January 13th, 1915

Born on January 13th, 1915

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What happened on January 13th, 1915?

January 13th, 1915

The 6.7 Mw  Avezzano earthquake shakes the Province of L'Aquila in Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 29,978 and 32,610.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1915_Avezzano_earthquake

January 13th, 1915

About 30,000 people were killed when an earthquake struck the Province of L'Aquila in Italy.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1915_Avezzano_earthquake

What else happened on January 13th?

January 13th, 2012

The Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground on a reef and capsized off Isola del Giglio, Tuscany.

January 13th, 2000

Steve Ballmer replaced Bill Gates as the chief executive officer of Microsoft.

January 13th, 1972

Ghanaian military officer Ignatius Kutu Acheampong led a coup to overthrow Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia and President Edward Akufo-Addo.

January 13th, 1968

American singer Johnny Cash recorded his landmark album At Folsom Prison live at Folsom Prison in California.

January 13th, 1963

Togo's first president, Sylvanus Olympio (pictured), was assassinated by military officers in a coup d'état led by Emmanuel Bodjollé, Étienne Eyadéma, and Kléber Dadjo.

January 13th, 1884

Welsh physician William Price (pictured) was arrested for attempting to cremate his deceased infant son; this eventually led to the United Kingdom cremation act becoming law.

January 13th, 1847

The Treaty of Cahuenga was signed, informally ending the fighting of the Mexican–American War in California.

January 13th, 1842

First Anglo-Afghan War: William Brydon, an assistant surgeon in the British Army, was the sole European of the 14,000 people retreating from Kabul to Jalalabad who evaded capture or death.

January 13th, 1815

War of 1812: British troops captured Fort Peter in St. Marys, Georgia, in the only battle of the war to take place in the state.

January 13th, 1797

French Revolutionary Wars: A naval battle off the coast of Brittany between two British frigates and a French ship of the line ended with hundreds of deaths when the latter ran aground.

January 13th, 1435

Pope Eugene IV promulgated the papal bull Sicut dudum, forbidding the enslavement of the native Guanche of the Canary Islands by the Spanish.

January 13th, 2000

A Short 360 aircraft chartered by the Sirte Oil Company crashes off the coast of Brega, Libya, killing 21.

January 13th, 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.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 13th

Born on January 13th, 1915

61

Bobby Hackett

American jazz trumpeter (1915–1976)

*January 13th, 1915, Providence †June 7th, 1976, Massachusetts

77

Louis Amade

French official and lyricist (1915-1992)

*January 13th, 1915, Ille-sur-Têt †October 4th, 1992, 4th arrondissement of Paris

71

Heinz Neukirchen

German politician (1915-1986)

*January 13th, 1915, Duisburg †December 8th, 1986, Rostock

79

Hans Müller

German physician (1915-1994)

*January 13th, 1915, Düsseldorf †December 4th, 1994, Beijing

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 13th?

91

Osa Massen

Danish actress (1914-2006)

*January 13th, 1914, Copenhagen †January 2nd, 2006, Santa Monica

45

Yang Wei

Chinese badminton player

*January 13th, 1979, Guangdong

48

Robert Mateusiak

Badminton player

*January 13th, 1976, Wołomin

35

Derek Wong

Singaporean badminton player

*January 13th, 1989, Singapore

89

Bengt Gustavsson

Swedish footballer (1928-2017)

*January 13th, 1928, Ringarum †February 16th, 2017, Norrköping

75

Gwen Verdon

American dancer and actress (1925-2000)

*January 13th, 1925, Culver City †October 18th, 2000, Woodstock

66

Jijé

Comic artist

*January 13th, 1914, Gedinne †June 19th, 1980, Versailles

93

Frances Sternhagen

American actress

*January 13th, 1930, Washington, D.C. †November 27th, 2023, New Rochelle

87

Rosemary Murphy

German-American actress (1925–2014)

*January 13th, 1927, Munich †July 5th, 2014, New York City

43

Lee Hyo-jung

South Korean badminton player

*January 13th, 1981, Busan

86

Chris Wiggins

Canadian actor

*January 13th, 1931, Blackpool †February 19th, 2017, Elora

40

Kęstutis Navickas

Lithuanian badminton player

*January 13th, 1984, Kaunas

76

Ruth Taylor

American actress (1908-1984)

*January 13th, 1908, Grand Rapids †April 12th, 1984, Palm Springs

83

Denise Guénard

French sprinter (1934-2017)

*January 13th, 1934, Saint-Maurice †May 23rd, 2017, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre

30

Edi Subaktiar

Badminton player

*January 13th, 1994, Sidoarjo

84

Shivkumar Sharma

Indian classical musician

*January 13th, 1938, Jammu †May 10th, 2022, Mumbai

51

Ain Matvere

Estonian badminton player

*January 13th, 1967, Tartu †May 14th, 2018, Tartu

30

Emmanuel Donkor

Badminton player

*January 13th, 1994, Sekondi-Takoradi

29

Dylan Soedjasa

Badminton player

*January 13th, 1995, Takapuna

55

Steve Wiebe

American electronic sports player

*January 13th, 1969, Seattle

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Born in 1915

96

Harry Morgan

American actor (1915–2011)

*April 10th, 1915, Detroit †December 7th, 2011, Los Angeles

47

Édith Piaf

French singer (1915–1963)

*December 19th, 1915, Paris †October 10th, 1963, Grasse

90

Jean Parker

American actress

*August 11th, 1915, Deer Lodge †November 30th, 2005, Woodland Hills

89

Wee Kim Wee

4th President of Singapore (1915–2005)

*November 4th, 1915, Singapore †May 2nd, 2005, Siglap

82

Frank Sinatra

American singer and actor (1915–1998)

*December 12th, 1915, Hoboken †May 14th, 1998, Los Angeles

91

Augusto Pinochet

Dictator of Chile from 1973 to 1990

*November 25th, 1915, Valparaíso †December 10th, 2006, Santiago

67

Ingrid Bergman

Swedish actress (1915–1982)

*August 29th, 1915, Hedvig Eleonora parish †August 29th, 1982, London

98

Eli Wallach

American actor (1915–2014)

*December 7th, 1915, Brooklyn †June 24th, 2014, New York City

80

Jo Van Fleet

American actress (1915-1996)

*December 29th, 1915, Oakland †June 10th, 1996, Queens

85

Jacques Chaban-Delmas

82nd Prime Minister of France

*March 7th, 1915, 13th arrondissement of Paris †November 10th, 2000, 7th arrondissement of Paris

44

Billie Holiday

American jazz singer (1915–1959)

*April 7th, 1915, Philadelphia †July 17th, 1959, New York City

67

Fernando Lamas

Argentine-born actor

*January 9th, 1915, Buenos Aires †October 8th, 1982, Los Angeles

101

Ren Xinmin

Chinese scientist

*December 5th, 1915, Ningguo †February 12th, 2017, Beijing

86

Anthony Quinn

Mexican and American actor (1915–2001)

*April 21st, 1915, Chihuahua City †June 3rd, 2001, Boston

94

Paul Samuelson

American economist

*May 15th, 1915, Gary †December 13th, 2009, Belmont

86

Fred Hoyle

British astronomer

*June 24th, 1915, Bingley †August 20th, 2001, Bournemouth

90

Barnard Hughes

American actor (1915–2006)

*July 16th, 1915, Westchester County †July 11th, 2006, New York City

99

Charles Hard Townes

20th-century American physicist

*July 28th, 1915, Greenville †January 27th, 2015, Oakland

89

Saul Bellow

Canadian-American writer

*June 10th, 1915, Lachine †April 5th, 2005, Brookline

81

Lars Ahlin

Swedish author and aesthetiian

*April 4th, 1915, Sundsvall †March 11th, 1997, Stockholm

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 13th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Old New Year's Eve , Sidereal winter solstice's eve celebrations in South and Southeast Asian cultures; the last day of the six-month Dakshinayana period) which are celebrated on January 13th.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1915 is a normal year and no leap year.

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