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January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. It is still celebrated as New Year's Eve by those on the Julian calendar. There are 352 days remaining (353 in a leap year).

Events

888 - Odo, Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks.

1328 - Edward III of England marries Philippa, daughter of the Count of Hainault.

1602 - William Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor is published.

1605 - The controversial play Eastward Ho! by Ben Jonson, George Chapman, and John Marston is performed, landing two of the authors in prison.

1607 - Bank of Genoa fails after announcement of national bankruptcy in Spain.

1622 - Work on the printing of the First Folio of William Shakespeare is suspended.

1625 - John Milton, 16, admitted to Christ's College, Cambridge.

1847 - The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the Mexican-American War in California.

1854 - The accordion is patented by Anthony Faas.

1893 - The Independent Labour Party of the UK has its first meeting.

1898 - Emile Zola's J'accuse exposes the Dreyfus affair.

1913 - Delta Sigma Theta, Sorority, Inc. founded. Currently the largest African-American women's organization

1935 - A plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Nazi Germany.

1942 - Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, which is 30% lighter than a regular car.

1953 - Marshal Josip Broz Tito chosen President of Yugoslavia.

1957 - Wham-O Company produces the first Frisbee.

1958 - Moroccan Liberation Army ambushes Spanish patrol in the Battle of Edchera

1966 - Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member by being appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

1972 - Prime Minister Kofi Busia and President Edward Akufo-Addo of Ghana were ousted in a bloodless military coup by Col. Ignatius Kutu Acheampong.

1982 - Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90 737 jet crashes into Washington, DC's 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 including four motorists. Plane was not properly de-iced. There were five survivors.

1986 - A month-long violent struggle began in Aden, South Yemen between supporters of Ali Nasir Muhammad and Abdul Fattah Ismail, resulting in thousands of casualties.

1989 - The final episode of the American soap opera Ryan's Hope is aired, ending a 14-year run on the network.

1990 - L. Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office in Richmond, Virginia.

1991 - Soviet military troops attacked Lithuanian independence supporters in Vilnius.

1992 - Japan apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during World War II.

1998 - ABC and ESPN negotiate a $1.15 billion a season contract to keep Monday Night Football.

1999 - Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls basketball team announces his retirement (for the second time -- he has since rescinded his retirement).

2001 - An earthquake hits El Salvador. More than 5,000 deaths.

2002 - US President George W. Bush faints after choking on a pretzel.