What Day of the Week
January 13: Day of the Week
January 13, 2023 was the 13th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 352 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is vendredi.
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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)
- 888Odo, Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks.
- 1328Edward III of England marries Philippa of Hainault, daughter of the Count of Hainault.
- 1733James Oglethorpe and 130 colonists arrive in Charleston, South Carolina.
- 1830The Great fire of New Orleans, Louisiana begins.
- 1842Dr. William Brydon, an assistant surgeon in the British East India Company Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for being the sole survivor of an army of 4,500 men and 12,000 camp followers when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad.
- 1913Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated was founded on the campus of Howard University.
- 1964Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, is appointed archbishop of Krakow, Poland.
- 1966Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member by being appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
- 1990L. Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office in Richmond, Virginia.
- 1993Space Shuttle program: Endeavour heads for space for the third time as STS-54 launches from the Kennedy Space Center.
Who were born on January 13?
- 1562Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet (d. 1601)
- 1812Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (d. 1883)
- 1886Art Ross, Canadian ice hockey player and executive (d. 1964)
- 1906Zhou Youguang, Chinese linguist
- 1938Shivkumar Sharma, santoor player, music composer
- 1947Carles Rexach, former Spanish-Catalan footballer and coach
- 1954Trevor Rabin, South African guitarist (Yes)
- 1963Kevin McClatchy, American businessman
- 1983Ronny Turiaf, French basketball player
- 1983Sebastian Kneißl, German footballer
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