13 January
Notable Births
Oksana Selekhmeteva
b. 2003
Russian tennis player (born 2003)
Harley Smith-Shields
b. 2000
Australian rugby league footballer
Douglas Augusto
b. 1997
Brazilian footballer (born 1997)
Egan Bernal
b. 1997
Colombian cyclist
Luis Díaz (footballer, born 1997)
b. 1997
Colombian footballer
Henry Ellenson
b. 1997
American basketball player (born 1997)
Connor McDavid
b. 1997
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1997)
Ivan Provorov
b. 1997
Russian ice hockey player (born 1997)
Natalia Dyer
b. 1995
American actress (born 1995)
Maxim Mamin (ice hockey, born 1995)
b. 1995
Russian ice hockey player (born 1995)
Eros Vlahos
b. 1995
English actor and comedian (born 1995)
Vasilije Micić
b. 1994
Serbian basketball player (born 1994)
Max Whitlock
b. 1993
English artistic gymnast (born 1993)
Adam Matthews
b. 1992
Welsh footballer
Dinah Pfizenmaier
b. 1992
German tennis player
Austin Watson
b. 1992
American ice hockey player (born 1992)
Vincenzo Fiorillo
b. 1990
Italian footballer (born 1990)
Liam Hemsworth
b. 1990
Australian actor (born 1990)
Morgan Burnett
b. 1989
American football player and coach (born 1989)
Heath Hembree
b. 1989
American baseball player (born 1989)
Notable Deaths
Scott Adams
d. 2026
American cartoonist and author (1957–2026)
David Webb (Hong Kong activist)
d. 2026
Hong Kong activist investor (1965–2026)
Oliviero Toscani
d. 2025
Italian photographer (1942–2025)
Joyce Randolph
d. 2024
American actress (1924–2024)
Philip Tartaglia
d. 2020
Catholic archbishop of Glasgow (1951–2021)
Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon
d. 2017
British photographer and filmmaker (1930–2017)
Dick Gautier
d. 2017
American actor (1931–2017)
Magic Alex
d. 2017
Greek electronics engineer (1942–2017)
Brian Bedford
d. 2016
English actor (1935–2016)
Giorgio Gomelsky
d. 2016
Georgian musician (1934–2016)
Lawrence Phillips
d. 2016
American gridiron football player (1975–2016)
Robert E. White
d. 2015
American diplomat (1926–2015)
Waldemar von Gazen
d. 2014
Officer in the German Wehrmacht
Diogenes Allen
d. 2013
American philosopher and theologian
Rodney Mims Cook Sr.
d. 2013
American politician (1924–2013)
Chia-Chiao Lin
d. 2013
Chinese-born American mathematician
Rauf Denktaş
d. 2012
Founder and first president of Northern Cyprus (served 1983–2005)
Guido Dessauer
d. 2012
German physicist (1915–2012)
Miljan Miljanić
d. 2012
Serbian footballer
Albert Heijn Jr.
d. 2011
Dutch supermarket tycoon (1927–2011)
On This Day in History
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2021
Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump is impeached for a second time on a charge of incitement of insurrection following the January 6 United States Capitol attack one week prior.
President of the United States
2020
The Thai Ministry of Public Health confirms the first case of COVID-19 outside China.
Ministry of Public Health (Thailand)
2018
A false emergency alert warning of an impending missile strike in Hawaii causes widespread panic in the state.
2018 Hawaii false missile alert
2012
The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia sinks off the coast of Italy due to the captain Francesco Schettino's negligence and irresponsibility. There are 32 confirmed deaths.
Cruise ship
2004
Uzbekistan Airways Flight 1154 crashes while landing at Tashkent International Airport, killing 37.
Uzbekistan Airways Flight 1154
2003
208996 Achlys was discovered by Chad Trujillo and Michael E. Brown at Palomar Observatory.
208996 Achlys
2001
An earthquake hits El Salvador, killing more than 800.
January 2001 El Salvador earthquake
2000
A Short 360 aircraft chartered by the Sirte Oil Company crashes off the coast of Brega, Libya, killing 21.
Short 360
1998
Alfredo Ormando sets himself on fire in St. Peter's Square, protesting against homophobia.
Alfredo Ormando
1993
Space Shuttle program: Endeavour heads for space for the third time as STS-54 launches from the Kennedy Space Center.
Space Shuttle program
1993
The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) is signed.
Chemical Weapons Convention
1993
Operation Southern Watch: U.S.A.F., U.S.N., R.A.F. and French Air Force jets attack AAA and SAM sites in Southern Iraq.
Operation Southern Watch
1991
Soviet Union troops attack Lithuanian independence supporters in Vilnius, killing 14 people and wounding around 1,000 others.
January Events
1990
Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office as Governor of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia.
Douglas Wilder
1988
Lee Teng-hui becomes the first native Taiwanese President of the Republic of China.
Lee Teng-hui
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.
Aden
1985
A passenger train plunges into a ravine in Ethiopia, killing 428 in the worst railroad disaster in Africa.
Awash rail disaster
1982
Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737 jet, crashes into Washington, D.C.'s 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 including four motorists.
Air Florida Flight 90
1978
United States Food and Drug Administration requires all blood donations to be labeled "paid" or "volunteer" donors.
Food and Drug Administration
1977
Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight 1045, a Douglas DC-8 jet, crashes onto the runway during takeoff from Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, killing five.
Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight 1045