13 January In History - What Happened On This Day

According to Gregory calendar, January 13 is the day number 13 in a given year. January 13 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.

Event Year	Incident/Event
1559	Elizabeth I) became the Empress of England.
1610	Italian astronomer, physicist and mathematician Galileo Galileo discovered Callisto, the fourth satellite of Jupiter.
1750	The Treaty of Madrid between Spain and Portugal authorized a larger Brazil than the Treaty of Turdicillus of 1494, which originally established the boundaries of the Portuguese and Spanish territories of South America.
1794	Congress averaged 15 stars and 15 stripes in the US flag.
1797	French Revolutionary Wars: A naval battle off the coast of Brittany between two British frigates and a French ship of the line ended with over 900 deaths when the latter ran aground.
1815	War of 1812-British troops captured Fort Peter in St. Marys,Georgia, the only battle of the war to take place in the state.
1818	Rana of Udaipur compromised with Britain for the protection of Mewar.
1822	The design of the country's modern flag was adopted by the National Assembly of Greece for their first naval flag in Epidador.
1822	The design of the current flag of Greece was adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus for their naval flag.
1842	First Anglo-Afghan War-William Brydon, an assistant surgeon inthe British Army, arrived at Jalalabad, Afghanistan, the sole Europeansurvivor of the massacre of over 4,500 military personnel and over10,000 civilian camp followers retreating from Kabul, excluding a fewprisoners released later.
1874	American troops were sent to Honolulu to protect the king.
1893	The Independent Labor Party began its first meeting in the United Kingdom.
1898	J'accuse...!, an open letter by French writer Émile Zola toPresident Félix Faure of the French Republic, was published by theParisian newspaper L'Aurore, accusing the highest levels of the FrenchArmy in covering up the truth of the Dreyfus affair.
1898	J'accuse...!, an open letter by French writer Émile Zola toPresident Félix Faure of the French Republic, was published by theParisian newspaper L'Aurore, accusing the highest levels of the FrenchArmy in covering up the truth of the Dreyfus affair.
1910	The first public radio broadcast, a live performance of the opera Cavalleria rusticana, was sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.
1910	Radio was broadcast for the first time. The transmission of which could also be heard on a ship located 20 km away in the sea.
1915	About 30,000 people in Avezzano, Italy—96% of its population—were killed when an earthquake struck the region.
1915	More than 30 thousand people died in the devastating earthquake in Avezzano, Italy.
1930	The first Mickey Mouse comic strip was published.
1938	The country's famous santoor player Pandit Shivkumar was born.
1948	Mahatma Gandhi began his last fast.
1953	An article published in Pravda accused some of the most prestigious physicians in the Soviet Union, mostly Jews, of taking part in a vast plot to poison members of the top Soviet political and military leadership.
1953	Marshal Josip was elected President of Yugoslavia.
1961	Former British Navy aircraft carrier HMS Vengeance was commissioned in the Brazilian Navy as Minas Gerais.
1966	The US conducted a nuclear test in Nawada.
1967	General Gnassingbé Eyadéma seized power in Togo after a coup d'état, ruling as head of state until his death in February 2005.
1968	American singer Johnny Cash recorded his landmark album At Folsom Prison live at the Folsom State Prison in Folsom, California.
1978	NASA selected the first American female astronaut.
1986	The month-long South Yemen Civil War began in Aden between supporters of President Ali Nasir Muhammad and his predecessor Abdul Fattah Ismail, resulting in thousands of casualties.
1990	Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office in Richmond, Virginia.
1993	The United States and its allies launched airstrikes on Iraq to implement a no-fly zone in southern Iraq.
1995	America's cup race won by American 3 and she became the 1st all-female crew to win the cup.
1998	St. James Theater, New York City open “Patti LaBelle On the Broadway,”.
2001	In El Salvador 850 people were killed due to landslide and earthquake.
2001	The first of two large earthquakes struck El Salvador, killing at least 944 people and destroy over 100,000 homes.
2009	Ethiopian military forces start pulling out of Somalia after a continuous try of two years.
2009	Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Farrukh Abdullah was made the President of the National Conference.
2012	The Island nation of Kiribati re-elects President. Anote Tong to a third term with over 42% of the vote.
2012	The Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground on a reef off the shore of Isola del Giglio, Tuscany, and partially sank.
2013	The time Warner Inc. film, “Agro” wins the best drama and best director award, at the 70th Golden Globe Awards.
2014	Earthquake of 6.5 magnitude hit the coast of Puerto Rico killing a number of people.
2014	In the west Virginia, methylcyclohexane methanol, a chemical industry releases its chemicals in water due to which 10 people were hospitalized.
896	Emperor Zhao Zong appointed Li Keyong as the Prince of Jin, who began his reign as first emperor of Jin following the collapse of theTang Dynasty in China.

Event Year	Incident/Event
1450	Portuguese sailor Baratholomieu Díaz was born. Vasco da Gama discovered the waterway of India only using the waterway of Deyaz.
1949	Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian wing commander to go into space, was born.

Birth Year	Name/Category/Country
1949	Rakesh Sharma / pilot / India
1859	Bhupendra Nath Basu / Politician / India
1879	Sarojini Naidu / Poet / India
1913	C. Achutha Menon / Politician / India
1919	Marri Chenna Reddy / Politician / India
1948	Gaj Singh / Politician / India
1949	Rakesh Sharma / Astronaut / India
1949	Rakesh Sharma / Pilot / India
1978	Ashmit Patel / Actor / India
1983	Imran Khan / Actor / India

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