January 13
Activity of the day
Today is . . .
- St. Knut's Day in Sweden
- Feast day of St Hilary of Poitiers
On this day . . .
- British Independent Labour Party is formed (1893)
- French novelist Emile Zola publishes J'accuse/I Accuse (1898)
- Opera is broadcast on the radio for the first time (1910)
- Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile (1942)
- The first flying disc that would become the Frisbee is thrown (1957)
- Johnny Cash records a live concert at Folsom Prison in California (1968)
- The world's largest airport opens at Dallas, Texas (1974)
- Argentina suspends diplomatic ties with Britain over the Falkland Islands (1976)
- NASA selects its first women astronauts (1978)
- Friday 13th computer virus hits computers around the world (1989)
Births
- Ted Willis, English dramatist (1918)
- Robert Stack, American film actor (1919)
- Michael Bond, creator of Paddington Bear (1926)
- Nicole Eggert, American actress (1972)
- Orlando Bloom, English actor (1977)
Deaths
- Edmund Spenser, English poet (1599)
- James Joyce, Irish author (1941)
- Patrick McGoohan, American actor (2009)