January 13
January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 352 days remaining (353 in a leap year).
Events:
- 1847 - the Treaty of Cahuenga ends the Mexican-American War in California.
Births:
- 1596 - Jan van Goyen, painter (+ 1656)
- 1653 - Philipp Jakob Spener, theologian (+ 1705)
- 1749 - Friedrich Müller, painter, narrator, lyricistand dramatist, also known as Maler Müller (+ 1825)
- 1832 - Horatio Alger, Jr., unitarian minister, author
- 1859 - Karl Bleibtreu, critic (+ 1928)
- 1879 - Melvin Jones, founder of Lions Clubs International
- 1922 - Albert Lamorisse, film director (+ 1970)
- 1942 - Richard Moll, actor
- 1960 - Kevin Anderson, actor
- 1961 - Julia Louis-Dreyfus, actress
- 1964 - Penelope Ann Miller, actress
Deaths:
- 1864 - Stephen Foster, composer of Camptown Races, Oh! Susannah
- 1929 - Wyatt Earp
- 1962 - Ernie Kovacs, actor
- 1978 - Hubert H. Humphrey - U.S. Vice President and Senator
Holidays and observances:
- Catholicism - Baptism of the Lord.
- 26th National Vocation Awareness Week.
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
January 12 - January 14 - December 13 - February 13 - Historical anniversaries