{"id":17562,"date":"2024-01-13T00:00:03","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T18:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/?p=17562"},"modified":"2024-01-16T18:12:39","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T12:42:39","slug":"history-of-13-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/history-of-13-january\/","title":{"rendered":"History of 13 January"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>History of 13 January<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> &#8211; Wayne Gretzky extended his&nbsp;NHL&nbsp;consecutive scoring streak to 45 games.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1986<\/strong> &#8211; The NCAA adopted the controversial &#8220;Proposal 48,&#8221; which set standards for Division 1 freshman eligibility.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1986<\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;The Wall Street Journal&#8221; printed a real picture on its front page. The journal had not done this in nearly 10 years. The story was about artist, O. Winston Link and featured one of his works.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong> &#8211; L. Douglas Wilder of&nbsp;Virginia, the nation&#8217;s first elected black governor, took the oath of office in Richmond.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1992<\/strong> &#8211; Japan apologized for forcing tens of thousands of Korean women to serve as sex slaves for Japanese soldiers during World War II.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1997<\/strong> &#8211; Debbie Reynolds received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1998<\/strong> &#8211; NBC agreed to pay almost $13 million for each episode of the TV show E.R. It was the highest amount ever paid for a TV show.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1998<\/strong> &#8211; ABC and ESPN negotiated to keep &#8220;Monday Night Football&#8221; for $1.15 billion a season.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1998<\/strong> &#8211; One of the 110 missing episodes of the British TV show &#8220;Doctor Who&#8221; was found in New Zealand.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1999<\/strong> &#8211; Michael Jordan (Chicago Bulls) announced his retirement from the&nbsp;NBA.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2002<\/strong> &#8211; The exhibit &#8220;In the Spirit of Martin: The Living Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.&#8221; opened at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. More than 100 artists supplied the collection of 120 works of art.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2002<\/strong> &#8211; Japan and Singapore signed a free trade pact that would remove tariffs on almost all goods traded between the two countries.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2002<\/strong> &#8211;&nbsp;U.S. President George W. Bush&nbsp;fainted after choking on a pretzel.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2009<\/strong> &#8211; Ethiopian military forces began pulling out of Somalia, where they had tried to maintain order for nearly two years.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2012<\/strong>\u2013 The passenger&nbsp;cruise ship&nbsp;<em>Costa Concordia<\/em>&nbsp;sinks&nbsp;off the coast of Italy due to the captain&nbsp;Francesco Schettino&#8217;s negligence and irresponsibility. There are 32 confirmed deaths.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2018<\/strong> \u2013 A&nbsp;false emergency alert&nbsp;warning of an impending missile strike in&nbsp;Hawaii&nbsp;caused widespread panic in the state.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Celebrating Birthday Today<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Reggie Brown, American football player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Darrell Rasner, American baseball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Yujiro Takahashi, Japanese wrestler<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Kamran Akmal, Pakistan cricketer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Guillermo Coria, Argentinian tennis player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Constantinos Makrides, Cypriot footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Ruth Wilson, English actress<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Ender Arslan, Turkish basketball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Sebastian Knei\u00dfl, German footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Mauricio Mart\u00edn Romero, Argentinian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Matteo Cavagna, Italian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Kamghe Gaba, German sprinter<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Nick Mangold, American football player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1985<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Luke Robinson, American wrestler<\/li>\n<li><strong>1986<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Joannie Rochette, Canadian figure skater<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Stefano Del Sante, Italian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Florica Leonida, Romanian gymnast<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Steven Michaels, Australian rugby league player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Daniel Oss, Italian cyclist<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Marc Staal, Canadian ice hockey player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Sven Wetzel, German rugby player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1988<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Josh Freeman, American football player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1989<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Morgan Burnett, American football player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1989<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Doug Martin, American football player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Vincenzo Fiorillo, Italian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Liam Hemsworth, Australian actor<\/li>\n<li><strong>1991<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Rob Kiernan, English-Irish footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1992<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Adam Matthews, Welsh footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1992<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Dinah Pfizenmaier, German tennis player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1993<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Max Whitlock, English artistic gymnast<\/li>\n<li><strong>1997<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Micah Hart, Canadian ice hockey player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1997<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Connor McDavid, Canadian ice hockey player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1997<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Ivan Provorov, Russian ice hockey player<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History of 13 January 1984 &#8211; Wayne Gretzky extended his&nbsp;NHL&nbsp;consecutive scoring streak to 45 games. 1986 &#8211; The NCAA adopted the controversial &#8220;Proposal 48,&#8221; which set standards for Division 1 freshman eligibility. 1986 &#8211; &#8220;The Wall Street Journal&#8221; printed a real picture on its front page. 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