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)
1785
John Walter publishes the first issue of the Daily Universal Register (later renamed The Times).
1830
The Great fire of New Orleans, Louisiana begins.
1840
The 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 sole survivor of an army of 4,500 men and 12,000 camp followers when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad.
1898
Emile Zola’s J'accuse exposes the Dreyfus affair.
1935
A plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Nazi Germany.
1951
First Indochina War: The Battle of Vinh Yen begins, which will end in a major victory for France.
1964
Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, is appointed archbishop of Krakow, Poland.
1982
Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737 jet crashes into Washington, DC’s 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 including four motorists.
1993
Space 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?
1651
Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (d. 1694)
1808
Salmon P. Chase, 6th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1873)
1893
Clark Ashton Smith, American writer (d. 1961)
1919
Robert Stack, American actor (d. 2003)
1968
Traci Bingham, American actress
1971
Phil Whyman, English paranormal researcher, television personality, writer and musician
1978
Ashmit Patel, Indian actor
1981
Jason James, Welsh bassist
1983
Ronny Turiaf, French basketball player
1987
Stefano Del Sante, Italian footballer
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