January 13
This day in history:
- 1986 – A month-long violent struggle begins in Aden, South Yemen between supporters of Ali Nasir Muhammad and Abdul Fattah Ismail, resulting in thousands of casualties.
- 2012 – The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia sinks off the coast of Italy due to the captain Francesco Schettino's negligence and irresponsibility. There are 32 confirmed deaths.
- 1966 – Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member when he is appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
- 1893 – The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting.
Births:
- 1987 – Steven Michaels, Australian rugby league player
- 1938 – Anna Home, English children's television executive and producer
- 1911 – Joh Bjelke-Petersen, New Zealand-Australian farmer and politician, 31st Premier of Queensland (d. 2005)
Deaths:
- 1958 – Jesse L. Lasky, American film producer, co-founded Paramount Pictures (b. 1880)
- 858 – Æthelwulf, king of Wessex
- 1983 – René Bonnet, French race car driver and engineer (b. 1904)
Holidays:
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- Constitution Day (Mongolia)
- *Old New Year's Eve (Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Serbia, Montenegro, Republic of Srpska, North Macedonia), and its related observances:*
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Dušan Petković (footballer, born 1974)
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