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Historical Events Happened In January - 13

Thursday, 23 May 2013

1962 Comedian Ernie Kovacs is killed in a car crash in Los Angeles on this day in history.

1962 On this day in history "Do Re Mi" closes at St James Theater NYC after 400 performances

1962 On this day in history ernie Kovacs, comedian, dies in a car crash in West LA, at 42

1963 AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 21-14 on this day in history.

1963 On this day in history leonardus G Kortenhorst, Dutch MP (KVP), dies at 76

1964 Karol Wojtyla becomes archbishop of Krakow on this day in history.

1964 USS Manley evacuates 54 American and 36 allied nationals after Zanzibar government is overthrown on this day in history.

1966 On this day in history first black selected for Presidential cabinet (LBJ selects Robert C Weaver-HUD)

1966 On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1967 Coup in Togo on this day in history.

1967 On this day in history rolling Stones appear on Ed Sullivan Show

1968 "Hallelujah, Baby!" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City NY after 293 performances on this day in history.

1968 Beginning of Tet-offensive in Vietnam on this day in history.

1968 Minnesota North Stars center Bill Masterton fatally injured (dies on 15th) on this day in history.

1968 On this day in history bill Masterson, NHL player for the Minnesota Northstars checked into the boards, dies two days later

1969 On this day in history beatles release "Yellow Submarine" album

1969 On this day in history fred Price, cricket wicket-keep (Engld, v Aust Headingley 1938), dies

1971 On this day in history bernard "Heinz" Lammerding, Germ SS-gen/contractor (Tulle), dies at 65

1976 On this day in history margaret Leighton, Brit actress (Much ado about nothing), dies at 53

1978 Former U.S. Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey dies in Waverly, Minnesota, at age 66 on this day in history.

1978 On this day in history hubert Humphrey, (Sen-D-Minn, VP), dies at 66 in Waverly, Minn

1979 Charlie Daniels hosts the Volunteer Jam on this day in history.

1979 YMCA files libel suit against Village People's YMCA song on this day in history.

1979 On this day in history donny Hathaway, Chicago Ill, rocker (Ghetto), commits suicide at 33

1980 Head of narcotic brigade arrested for drug smuggling in Belgium on this day in history.

1980 On this day in history togo's constitution becomes effective

1980 Andre Kostelanetz, Russian conductor, dies at 78 on this day in history.

1981 On this day in history barbara Sonntag, Colorado, crochets record 147 stitches/minutes for 30 minutes

1981 On this day in history emiel van Hemeldonck, Belgian writer (Mary, My Child), dies at 83

1982 On this day in history hank Aaron &Frank Robinson elected to Hall of Fame

1982 Seventy-eight people die in Washington, D.C., when an Air Florida 737 crashes into a bridge after takeoff and falls into the Potomac River on this day in history.

1982 Marcel Camus, French director (Orfeu Negro), dies at 69 on this day in history.

1983 Arthur Space, actor (Doc Weaver-Lassie), dies of cancer at 74 on this day in history.

1985 On this day in history 99-year-old Otto Bucher scores a hole-in-one at Spanish golf course

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Famous Birthdays In January - 13

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1334 King Henry II of Castile (d. 1379) was born on this day in history.

1381 On this day in history birth of st Colette, abbess/reformer (Poor Clares)

1406 Matteo Palmieri, Italian writer (Della vita civile) was born on this day in history.

1505 On this day in history birth of joachim II Hector, ruler (Brandenburg)

1562 Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet (d. 1601) was born on this day in history.

1596 On this day in history birth of jan J Goyen, Dutch landscape painter

1610 On this day in history birth of maria Anna of Austria, Electress of Bavaria (d. 1665)

1616 Antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic/French religious fanatic was born on this day in history.

Famous Deaths In January - 13

Famous People Died On This Day In History

1049 Derrick IV, Count of Holland (1039-49), dies in battle on this day in history.

1138 On this day in history death of simon I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1076)

1151 Death of Abbot Suger, French statesman and historian (b. 1081) on this day in history.

1177 Hendrik Jasomirgott Babenberg, Duke of Austria, dies on this day in history.

1307 Arnoud van Foreest, Dom deacon of Utrecht, dies on this day in history.

1330 Frederick (III), the Handsome, duke of Austrian/German anti-king, dies on this day in history.

1363 Death of Meinhard III of Gorizia-Tyrol (b. 1344) on this day in history.

1488 On this day in history death of hermann Vischer, "the Old", buried