Saturday January 13, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

January 13: Day of the Week

January 13, 2024 was the 13th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 353 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Saturday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Doyōbi.

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Here’s the January calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Capricorn is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

January 13: This Day in History

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).

January 13 Historical Event(s)

532
Nika riots in Constantinople.
1435
Sicut Dudum is promulgated by Pope Eugene IV about the enslaving of black natives in Canary Islands by Spanish natives.
1605
The controversial play Eastward Hoe by Ben Jonson, George Chapman, and John Marston is performed, landing two of the authors in prison.
1822
The design of the Greek flag is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
1847
The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the Mexican-American War in California.
1908
The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
1968
Johnny Cash performs live at Folsom Prison
1972
Prime Minister Kofi Busia and President Edward Akufo-Addo of Ghana are ousted in a bloodless military coup by Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheamphong.
1985
A passenger train plunges into a ravine in Ethiopia, killing 428 in the worst railroad disaster in Africa.
2001
An earthquake hits El Salvador, killing more than 800.

Who were born on January 13?

1562
Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet (d. 1601)
1610
Maria Anna of Austria, Electress of Bavaria (d. 1665)
1898
Kai Munk, Danish playwright and Lutheran pastor, martyr (d. 1944)
1905
Kay Francis, American actress (d. 1968)
1924
Paul Feyerabend, Austrian-born philosopher (d. 1994)
1942
Carol Cleveland, English actress
1947
John Lees, English Musician
1949
Rakesh Sharma, first Indian and 138th person to visit space
1962
Paul Higgins, Canadian hockey player
1986
Joannie Rochette, Canadian figure skater

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