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Historical Events
on January 13th
- Lead Story
- Pope recognizes Knights Templar,1128
- American Revolution
- British raid Prudence Island in Narragansett Bay,1776
- Automotive
- Comedian killed in Corvair crash,1962
- Civil War
- Napoleon Bonaparte Buford is born,1807
- Cold War
- Soviets boycott United Nations Security Council,1950
- Crime
- Doc Barker is killed by prison guards as he attempts to escape,1939
- The Manuel Massacres,1958
- Disaster
- Plane crashes into Potomac,1982
- General Interest
- Sole British soldier escapes Kabul,1842
- Stephen Foster dies,1864
- James Joyce dies,1941
- Hollywood
- Golden Globes curtailed due to writers’ strike,2008
- Literary
- Zola's "J'accuse" letter is printed,1898
- Music
- Georgia Governor Zell Miller proposes writing "The Mozart effect" into law,1998
- Old West
- Wyatt Earp dies in Los Angeles,1929
- Presidential
- Johnson appoints first African-American cabinet member,1966
- Sports
- Michael Jordan retires for a second time,1999
- Vietnam War
- First Operation Farm Gate missions flown,1962
- Nixon announces additional troop withdrawals,1972
- World War I
- Battle of Wadi,1916
- World War II
- Allies promise prosecution of war criminals,1942
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