WHAT HAPPENED ON 13. JANUARY
Want to find out what all happened on 13. January

The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the opera Cavalleria rusticana is sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, New York. (13. January 1910)

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated was founded on the campus of Howard University. (13. January 1913)

An earthquake in Avezzano, Italy kills 29,800. (13. January 1915)

The Candidate of Sciences degree is established in the Soviet Union. (13. January 1934)

A plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Nazi Germany. (13. January 1935)

The Black Friday bush fires burn 20,000 square kilometers of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people. (13. January 1939)

Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, which is 30% lighter than a regular car. (13. January 1942)

World War II: First use of an aircraft ejection seat by a German test pilot in a Heinkel He 280 jet fighter. (13. January 1942)

First Indochina War: The Battle of Vinh Yen begins, which will end in a major victory for France. (13. January 1951)

An article appears in Pravda accusing some of the most prestigious and prominent doctors, mostly Jews, in the Soviet Union of taking part in a vast plot to poison members of the top Soviet political and military leadership. (13. January 1953)

The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol in the Battle of Edchera. (13. January 1958)

Anti-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta, resulting in 100 deaths. (13. January 1964)

Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, is appointed archbishop of Kraków, Poland. (13. January 1964)

Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member when he is appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. (13. January 1966)

Johnny Cash performs live at Folsom State Prison (13. January 1968)

Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia and President Edward Akufo-Addo of Ghana are ousted in a bloodless military coup by Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheampong. (13. January 1972)

Seraphim is elected Archbishop of Athens and All Greece. (13. January 1974)

U.S. Food & Drug Administration requires all blood donations to be labeled "paid" or "volunteer" donors. (13. January 1978)

Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737 jet crashes into Washington, D.C.'s 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 including four motorists. (13. January 1982)

A passenger train plunges into a ravine in Ethiopia, killing 428 in the worst railroad disaster in Africa. (13. January 1985)