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13 January, 2007
Two thirds of the Venuss southern hemisphere suddenly brightened as something triggered aerosols to form at a furious rate
13 January, 2001
An earthquake hits El Salvador, killing more than 800.
13 January, 1992
Japan apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during World War II.
13 January, 1991
Soviet Union military troops attack Lithuanian independence supporters in Vilnius.
13 January, 1990
L. Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office in Richmond, Virginia.
13 January, 1986
A month-long violent struggle begins in Aden, South Yemen between supporters of Ali Nasir Muhammad and Abdul Fattah Ismail, resulting in thousands of casualties.
13 January, 1982
Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90 737 jet crashes into Washington, DCs 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 including four motorists. Coincidentally, a Washington DC Metro Rail train is derailed, killing 3 people.
13 January, 1974
Seraphim is elected Archbishop of Athens and All Greece.
13 January, 1972
Prime Minister Kofi Busia and President Edward Akufo-Addo of Ghana are ousted in a bloodless military coup by Col. Ignatius Kutu Acheamphong.
13 January, 1968
Johnny Cash records his landmark album At Folsom Prison live at Folsom State Prison.
13 January, 1966
Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member by being appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
13 January, 1964
Hindu-Muslim rioting breaks out in the Indian city of Calcutta - now Kolkata - resulting in the deaths of more than 100 people.
13 January, 1964
Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, is appointed archbishop of Krakow, Poland.
13 January, 1958
Moroccan Liberation Army ambushes Spanish patrol in the Battle of Edchera.
13 January, 1957
The Wham-O Company produces the first Frisbee.
13 January, 1953
Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen as President of Yugoslavia.
13 January, 1942
Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, which is 30% lighter than a regular car.
13 January, 1942
The United States begins Japanese American internment.
13 January, 1942
World War II: First use of aircraft ejection seat by a German test pilot in a Heinkel He 280 jet fighter.
13 January, 1939
The Black Friday bush fires burn 20,000 square kilometres of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people.
13 January, 1938
The Church of England accepts the theory of evolution.
13 January, 1935
A plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Nazi Germany.
13 January, 1934
The Candidate of Science degree is established in the USSR.
13 January, 1930
The Mickey Mouse comic strip makes its first appearance.
13 January, 1915
An earthquake in Avezzano, Italy kills 29,800.
13 January, 1910
Opera was broadcast on the radio for the first time with Enrico Caruso singing from the stage of New Yorks Metropolitan Opera House.
13 January, 1898
Emile Zolas Jaccuse exposes the Dreyfus affair.
13 January, 1893
The Independent Labour Party of the UK has its first meeting.
13 January, 1893
U.S. Marines land in Honolulu from the U.S.S. Boston to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution.
13 January, 1869
National convention of black leaders meets in Washington D.C.
13 January, 1847
The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the Mexican-American War in California.
13 January, 1842
Dr. William Brydon, a surgeon in the British Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for being the sole survivor of an army of 16,500 when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad.
13 January, 1840
The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
13 January, 1832
President Andrew Jackson writes to Vice President Martin Van Buren expressing his opposition to South Carolinas defiance of federal authority in the Nullification Crisis.
13 January, 1830
The Great fire of New Orleans, Louisiana begins.
13 January, 1822
The design of the Greek flag is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
13 January, 1785
John Walter publishes the first issue of the Daily Universal Register (later renamed The Times).
13 January, 1733
James Oglethorpe and 130 colonists arrive in Charleston, South Carolina.
13 January, 1625
John Milton is admitted to Christs College, Cambridge at the age of 16.
13 January, 1622
Work on the printing of the First Folio of William Shakespeare is suspended.
13 January, 1610
Galileo Galilei discovers Callisto, 4th moon of Jupiter.
13 January, 1607
The Bank of Genoa fails after announcement of national bankruptcy in Spain.
13 January, 1605
The controversial play Eastward Hoe by Ben Jonson, George Chapman, and John Marston is performed, landing two of the authors in prison.
13 January, 1602
William Shakespeares The Merry Wives of Windsor is published.
13 January, 1547
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey is sentenced to death.
13 January, 1328
Edward III of England marries Philippa of Hainault, daughter of the Count of Hainault.
13 January, 888
Odo, Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks.
13 January, 532
Nika riots in Constantinople.

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