January 13th, 1978

Born on January 13th, 1978

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What happened on January 13th, 1978?

January 13th, 1978

United States Food and Drug Administration requires all blood donations to be labeled "paid" or "volunteer" donors.

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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, 1915

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

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, 1978

46

Paulo César Tinga

Brazilian association football player

*January 13th, 1978, Porto Alegre

46

Nate Silver

American statistician, journalist, and poker player

*January 13th, 1978, East Lansing

46

Jwaundace Candece

American professional wrestler, actress and stuntwoman

*January 13th, 1978, Birmingham

46

Ashmit Patel

Indian actor

*January 13th, 1978, Mumbai

46

Gordon Jewett

Canadian cross-country skier

*January 13th, 1978, Toronto

46

Sebastian Rejman

Finnish guitarist and singer

*January 13th, 1978, Kallio

46

Chérif Touré Mamam

Togolese footballer

*January 13th, 1978, Mango

31

Mohit Sharma

Ashoka Chakra recipient

*January 13th, 1978, Rohtak †March 21st, 2009, Kupwara district

46

Victor Pecoraro

Brazilian actor

*January 13th, 1978, São Caetano do Sul

46

Seda Akman

Turkish actress

*January 13th, 1978, Kütahya

46

Natalya Roshchupkina

Athletics competitor

*January 13th, 1978, Lipetsk

46

Mike Pegues

American basketball player and coach

*January 13th, 1978, Washington, D.C.

46

Massimo Mutarelli

Italian footballer

*January 13th, 1978, Como

46

Sylvain Moukwelle

French association football player (1978-)

*January 13th, 1978, Douala

46

Chiara Cassin

Olympic synchronized swimmer

*January 13th, 1978, Mestre

46

Aren Miller

Canadian ice hockey player

*January 13th, 1978, Oxbow

46

Kofi Okyere Darko

Ghanaian fashion designer

*January 13th, 1978, Winneba

46

Nenad Buljan

Swimmer

*January 13th, 1978, Zagreb

46

Ivan Belák

Slovak footballer

*January 13th, 1978, Handlová

46

Philippe Bidabé

French rugby union footballer

*January 13th, 1978, Cambo-les-Bains

46

Palnati Surya Pratap

Indian film director

*January 13th, 1978, Bhadrachalam

46

Joanna Frydrych

Polish politician and deputy

*January 13th, 1978, Krosno

46

Chris De Witte

Belgian association football player

*January 13th, 1978, Antwerp

46

Vicbart Geraldino

Olympic judoka

*January 13th, 1978, Santo Domingo

46

Lisbeth Simper

Danish bicycle racer, born 1978

*January 13th, 1978, Denmark

46

Michael H. Weber

American screenwriter and film producer

*January 13th, 1978, Great Neck

46

Barış Tok

Turkish motorcycle racer

*January 13th, 1978, Turkey

46

Mayumi Sako

Japanese actress

*January 13th, 1978, Tokyo

46

Rustam Gadzhiyev

Russian association football player

*January 13th, 1978, Makhachkala

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Who's birthday is on January 13th?

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

43

Lee Hyo-jung

South Korean badminton player

*January 13th, 1981, Busan

47

Orlando Bloom

English actor

*January 13th, 1977, Canterbury

40

Kęstutis Navickas

Lithuanian badminton player

*January 13th, 1984, Kaunas

49

Andrew Yang

American entrepreneur, attorney and political candidate

*January 13th, 1975, Schenectady

91

Osa Massen

Danish actress (1914-2006)

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

42

Ruth Wilson

British actress

*January 13th, 1982, Ashford

30

Edi Subaktiar

Badminton player

*January 13th, 1994, Sidoarjo

55

Steve Wiebe

American electronic sports player

*January 13th, 1969, Seattle

30

Emmanuel Donkor

Badminton player

*January 13th, 1994, Sekondi-Takoradi

51

Ain Matvere

Estonian badminton player

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

29

Dylan Soedjasa

Badminton player

*January 13th, 1995, Takapuna

44

Akira Kaji

Japanese association football player

*January 13th, 1980, Minamiawaji

54

Shonda Rhimes

American television producer, television and film writer, and author

*January 13th, 1970, Chicago

34

Marco Pantani

Italian road racing cyclist

*January 13th, 1970, Cesena †February 14th, 2004, Rimini

43

Riccardo Fraccaro

Italian politician

*January 13th, 1981, Montebelluna

48

Michael Peña

American actor

*January 13th, 1976, Chicago

34

María de Villota

Tor racing driver

*January 13th, 1979, Madrid †October 11th, 2013, Seville

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Born in 1978

45

Miroslav Klose

German association football player

*June 9th, 1978, Opole

45

Ani Lorak

Ukrainian singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur

*September 27th, 1978, Kitsman

45

Joachim Fischer Nielsen

Danish badminton player

*November 23rd, 1978, Copenhagen

45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

46

Malin Arvidsson

Swedish actress and dancer

*February 19th, 1978, El Salvador

45

Marit Berger Røsland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*September 21st, 1978, Lørenskog

45

Ella Diehl

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1978, Samara

46

Didier Drogba

Ivorian and French association football player

*March 11th, 1978, Abidjan

46

Jonas Dahl

Danish politician

*February 26th, 1978, Randers

45

Kim Yong-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*May 13th, 1978, Incheon

46

Chris Blair

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1978, Invercargill

45

Konstrakta

Serbian singer-songwriter

*October 12th, 1978, Belgrade

45

Jessica Pilnäs

Swedish singer

*July 5th, 1978, Åryd

45

Poo Bear

American songwriter and singer

*September 4th, 1978, Connecticut

46

Jamie Carragher

English footballer and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

46

Aparna Popat

Indian badminton player

*January 18th, 1978, Mumbai

46

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

46

Donna Kellogg

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1978, Derby

45

Rio Ferdinand

English association football player (born 1978)

*November 7th, 1978, Camberwell

46

Danai Gurira

American actress

*February 14th, 1978, Grinnell

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 1978 is a normal year and no leap year.

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