the crime, but the conviction is set aside by the landmark [[Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Fourth Amendment]] case [[Coolidge v. New Hampshire]] (1971). *[[1966]] – [[Robert C. Weaver]] becomes the first [[African American]] Cabinet member when he is appointed [[United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]]. *[[1968]] – [[Johnny Cash]] [[At Folsom Prison|performs live]] at [[Folsom State Prison]]. *[[1972]] – Prime Minister [[Kofi Abrefa Busia]] and President [[Edward Akufo-Addo]] of [[Ghana]] are ousted in a bloodless [[Coup d'état|military coup]] by Colonel [[Ignatius Kutu Acheampong]]. *[[1977]] – [[Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight 1045]], a [[Douglas DC-8]] jet, crashes onto the runway during takeoff from [[Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport]], killing five.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62AF JA8054 Anchorage International Airport, AK (ANC)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19770113-0|access-date=2020-11-05|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]|archive-date=2020-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204151714/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19770113-0|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1978]] – United States [[Food and Drug Administration]] requires all [[blood donation]]s to be labeled "paid" or "volunteer" donors. *[[1982]] – Shortly after takeoff, [[Air Florida Flight 90]], a [[Boeing 737]] jet, crashes into [[Washington, D.C.]]'s [[14th Street bridges|14th Street Bridge]] and falls into the [[Potomac River]], killing 78 including four motorists. *[[1985]] – A passenger train [[Awash rail disaster|plunges into a ravine]] in [[Ethiopia]], killing 428 in the worst railroad disaster in Africa. *[[1986]] – A month-long violent struggle begins in [[Aden|Aden, South Yemen]] between supporters of [[Ali Nasir Muhammad]] and [[Abdul Fattah Ismail]], resulting in thousands of casualties. *[[1988]] – [[Lee Teng-hui]] becomes the first [[Taiwanese people|native Taiwanese]] [[President of the Republic of China]]. *[[1990]] – [[Douglas Wilder]] becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office as [[Governor of Virginia]] in [[Richmond, Virginia]]. *[[1991]] – Soviet Union troops [[January Events (Lithuania)|attack]] [[Lithuania]]n independence supporters in [[Vilnius]], killing 14 people and wounding around 1,000 others. *[[1993]] – [[Space Shuttle program]]: [[Space Shuttle Endeavour|''Endeavour'']] heads for space for the third time as [[STS-54]] launches from the [[Kennedy Space Center]]. * 1993 – The [[Chemical Weapons Convention]] (CWC) is signed.<ref name=untc>{{cite web|work=United Nations Treaty Collection|url=http://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XXVI-3&chapter=26&lang=en|title=Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction|access-date=27 January 2018|archive-date=7 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407202014/https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XXVI-3&chapter=26&lang=en|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 1993 – [[Operation Southern Watch]]: [[January 1993 airstrikes on Iraq|U.S.A.F., U.S.N., R.A.F. and French Air Force jets attack AAA and SAM sites in Southern Iraq.]]<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Gellman|first1=Barton|last2=Devroy|first2=Ann|date=January 14, 1993|title=U.S. DELIVERS LIMITED AIR STRIKE ON IRAQ|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1993/01/14/us-delivers-limited-air-strike-on-iraq/1f0dad2d-dbf7-4452-84a6-24459c5e3923/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[Alfredo Ormando]] sets himself on fire in [[St. Peter's Square]], protesting against [[homophobia]]. *[[2000]] – A [[Short 360]] aircraft chartered by the [[Sirte Oil Company]] [[2000 Marsa Brega Short 360 crash|crashes]] off the coast of [[Brega]], Libya, killing 21.<ref name="Final Report">{{cite web |title=Final Report HB-AAM |url=https://www.sust.admin.ch/inhalte/AV-berichte/1732.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009185938/https://www.sust.admin.ch/inhalte/AV-berichte/1732.pdf |archive-date=9 October 2021 |publisher=Libyan Civil Aviation Authority |via=Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board }} - [http://reports.aviation-safety.net/2000/20000113-0_SH36_HB-AAM.pdf Alternate link] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103084435/https://reports.aviation-safety.net/2000/20000113-0_SH36_HB-AAM.pdf |date=2024-01-03 }} from the [[Aviation Safety Network]].</ref> *[[2001]] – An [[January 2001 El Salvador earthquake#The January 13 earthquake|earthquake]] hits [[El Salvador]], killing more than 800. *[[2012]] – The passenger [[cruise ship]] ''[[Costa Concordia]]'' [[Costa Concordia disaster|sinks]] off the coast of Italy due to the captain [[Francesco Schettino]]'s negligence and irresponsibility. There are 32 confirmed deaths. *[[2018]] – A [[2018 Hawaii false missile alert|false emergency alert]] warning of an impending missile strike in [[Hawaii]] causes widespread panic in the state. *[[2020]] – The Thai [[Ministry of Public Health (Thailand)|Ministry of Public Health]] confirms the first case of [[COVID-19]] outside China.<ref>{{Cite web|last=CDC|date=2022-01-05|title=CDC Museum COVID-19 Timeline|url=https://www.cdc.gov/museum/timeline/covid19.html|access-date=2022-01-11|website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|language=en-us|archive-date=2023-05-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523041908/https://www.cdc.gov/museum/timeline/covid19.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2021]] – Outgoing [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] is [[Second impeachment of Donald Trump|impeached for a second time]] on a charge of incitement of insurrection following the [[January 6 United States Capitol attack]] one week prior.<ref>{{cite news|title=Trump impeached for 'inciting' US Capitol riot in historic second charge|work=BBC News|date=14 January 2021|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55656385|access-date=14 January 2021|archive-date=23 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123174152/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55656385|url-status=live}}</ref> ==Births== <!-- Please do not add yourself or anyone else without a biography in Wikipedia to this list.--> ===Pre-1600=== *[[5 BC]] – [[Emperor Guangwu of Han|Guangwu of Han]], Chinese emperor (d. 57) *[[AD 101|101]] – [[Lucius Aelius]], Roman adopted son of [[Hadrian]] (d. 138) * [[915]] – [[Al-Hakam II]], Umayyad caliph (d. 976) *[[1334]] – [[Henry II of Castile|Henry II]], king of Castile and León (d. 1379) *[[1338]] – [[Chŏng Mong-ju]], Korean civil minister, diplomat and scholar (d. 1392) *[[1381]] – [[Colette of Corbie]], French abbess and saint in the Catholic Church (d. 1447)<ref>{{cite web |title=Saint Colette {{!}} Biography & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Colette |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=29 April 2022 |language=en |archive-date=6 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306155949/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Colette |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1400]] – [[John, Lord of Reguengos de Monsaraz|Infante John]], [[Constable of Portugal]] (d. 1442) *[[1477]] – [[Henry Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland]] (d. 1527) *[[1505]] – [[Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg]] (d. 1571) *[[1562]] – [[Mark Alexander Boyd]], Scottish poet and soldier (d. 1601) *[[1596]] – [[Jan van Goyen]], Dutch painter and illustrator (d. 1656) ===1601–1900=== *[[1610]] – [[Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1610–1665)|Maria Anna of Bavaria]], archduchess of Austria (d. 1665) *[[1616]] – [[Antoinette Bourignon]], French-Flemish mystic and author (d. 1680) *[[1651]] – [[Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington]], English soldier and politician, [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] (d. 1694) *[[1672]] – [[Lucy Filippini]], Italian teacher and saint (d. 1732)<ref>{{cite book|first=Pietro|last=Bergamaschi|translator-first=Margherita|translator-last=Marchione|trans-title=Vita di Lucia Filippini|title=From the Land of the Etruscans: The Life of Lucy Filippini|location=Rome|publisher=Storia e Letteratura|year=1990|page=5|oclc=31177765}}</ref> *[[1683]] – [[Christoph Graupner]], German harpsichord player and composer (d. 1760) *[[1720]] – [[Richard Hurd (bishop)|Richard Hurd]], English bishop (d. 1808) *[[1749]] – [[Maler Müller]], German poet, painter, and playwright (d. 1825) *[[1787]] – [[John Davis (Massachusetts governor)|John Davis]], American lawyer and politician, 14th [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (d. 1854) *[[1804]] – [[Paul Gavarni]], French illustrator (d. 1866) *[[1805]] – [[Thomas Dyer]], American lawyer and politician, 18th [[Mayor of Chicago]] (d. 1862) *[[1808]] – [[Salmon P. Chase]], American jurist and politician, 6th [[Chief Justice of the United States]] (d. 1873) *[[1810]] – [[Ernestine Rose]], American suffragist, abolitionist, and freethinker (d. 1892)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/rose-ernestine|title=Ernestine Rose 1810 – 1892|author=Janet Freedman|website=Jewish Women's Archive|date=23 June 2021|access-date=14 September 2018|archive-date=13 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413031527/https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/rose-ernestine|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1812]] – [[Victor de Laprade]], French poet and critic (d. 1883) *[[1832]] – [[Horatio Alger, Jr.]], American novelist and journalist (d. 1899) *[[1845]] – [[Félix Tisserand]], French astronomer and academic (d. 1896) *[[1858]] – [[Oskar Minkowski]], Lithuanian-German biologist and academic (d. 1931) *[[1859]] – [[Kostis Palamas]], Greek poet and playwright (d. 1943) *[[1861]] – [[Max Nonne]], German neurologist and academic (d. 1959) *[[1864]] – [[Wilhelm Wien]], German physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1928) *[[1865]] – [[Princess Marie of Orléans (1865–1909)|Princess Marie of Orléans]] (d. 1908) *[[1866]] – [[Vasily Kalinnikov]], Russian [[bassoon]] player and composer (d. 1901) *[[1869]] – [[Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta (1869–1931)|Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta]] (d. 1931) *[[1870]] – [[Ross Granville Harrison]], American biologist and anatomist (d. 1959) *[[1878]] – [[Lionel Groulx]], Canadian priest and historian (d. 1967) *[[1881]] – [[Essington Lewis]], Australian engineer and businessman (d. 1961) *[[1883]] – [[Nathaniel Cartmell]], American runner and coach (d. 1967) *[[1885]] – [[Alfred Fuller]], Canadian-American businessman, founded the [[Fuller Brush Company]] (d. 1973) *[[1886]] – [[Art Ross]], Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 1964) * 1886 – [[Sophie Tucker]], Russian-born American singer and actress (d. 1966) *[[1890]] – [[Jüri Uluots]], Estonian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 7th [[Prime Minister of Estonia]] (d. 1945) *[[1892]] – [[Ermanno Aebi]], Italian-Swiss footballer (d. 1976) *[[1893]] – [[Charles Arnison]], English lieutenant and pilot (d. 1974) * 1893 – [[Roy Cazaly]], Australian footballer and coach (d. 1963) * 1893 – [[Clark Ashton Smith]], American poet, sculptor, painter, and author (d. 1961) * 1893 – [[Chaïm Soutine]], Belarusian-French painter (d. 1943) *[[1900]] – [[Shimizugawa Motokichi]], Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1967) * 1900 – [[Gertrude Mary Cox]], American mathematician (d. 1978)<ref>{{cite book | first=Maryjo | last=Nichols | chapter=Gertrude Mary Cox | editor-last1=Grinstein | editor-first1=Louise S. | editor-last2=Campbell | editor-first2=Paul J. | title=Women of Mathematics: a Biobibliographic Sourcebook | place=New York | publisher=Greenwood Press | year=1987 | isbn=978-0-3132-4849-8 | page=[https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/28 28] | chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/28 }}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[A. B. Guthrie, Jr.]], American novelist, screenwriter, historian (d. 1991) * 1901 – [[Mieczysław Żywczyński]], Polish priest and historian (d. 1978) *[[1902]] – [[Karl Menger]], Austrian-American mathematician from the Vienna Circle (d. 1985) *[[1904]] – [[Richard Addinsell]], English composer (d. 1977) * 1904 – [[Nathan Milstein]], Ukrainian-American violinist and composer (d. 1992) * 1904 – [[Dick Rowley]], Irish footballer (d. 1984)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/Person.asp?PersonID=ROWLEYRI/|title=Dick ROWLEY|website=swindon-town-fc.co.uk|access-date=8 January 2020}}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> *[[1905]] – [[Kay Francis]], American actress (d. 1968) * 1905 – [[Jack London (athlete)|Jack London]], English sprinter and pianist (d. 1966) *[[1906]] – [[Zhou Youguang]], Chinese linguist, sinologist, and academic (d. 2017) *[[1909]] – [[Helm Glöckler]], German race car driver (d. 1993) *[[1910]] – [[Yannis Tsarouchis]], Greek painter and illustrator (d. 1989) *[[1911]] – [[Joh Bjelke-Petersen]], New Zealand-Australian farmer and politician, 31st [[Premier of Queensland]] (d. 2005) *[[1914]] – [[Osa Massen]], Danish-American actress (d. 2006) * 1914 – [[Ted Willis, Baron Willis]], English author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1992) *[[1919]] – [[Robert Stack]], American actor (d. 2003) *[[1921]] – [[Necati Cumalı]], Greek-Turkish author and poet (d. 2001) * 1921 – [[Dachine Rainer]], American-English author and poet (d. 2000) * 1921 – [[Arthur Stevens (English footballer)|Arthur Stevens]], English footballer (d. 2007)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.11v11.com/players/arthur-stevens-38425/|title=Arthur Stevens|website=11v11.com|access-date=8 January 2020|archive-date=18 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318040708/https://www.11v11.com/players/arthur-stevens-38425/|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1922]] – [[Albert Lamorisse]], French director and producer (d. 1970) *[[1923]] – [[Daniil Shafran]], Russian cellist (d. 1997) * 1923 – [[Willem Slijkhuis]], Dutch runner (d. 2003) * 1923 – [[Jack Watling]], English actor (d. 2001)<ref>{{cite news|last=Shorter|first=Eric|title=Jack Watling|work=The Guardian|date=24 May 2001|accessdate=13 January 2024|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/may/25/guardianobituaries.filmnews}}</ref> *[[1924]] – [[Paul Feyerabend]], Austrian-Swiss philosopher and academic (d. 1994) * 1924 – [[Roland Petit]], French dancer and choreographer (d. 2011) *[[1925]] – [[Rosemary Murphy]], American actress (d. 2014) * 1925 – [[Vanita Smythe]], American singer and actress (d. 1994) * 1925 – [[Ron Tauranac]], Australian engineer and businessman (d. 2020) * 1925 – [[Gwen Verdon]], American actress and dancer (d. 2000)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.masterworksbroadway.com/artist/gwen-verdon/ |title=Gwen Verdon – The Official MasterWorks Broadway Site |date=2015-02-25 |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=[[Masterworks Broadway]] |last=Cross |first=Lucy E. |quote=High-kicking redheaded dancer, choreographer, and actress Gwen Verdon (b. Culver City, CA, January 13, 1925; d. Woodstock, VT, October 18, 2000), |archive-date=2024-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118134018/https://www.masterworksbroadway.com/artist/gwen-verdon/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1926]] – [[Michael Bond]], English author, created [[Paddington Bear]] (d. 2017) * 1926 – [[Carolyn Gold Heilbrun]], American author and academic (d. 2003) * 1926 – [[Melba Liston]], American trombonist and composer (d. 1999) *[[1927]] – [[Brock Adams]], American lawyer and politician, 5th [[United States Secretary of Transportation]] (d. 2004) * 1927 – [[Liz Anderson]], American singer-songwriter (d. 2011) * 1927 – [[Sydney Brenner]], South African biologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2019) *[[1929]] – [[Joe Pass]], American guitarist and composer (d. 1994) *[[1930]] – [[Frances Sternhagen]], American actress (d. 2023)<ref name="today's famous"/> *[[1931]] – [[Ian Hendry]], English actor (d. 1984)<ref>{{cite book|last=Field|first=Rachel|title=The Ipswich Book of Days|location=Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK|publisher=The History Press|date=2014|isbn=9780752490120|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q0kTDQAAQBAJ|page=13}}</ref> * 1931 – [[Charles Nelson Reilly]], American actor, comedian, director, game show panelist, and television personality (d. 2007)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Jan. 13: Julian Morris, Natalia Dyer |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/01/13/Famous-birthdays-for-Jan-13-Julian-Morris-Natalia-Dyer/1921673571676/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=12 January 2024 |date=13 January 2023 |archive-date=13 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113102632/https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/01/13/Famous-birthdays-for-Jan-13-Julian-Morris-Natalia-Dyer/1921673571676/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1931 – [[Rip Taylor]], American actor and comedian (d. 2019)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Koseluk|first=Chris|date=2019-10-06|title=Rip Taylor, Flamboyant Comic and Host of 'The $1.98 Beauty Show,' Dies at 88|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/rip-taylor-dead-flamboyant-comic-host-198-beauty-show-was-84-1196673/|access-date=2021-07-02|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182137/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/rip-taylor-dead-flamboyant-comic-host-198-beauty-show-was-84-1196673/|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1931 – [[Chris Wiggins]], English-born Canadian actor (d. 2017)<ref>{{cite news|last=Langan|first=Fred|title=Remembering prolific actor Christopher Wiggins|work=The Globe and Mail|date=March 5, 2017|accessdate=January 13, 2024|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/remembering-prolific-actor-christopher-wiggins/article34210404/|archive-date=January 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114023617/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/remembering-prolific-actor-christopher-wiggins/article34210404/|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1932]] – [[Barry Bishop (mountaineer)|Barry Bishop]], American mountaineer, photographer, and scholar (d. 1994) *[[1933]] – [[Tom Gola]], American basketball player, coach, and politician (d. 2014) *[[1936]] – [[Renato Bruson]], Italian opera singer *[[1937]] – [[Guy Dodson]], New Zealand-English biochemist and academic (d. 2012) *[[1938]] – [[Daevid Allen]], Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015) * 1938 – [[Richard Anthony (singer)|Richard Anthony]], Egyptian-French singer-songwriter (d. 2015) * 1938 – [[Charlie Brill]], American actor, voice artist, and comedian<ref name="today's famous">{{cite web|last=Rose|first=Mike|title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 13, 2023 includes celebrities Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Trace Adkins|website=Cleveland.com|date=January 13, 2023|access-date=January 13, 2023|url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-13-2023-includes-celebrities-julia-louis-dreyfus-trace-adkins.html|archive-date=January 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113144425/https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-13-2023-includes-celebrities-julia-louis-dreyfus-trace-adkins.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1938 – [[Cabu]], French cartoonist (d. 2015) * 1938 – [[Dave Edwards (Wyoming politician)|Dave Edwards]], American captain and politician (d. 2013) * 1938 – [[Billy Gray (actor)|Billy Gray]], American actor, competitive motorcycle racer and inventor<ref name="today's famous"/> * 1938 – [[Tord Grip]], Swedish footballer and manager * 1938 – [[Anna Home]], English children's television executive and producer *[[1939]] – [[Edgardo Cozarinsky]], Argentinian author, screenwriter, and director (d. 2024) * 1939 – [[Jacek Gmoch]], Polish footballer and coach * 1939 – [[Cesare Maniago]], Canadian ice hockey player *[[1940]] – [[Edmund White]], American novelist, memoirist, and essayist *[[1941]] – [[Pasqual Maragall]], Spanish academic and politician, 127th [[List of Presidents of the Generalitat de Catalunya|President of the Generalitat de Catalunya]] * 1941 – [[Meinhard Nehmer]], German bobsledder *[[1943]] – [[William Duckworth (composer)|William Duckworth]], American composer and author (d. 2012) * 1943 – [[Richard Moll]], American actor (d. 2023)<ref name="today's famous"/> *[[1945]] – [[Gordon McVie]], English oncologist and author (d. 2021) * 1945 – [[Peter Simpson (footballer, born 1945)|Peter Simpson]], English footballer *[[1946]] – [[Ordal Demokan]], Turkish physicist and academic (d. 2004) * 1946 – [[Eero Koivistoinen]], Finnish saxophonist, composer, and conductor *[[1947]] – [[Jacek Majchrowski]], Polish historian, lawyer, and politician * 1947 – [[Carles Rexach]], Spanish footballer and coach *[[1948]] – [[Gaj Singh]], Indian lawyer and politician *[[1949]] – [[Rakesh Sharma]], Indian commander, pilot, and cosmonaut<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burgess |first1=Colin |title=Interkosmos: The Eastern Bloc's Early Space Program |date=2016 |publisher=Springer Praxis Books |location=Cham |isbn=9783319241630 |page=206}}</ref> * 1949 – [[Brandon Tartikoff]], American screenwriter and producer (d. 1997) *[[1950]] – [[Clive Betts]], English economist and politician * 1950 – [[Bob Forsch]], American baseball player (d. 2011) * 1950 – [[Gholam Hossein Mazloumi]], Iranian footballer and manager (d. 2014) *[[1952]] – [[Stephen Glover (columnist)|Stephen Glover]], English journalist, co-founded ''[[The Independent]]'' *[[1953]] – [[Silvana Gallardo]], American actress and producer (d. 2012) *[[1954]] – [[Richard Blackford]], English composer * 1954 – [[Trevor Rabin]], South African-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer<ref name="today's famous"/> *[[1955]] – [[Paul Kelly (Australian musician)|Paul Kelly]], Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer * 1955 – [[Jay McInerney]], American novelist and critic * 1955 – [[Anne Pringle]], English diplomat, [[List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Russia|British Ambassador to Russia]] *[[1957]] – [[Claudia Emerson]], American poet and academic (d. 2014) * 1957 – [[Mary Glindon]], English lawyer and politician * 1957 – [[Lorrie Moore]], American author * 1957 – [[Mark O'Meara]], American golfer *[[1958]] – [[Francisco Buyo]], Spanish footballer and manager * 1958 – [[Juan Pedro de Miguel]], Spanish handball player (d. 2016) *[[1959]] – [[Winnie Byanyima]], Ugandan engineer, politician, and diplomat *[[1960]] – [[Kevin Anderson (actor)|Kevin Anderson]], American actor<ref name="today's famous"/> * 1960 – [[Eric Betzig]], American physicist and chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate * 1960 – [[Matthew Bourne]], English choreographer and director *[[1961]] – [[Wayne Coyne]], American singer-songwriter and musician * 1961 – [[Kelly Hrudey]], Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster * 1961 – [[Julia Louis-Dreyfus]], American actress, comedian, and producer<ref name="today's famous"/> * 1961 – [[Suggs]], English singer-songwriter, musician, and actor<ref name="today's famous"/> *[[1962]] – [[Trace Adkins]], American singer-songwriter and actor<ref name="today's famous"/> * 1962 – [[Paul Higgins (ice hockey)|Paul Higgins]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1962 – [[Kevin Mitchell (baseball)|Kevin Mitchell]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Kevin Mitchell |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/kevin-mitchell-119195 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=12 January 2024 |archive-date=12 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112064049/https://www.mlb.com/player/kevin-mitchell-119195 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1964]] – [[Penelope Ann Miller]], American actress<ref name="today's famous"/> *[[1965]] – [[Bill Bailey]], English musician and comedian<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smoothradio.com/news/entertainment/strictly-come-dancing/bill-bailey-wife-age-son-facts/|title=Bill Bailey facts: Comedian's age, partner, career and more revealed|date=December 12, 2022|website=Smooth Radio|access-date=January 13, 2021|archive-date=January 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122232708/https://www.smoothradio.com/news/entertainment/strictly-come-dancing/bill-bailey-wife-age-son-facts/|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1966]] – [[Patrick Dempsey]], American actor and race car driver<ref name="today's famous"/> * 1966 – [[Leo Visser]], Dutch speed skater and pilot *[[1967]] – [[Suzanne Cryer]], American actress<ref name="today's famous"/> *[[1968]] – [[Traci Bingham]], American actress, model, and television personality<ref name="today's famous"/> * 1968 – [[Mike Whitlow]], English footballer and coach *[[1969]] – [[Stefania Belmondo]], Italian skier * 1969 – [[Stephen Hendry]], Scottish snooker player and journalist *[[1970]] – [[Keith Coogan]], American actor<ref name="today's famous"/> * 1970 – [[Frank Kooiman]], Dutch footballer * 1970 – [[Marco Pantani]], Italian cyclist (d. 2004) * 1970 – [[Shonda Rhimes]], American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="today's famous"/> *[[1972]] – [[Mark Bosnich]], Australian footballer and sportscaster * 1972 – [[Nicole Eggert]], American actress<ref name="today's famous"/> * 1972 – [[Vitaly Scherbo]], Belarusian gymnast *[[1973]] – [[Gigi Galli]], Italian race driver * 1973 – [[Nikolai Khabibulin]], Russian ice hockey player *[[1974]] – [[Sergei Brylin]], Russian ice hockey player and coach * 1974 – [[Jason Sasser]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jason Sasser |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/987 |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=12 January 2024 |archive-date=12 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112064048/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/987 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1975]] – [[Rune Eriksen]], Norwegian guitarist and composer * 1975 – [[Mailis Reps]], Estonian academic and politician, 31st [[Minister of Education and Research (Estonia)|Estonian Minister of Education and Research]] * 1975 – [[Andrew Yang]], American entrepreneur, founder of [[Venture for America]], and [[2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries|2020 Democratic presidential candidate]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/28/us/andrew-yang-fast-facts/index.html|title=Andrew Yang Fast Facts|date=August 28, 2019|website=CNN|access-date=August 29, 2019|archive-date=August 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829175055/https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/28/us/andrew-yang-fast-facts/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1976]] – [[Ross McCall]], Scottish actor<ref name="today's famous"/> * 1976 – [[Michael Peña]], American actor<ref>{{cite web |last1=Davis |first1=Brandon |title=Happy Birthday! Michael Pena Turns 40 Today |url=https://comicbook.com/movies/news/happy-birthday-michael-pe-a-turns-40-today/ |publisher=[[ComicBook.com]] |access-date=10 January 2023 |date=13 January 2016 |archive-date=10 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110225953/https://comicbook.com/movies/news/happy-birthday-michael-pe-a-turns-40-today/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1976 – [[Mario Yepes]], Colombian footballer *[[1977]] – [[Orlando Bloom]], English actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Orlando Bloom |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bbbe788c1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528233140/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bbbe788c1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 28, 2016 |website=BFI |access-date=8 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * 1977 – [[Mi-Hyun Kim]], South Korean golfer * 1977 – [[Elliot Mason]], English trombonist and keyboard player * 1977 – [[James Posey]], American basketball player and coach *[[1978]] – [[Mohit Sharma (soldier)|Mohit Sharma]], Indian soldier (d. 2009)<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/mohit-sharma-sm|title=Mohit Sharma, SM|year=2018|isbn=978-0322144835|access-date=22 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322144836/http://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/mohit-sharma-sm|archive-date=2018-03-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ssbtosuccess.com/major-mohit-sharma/|title=Inspiring Story of Major Mohit Sharma - 1st PARA (Special Forces)|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=2018-03-26|work=SSBToSuccess|access-date=2018-03-26|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818052219/https://www.ssbtosuccess.com/major-mohit-sharma/|archive-date=2018-08-18|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 1978 – [[Nate Silver]], American journalist and statistician, developed [[PECOTA]] *[[1979]] – [[Katy Brand]], English actress and screenwriter *[[1980]] – [[Krzysztof Czerwiński]], Polish organist and conductor * 1980 – [[Nils-Eric Johansson]], Swedish footballer * 1980 – [[Akira Kaji]], Japanese footballer * 1980 – [[Wolfgang Loitzl]], Austrian ski jumper * 1980 – [[Mirko Soltau]], German footballer *[[1981]] – [[Shad Gaspard]], American wrestler and actor (d. 2020)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lee |first1=Joseph |title=JTG Paid Tribute To Shad Gaspard On His 40th Birthday |url=https://411mania.com/wrestling/jtg-paid-tribute-to-shad-gaspard-on-his-40th-birthday/ |publisher=[[411Mania]] |access-date=12 January 2024 |date=13 January 2021 |archive-date=12 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112064047/https://411mania.com/wrestling/jtg-paid-tribute-to-shad-gaspard-on-his-40th-birthday/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1982]] – [[Kamran Akmal]], Pakistani cricketer * 1982 – [[Guillermo Coria]], Argentinian tennis player * 1982 – [[Constantinos Makrides]], Cypriot footballer * 1982 – [[Ruth Wilson]], English actress<ref name="today's famous"/> *[[1983]] – [[Ender Arslan]], Turkish basketball player * 1983 – [[Sebastian Kneißl]], German footballer * 1983 – [[Julian Morris]], English actor<ref name="UPI"/> * 1983 – [[Mauricio Romero (Argentine footballer)|Mauricio Romero]], Argentinian footballer * 1983 – [[Ronny Turiaf]], French basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Ronny Turiaf |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/101142/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=12 January 2024 |archive-date=12 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112064047/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/101142/career |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1984]] – [[Matteo Cavagna (footballer born 1984)|Matteo Cavagna]], Italian footballer * 1984 – [[Kamghe Gaba]], German sprinter * 1984 – [[Nick Mangold]], American football player *[[1986]] – [[Joannie Rochette]], Canadian figure skater *[[1987]] – [[Stefano Del Sante]], Italian footballer * 1987 – [[Jack Johnson (ice hockey)|Jack Johnson]], American ice hockey player * 1987 – [[Florica Leonida]], Romanian gymnast * 1987 – [[Steven Michaels]], Australian rugby league player * 1987 – [[Daniel Oss]], Italian cyclist * 1987 – [[Marc Staal]], Canadian ice hockey player *[[1988]] – [[Josh Freeman]], American football player *[[1989]] – [[Morgan Burnett]], American football player * 1989 – [[Heath Hembree]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Heath Hembree |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/heath-hembree-592390 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=12 January 2024 |archive-date=12 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112064047/https://www.mlb.com/player/heath-hembree-592390 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1989 – [[Doug Martin (running back)|Doug Martin]], American football player * 1989 – [[Beau Mirchoff]], Canadian-American actor<ref name="today's famous"/> *[[1990]] – [[Vincenzo Fiorillo]], Italian footballer * 1990 – [[Liam Hemsworth]], Australian actor<ref name="today's famous"/> *[[1991]] – [[Rob Kiernan]], English-Irish footballer *[[1992]] – [[Adam Matthews]], Welsh footballer * 1992 – [[Dinah Pfizenmaier]], German tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dinah Pfizenmaier {{!}} Player Stats & More |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/316518/dinah-pfizenmaier |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> * 1992 – [[Austin Watson]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Austin Watson |url=https://www.nhl.com/lightning/player/austin-watson-8475766 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=12 January 2024 |archive-date=12 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112064047/https://www.nhl.com/lightning/player/austin-watson-8475766 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Max Whitlock]], English artistic gymnast *[[1994]] – [[Vasilije Micić]], Serbian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Vasilije Micic |url=https://www.nba.com/player/203995/vasilije-micic |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=12 January 2024 |archive-date=12 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112064047/https://www.nba.com/player/203995/vasilije-micic |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1995]] – [[Natalia Dyer]], American actress<ref>{{cite web |last1=Elizabeth |first1=De |title="Stranger Things" Actor Charlie Heaton Posts Birthday Instagram for Natalia Dyer |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/stranger-things-charlie-heaton-birthday-instagram-natalia-dyer |website=[[Teen Vogue]] |access-date=10 January 2023 |date=14 January 2018 |archive-date=10 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110225949/https://www.teenvogue.com/story/stranger-things-charlie-heaton-birthday-instagram-natalia-dyer |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1995 – [[Maxim Mamin (ice hockey, born 1995)|Maxim Mamin]], Russian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Maxim Mamin |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/maxim-mamin-8479553 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=12 January 2024 |archive-date=12 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112064047/https://www.nhl.com/player/maxim-mamin-8479553 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1995 – [[Eros Vlahos]], English actor and comedian<ref>{{cite tweet |author= Eros Vlahos |user= Eros_V|number= 290393746036637697 |date= 13 January 2013 |title= Yay, happy 18th birthday me! |access-date= 9 February 2013 }}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Douglas Augusto]], Brazilian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Douglas - Player Profile - Football |url=https://www.eurosport.com/football/douglas_prs432890/person.shtml |publisher=Eurosport |access-date=29 October 2023 |archive-date=9 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209060539/https://www.eurosport.com/football/douglas_prs432890/person.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1997 – [[Egan Bernal]], Colombian cyclist<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tour de France 2019 {{!}} Results|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-france/2019/gc|access-date=2020-08-31|website=www.procyclingstats.com|archive-date=2020-08-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828000430/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-france/2019/gc|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1997 – [[Luis Díaz (footballer, born 1997)|Luis Díaz]], Colombian footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/66669/Luis-D%C3%ADaz/overview |title=Luis Díaz: Overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=11 April 2022 |archive-date=3 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203204000/https://www.premierleague.com/players/66669/Luis-D%C3%ADaz/overview |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1997 – [[Henry Ellenson]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Henry Ellenson |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1627740/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=12 January 2024 |archive-date=12 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112064048/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1627740/career |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1997 – [[Connor McDavid]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1997 – [[Ivan Provorov]], Russian ice hockey player *[[2000]] – [[Harley Smith-Shields]], Australian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/harley-smith-shields/summary.html |title=Rugby League Project |access-date=2024-03-19 |archive-date=2023-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231127011808/https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/harley-smith-shields/summary.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2003]] – [[Oksana Selekhmeteva]], Russian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oksana Selekhmeteva {{!}} Player Stats & More |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/329199/oksana-selekhmeteva |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en |archive-date=2022-10-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017201625/https://www.wtatennis.com/players/329199/oksana-selekhmeteva |url-status=live }}</ref> <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. If there are multiple people in the same birth year, put them in alphabetical order. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. --> ==Deaths== <!-- Please do not add yourself or anyone else without a biography in Wikipedia to this list.--> ===Pre-1600=== *[[86 BC]] – [[Gaius Marius]], Roman general and politician (b. 157 BC) * [[533]] – [[Saint Remigius|Remigius]], French bishop and saint (b. 437) * [[614]] – [[Saint Mungo|Mungo]], English-Scottish bishop and saint * [[703]] – [[Empress Jitō|Jitō]], Japanese empress (b. 645)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Heroic with grace : legendary women of Japan|date=1991|publisher=M.E. Sharpe|editor=Mulhern, Cheiko Irie |isbn=0873325273|edition= 1st|location=Armonk, N.Y.|pages=58|oclc=23015480}}</ref> * [[858]] – [[Æthelwulf of Wessex|Æthelwulf]], king of Wessex *[[AD 888|888]] – [[Charles the Fat]], Frankish king and emperor (b. 839) * [[927]] – [[Berno of Cluny]], Frankish monk and abbot *[[1001]] – [[Fujiwara no Teishi]], Japanese empress (b. 977) *[[1147]] – [[Robert de Craon]], Grand Master of the Knights Templar *[[1151]] – [[Suger]], French historian and politician (b. 1081) *[[1177]] – [[Henry II, Duke of Austria|Henry II]], count palatine and duke of Austria (b. 1107) *[[1321]] – [[Bonacossa Borri]], Italian noblewoman (b. 1254) *[[1330]] – [[Frederick the Fair|Frederick I]], duke and king of Germany *[[1363]] – [[Meinhard III, Count of Gorizia-Tyrol|Meinhard III]], German nobleman (b. 1344) *[[1400]] – [[Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester]], English politician (b. 1373) *[[1599]] – [[Edmund Spenser]], English poet, [[Chief Secretary for Ireland]] (b. 1552) ===1601–1900=== *[[1612]] – [[Jane Dormer]], English lady-in-waiting (b. 1538) *[[1625]] – [[Jan Brueghel the Elder]], Flemish painter (b. 1568) *[[1684]] – [[Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk]], English nobleman (b. 1628) *[[1691]] – [[George Fox]], English religious leader, founded the [[Religious Society of Friends]] (b. 1624) *[[1717]] – [[Maria Sibylla Merian]], German entomologist and illustrator (b. 1647) *[[1775]] – [[Johann Georg Walch]], German theologian and author (b. 1693) *[[1790]] – [[Luc Urbain de Bouëxic, comte de Guichen|Luc Urbain de Bouëxic]], French admiral (b. 1712) *[[1796]] – [[John Anderson (natural philosopher)|John Anderson]], Scottish philosopher and educator (b. 1726) *[[1832]] – [[Thomas Lord]], English cricketer, founded [[Lord's Cricket Ground]] (b. 1755) *[[1838]] – [[Ferdinand Ries]], German pianist and composer (b. 1784) *[[1860]] – [[William Mason (New York politician)|William Mason]], American surgeon and politician (b. 1786) *[[1864]] – [[Stephen Foster]], American composer and songwriter (b. 1826) *[[1872]] – [[William Scamp]], English architect and engineer (b. 1801)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hughes|first1=Quentin|last2=Thake|first2=Conrad|title=Malta, War & Peace: An Architectural Chronicle 1800–2000|date=2005|publisher=Midsea Books Ltd|isbn=9789993270553|page=250|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=75IgAAAACAAJ|access-date=2019-02-09|archive-date=2023-08-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801101149/https://books.google.com/books?id=75IgAAAACAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1882]] – [[Wilhelm Mauser]], German engineer and businessman, co-founded the [[Mauser|Mauser Company]] (b. 1834) *[[1885]] – [[Schuyler Colfax]], American journalist and politician, 17th [[Vice President of the United States]] (b. 1823) *[[1889]] – [[Solomon Bundy]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1823) ===1901–present=== *[[1906]] – [[Alexander Stepanovich Popov]], Russian physicist and academic (b. 1859) *[[1907]] – [[Jakob Hurt]], Estonian theologist and linguist (b. 1839) *[[1915]] – [[Mary Slessor]], Scottish-Nigerian missionary (b. 1848) *[[1916]] – [[Victoriano Huerta]], Mexican military officer and president, 1913–1914 (b. 1850)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thoughtco.com/biography-of-victoriano-huerta-2136491|publisher=Thought Co.|date=March 20, 2019|title=Biography of Victoriano Huerta, President of Mexico 1913–1914|access-date=May 28, 2019|first=Christopher|last=Minster|archive-date=April 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416043340/https://www.thoughtco.com/biography-of-victoriano-huerta-2136491|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1923]] – [[Alexandre Ribot]], French academic and politician, [[Prime Minister of France]] (b. 1842) *[[1924]] – [[Georg Hermann Quincke]], German physicist and academic (b. 1834) *[[1928]] – [[Earle Nelson]], American serial killer{{sfn|Gibson|2006|p=37}} *[[1929]] – [[Wyatt Earp]], American police officer (b. 1848) * 1929 – [[H. B. Higgins]], Irish-Australian judge and politician, 3rd [[Attorney-General for Australia]] (b. 1851) *[[1934]] – [[Paul Ulrich Villard]], French physicist and chemist (b. 1860) *[[1941]] – [[James Joyce]], Irish novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1882) *[[1943]] – [[Sophie Taeuber-Arp]], Swiss painter and sculptor (b. 1889)<ref>{{cite book|last=Gaze|first=Delia|title=Concise Dictionary of Women Artists|location=London|publisher=Fitzroy Deerborn|year=2001|isbn=978-1-57958-335-4|page=651}}</ref> *[[1949]] – [[Aino Aalto]], Finnish architect and designer (b. 1894)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG224348 |title=Aino Aalto |website=[[British Museum]] |access-date=25 January 2022 |archive-date=25 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125072054/https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG224348 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1956]] – [[Lyonel Feininger]], German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1871) *[[1957]] – [[A. E. Coppard]] English poet and short story writer (b. 1878) *[[1958]] – [[Jesse L. Lasky]], American film producer, co-founded [[Paramount Pictures]] (b. 1880) * 1958 – [[Edna Purviance]], American actress (b. 1895) *[[1962]] – [[Ernie Kovacs]], American actor and game show host (b. 1919) *[[1963]] – [[Sylvanus Olympio]], Togolese businessman and politician, [[List of heads of state of Togo|President of Togo]] (b. 1902) *[[1967]] – [[Anatole de Grunwald]], Russian-English screenwriter and producer (b. 1910) *[[1971]] – [[Robert Still]], English composer and educator (b. 1910) *[[1973]] – [[Sabahattin Eyüboğlu]], Turkish screenwriter and producer (b. 1908) *[[1974]] – [[Raoul Jobin]], Canadian tenor and educator (b. 1906) * 1974 – [[Salvador Novo]], Mexican playwright and poet (b. 1904) *[[1976]] – [[Margaret Leighton]], English actress (b. 1922) *[[1977]] – [[Henri Langlois]], Turkish-French historian, co-founded the [[Cinémathèque Française]] (b. 1914) *[[1978]] – [[Hubert Humphrey]], American pharmacist, academic, and politician, 38th [[Vice President of the United States]] (b. 1911) * 1978 – [[Joe McCarthy (manager)|Joe McCarthy]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1887) *[[1979]] – [[Donny Hathaway]], American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1945) * 1979 – [[Marjorie Lawrence]], Australian-American soprano (b. 1907) *[[1980]] – [[Andre Kostelanetz]], Russian-American conductor (b. 1901) *[[1982]] – [[Marcel Camus]], French director and screenwriter (b. 1912) *[[1983]] – [[René Bonnet (businessman)|René Bonnet]], French race car driver and engineer (b. 1904) *[[1986]] – [[Abdul Fattah Ismail]], Yemeni educator and politician, 4th [[President of South Yemen]] (b. 1939) * 1986 – [[Kevin Longbottom]], Australian rugby league player (b. 1940) *[[1988]] – [[Chiang Ching-kuo]], Chinese politician, [[President of the Republic of China]] (b. 1910) *[[1993]] – [[Camargo Guarnieri]], Brazilian composer and conductor (b. 1907) *[[1995]] – [[Max Harris (poet)|Max Harris]], Australian journalist, poet, and author (b. 1921) *[[2002]] – [[Frank Shuster]], Canadian actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1916) *[[2003]] – [[Norman Panama]], American director and screenwriter (b. 1914) *[[2004]] – [[Arne Næss, Jr.]], Norwegian businessman and mountaineer (b. 1937) *[[2005]] – [[Earl Cameron (broadcaster)|Earl Cameron]], Canadian journalist (b. 1915) * 2005 – [[Nell Rankin]], American soprano and actress (b. 1924) *[[2006]] – [[Frank Fixaris]], American journalist and sportscaster (b. 1934) * 2006 – [[Marc Potvin]], Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1967) *[[2007]] – [[Michael Brecker]], American saxophonist and composer (b. 1949) * 2007 – [[Danny Oakes]], American race car driver (b. 1911) *[[2008]] – [[Johnny Podres]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1932) *[[2009]] – [[Dai Llewellyn]], Welsh socialite and politician (b. 1946) * 2009 – [[Patrick McGoohan]], Irish-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1928) * 2009 – [[Mansour Rahbani]], Lebanese poet, composer, and producer (b. 1925) * 2009 – [[W. D. Snodgrass]], American poet (b. 1926) * 2009 – [[Nancy Bird Walton]], Australian pilot (b. 1915) *[[2010]] – [[Teddy Pendergrass]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1950) *[[2011]] – [[Albert Heijn (born 1927)|Albert Heijn]], Dutch businessman (b. 1927) *[[2012]] – [[Rauf Denktaş]], Turkish-Cypriot lawyer and politician, 1st [[President of Northern Cyprus]] (b. 1924) * 2012 – [[Guido Dessauer]], German physicist and engineer (b. 1915) * 2012 – [[Miljan Miljanić]], Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1930) *[[2013]] – [[Diogenes Allen]], American philosopher and theologian (b. 1932) * 2013 – [[Rodney Mims Cook, Sr.]], American lieutenant and politician (b. 1924) * 2013 – [[Chia-Chiao Lin]], Chinese-American mathematician and academic (b. 1916) *[[2014]] – [[Bobby Collins (footballer)|Bobby Collins]], Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1931) * 2014 – [[Randal Tye Thomas]], American journalist and politician (b. 1978) * 2014 – [[Waldemar von Gazen]], German general and lawyer (b. 1917) *[[2015]] – [[Mark Juddery]], Australian journalist and author (b. 1971) * 2015 – [[Robert White (ambassador)|Robert White]], American diplomat, [[United States Ambassador to Paraguay]] (b. 1926) *[[2016]] – [[Brian Bedford]], English-American actor and director (b. 1935) * 2016 – [[Giorgio Gomelsky]], Georgian-American director, producer, songwriter, and manager (b. 1934) * 2016 – [[Lawrence Phillips]], American football player (b. 1975) *[[2017]] – [[Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon]], English photographer and a former member of the British royal family (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38611497|title=Lord Snowdon dies aged 86|work=BBC News|date=13 January 2017|access-date=13 January 2017|archive-date=13 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113151226/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38611497|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2017 – [[Dick Gautier]], American actor (b. 1931)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/dick-gautier-dead-get-smart-hymie-1201960897/|title=Dick Gautier, 'Get Smart' Actor, Dies at 85|date=January 15, 2017|author=Alex Stedman|website=Variety|access-date=11 March 2019|archive-date=1 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701105313/https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/dick-gautier-dead-get-smart-hymie-1201960897/|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2017 – [[Magic Alex]], Greek electronics engineer (b. 1942)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/beatles-associate-magic-alex-dead-at-74-113835/|title=Beatles Associate 'Magic Alex' Dead at 74|date=January 14, 2017|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=11 March 2019|archive-date=15 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415063436/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/beatles-associate-magic-alex-dead-at-74-113835/|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Phil Masinga]], South African footballer (b. 1969)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46854891|title=Ex-Leeds striker Masinga dies aged 49|work=BBC Sport|access-date=2021-02-23|archive-date=2021-01-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111195603/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46854891|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Bryan Monroe]], American journalist and educator, (b. 1965)<ref>{{Cite web|author=Ray Sanchez|title=Bryan Monroe, longtime journalist and former CNNPolitics.com editor, dies at 55|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/13/us/bryan-monroe-obituary/index.html|access-date=2021-01-16|website=CNN|archive-date=2021-01-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115151003/https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/13/us/bryan-monroe-obituary/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2020 – [[Philip Tartaglia]], Scottish prelate, Catholic archbishop of [[Glasgow]] (b. 1951)<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-01-13|title=Archbishop of Glasgow Philip Tartaglia dies with Covid aged 70|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-55650084|access-date=2021-01-15|archive-date=2021-01-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113145429/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-55650084|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Joyce Randolph]], American actress (b. 1924)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Saperstein |first1=Pat |title=Joyce Randolph, Trixie on 'The Honeymooners,' Dies at 99 |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/joyce-randolph-dead-trixie-the-honeymooners-1235871316/ |website=Variety |access-date=January 15, 2024 |language=en |date=January 14, 2023 |archive-date=January 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240115153613/https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/joyce-randolph-dead-trixie-the-honeymooners-1235871316/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[Oliviero Toscani]], Italian photographer (b. 1942)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nierenberg |first=Amelia |date=January 13, 2025 |title=Oliviero Toscani, Driving Force Behind Provocative Benetton Ads, Dies at 82 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/business/oliviero-toscani-benetton-dead.html |access-date=January 15, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence.--> ==Holidays and observances== *Christian [[feast day]]: **Blessed [[Veronica of Milan]] **[[Saint Elian (Wales)|Elian]] **[[Hilary of Poitiers]] **[[Saint Mungo|Mungo]] **[[St. Knut's Day]] or ''Tjugondag Knut'', the last day of Christmas. ([[Sweden]] and [[Finland]]) **[[January 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[Constitution Day]] ([[Mongolia]]) *[[Democracy Day (Cape Verde)]] *[[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 time|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]]) **[[Lohri]] ([[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[Haryana]], [[Himachal Pradesh]]) **[[Uruka]] ([[Assam]]) *[[Stephen Foster Memorial Day]] ([[United States]]) *[[Yennayer]] ([[Berbers]]) ==References== {{reflist}} *{{cite book |last=Fisher|first=Ruth | title = Stalin and German Communism|year=1948| publisher = Transaction Publishers| isbn= 9781412835015}} <small>- Total pages: 687</small> *{{cite book |last=Gibson |first=Dirk Cameron |title=Serial Murder and Media Circuses |place=Westport, Connecticut |publisher=Praeger |year=2006 |isbn=0-275-99064-8 |oclc=67869960}} *{{cite book |last=Liang|first=Hsi-huey | title = The Berlin Police Force in the Weimar Republic|year=1970| publisher = [[University of California Press]]| isbn= 9780520016033}} <small>- Total pages: 252 </small> *{{cite journal|last=Weipert|first=Axel|date=2012|title=Vor den Toren der Macht. Die Demonstration am 13. Januar 1920 vor dem Reichstag.|trans-work=At the gates of power. The demonstration on January 13, 1920 in front of the Reichstag|journal=[[Arbeit - Bewegung - Geschichte]]|volume=11|issue=2|pages=16–32|url=https://www.arbeit-bewegung-geschichte.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Weipert_Jahrbuch_2012_Heft2.pdf|access-date=January 15, 2020|issn=1610-093X|oclc=49930935|archive-date=January 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115221230/https://www.arbeit-bewegung-geschichte.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Weipert_Jahrbuch_2012_Heft2.pdf|url-status=live}} ==External links== {{commons}} * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/13 BBC: On This Day] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221032533/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/13 |date=2007-12-21 }} * {{NYT On this day|month=1|day=13}} * [https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/13 Historical Events on January 13] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621220157/https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/13 |date=2020-06-21 }} {{months}} [[Category:Days of January]]
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