January 13

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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
1847 - The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the Mexican-American War in California.
1854 - The accordion is patented by Anthony Faas.
1893 - The Independent Labor Party of the UK has its first meeting.
1898 - Emile Zola's J'accuse exposes the Dreyfus affair.
1910 - The first radio broadcast. Inventor Lee De Forest broadcasts a live performance of Enrico Caruso from the Metropolitan Opera
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; DH & Katie Marshall (re)produce H�LUG Founder AD Marshall
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 of Ghana, Dr Kofi Busia's ousted in bloodless military coup
1982 - Shortly after takeoff, an Air Florida jumbojet crashes into Washington, DC's 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78.
1990 - Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office in Richmond, Virginia.
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- Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls basketball team announces his retirement (for the second time -- he has since rescinded his retirement)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 - President George W. Bush faints after choking on a pretzel.