Page 5: Historical Events In January - 13
Monday, 18 August 2025
1915 On this day in history sS Roebuck, formerly on the Channel Islands service, she was taken over for government service after the outbreak of war and renamed HMS Roedene under which name while at Scapa Flow she dragged her anchor and fell across the bows of the battleship HMS Imperieuse, after which she sank.
1915 On January - 13 w Churchill presents plan for assault on Dardanelles
1915 On January - 13 earthquake in Avezzano Italy kills 29,800
1915 On January - 13 edward Frederick Weston Goodman, property developer
1916 On this day in history bella Lewitsky, choreographer
1917 Felix Guerro Diaz, composer on January - 13.
1918 On this day in history lester Sill, pioneer music publisher/record producer
1919 Dutch Soccer team OSV forms on January - 13.
1919 On this day in history army Archerd, Hollywood columnist/TV host (Movie Game)
1920 On this day in history new York Times editorial (falsely) reports rockets can never fly
1920 NY Times editorial (falsely) reports rockets can never fly on this day in history.
1922 On this day in history conference of Cannes concerning German retribution payments ended
1922 Buck Weaver, a Black Sox, applies unsuccessfully for reinstatement on January - 13.
1923 On January - 13 danil Shafran, cellist
1924 Nationalist Wafd-party wins Egyptian parliament elections on January - 13.
1924 On this day in history philip Rawson, artist/teacher
1924 Georg H Quincke, German physicist (Test of Quincke), dies at 89 on January - 13.
1925 On this day in history gwen Verdon, LA, actress/singer/dancer (Cotton Club, Sweet Charity)
1926 On January - 13 the birth of Michael Bond, Creator of 'Padington Bear'
1926 Carolyn Heilbrun, [Amanda Cross], author (Lady Ottoline's Album) on this day in history.
1927 US &Mexico battle over oil interests on January - 13.
1927 US & Mexico battle over oil interests on January - 13.
1928 David Sheiner, NYC, actor (Paul-Mr Novak, Norman-Diana) on this day in history.
1928 On this day in history johan Peter Koch, Danish officer/explorer, dies at 57
1929 On this day in history humanist Society established, Hollywood CA
1929 Humanist Society established, Hollywood Calif on this day in history.
1929 On January - 13 joseph Anthony Pass, guitarist
1929 On January - 13 wyatt Earp, US marshall (OK Corral), dies at 80
1930 On this day in history "Mickey Mouse" comic strip first appears
1930 On January - 13 "Mickey Mouse" comic strip 1st appears
1930 C-E Auguste Rateau, French inventor (R-steam turbine), dies at 66 on January - 13.
1934 The Candidate of Science degree is established in the USSR on January - 13.
1934 Jean-Baptiste Marchand, soldier/explorer (Sudan), dies at 70 on January - 13.
1935 On this day in history plebiscite in Saar, indicates a desire (90.3%) to join Nazi Germany
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