January 13
1733 - James Oglethorpe and some 120 English colonists arrived at Charleston, South Carolina, while en route to settle in present-day Georgia.
1794 - President George Washington approved a measure adding two stars and two stripes to the American flag, following the admission of Vermont and Kentucky to the Union. (The number of stripes was later reduced to the original 13.)
1808 - Salmon P. Chase, U.S. Senator, secretary of the treasury and chief justice of the Supreme Court, was born in Cornish, New Hampshire.
1893 - Britain's Independent Labor Party, a precursor to the Labor Party, first met.
1898 - French writer Emile Zola published his "J'Accuse" letter, accusing the French of a cover-up in the Alfred Dreyfus treason case.
1941 - A new law went into effect granting Puerto Ricans U.S. birthright citizenship.
1964 - Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, was appointed archbishop of Krakow, Poland by Pope Paul VI.
1966 - Robert C. Weaver became the first black Cabinet member as he was appointed Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
1968 - Country musician Johnny Cash recorded a live concert at Folsom Prison in California.
1978 - Former Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey died in Waverly, Minnesota at age 66.
1982 - An Air Florida 737 crashed into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C., after takeoff and fell into the Potomac River, killing 78 people.
1989 - New York City subway gunman Bernhard H. Goetz was sentenced to one year in prison for possessing an unlicensed gun that he used to shoot four youths he said were about to rob him.
1990 - Douglas Wilder of Virginia became the first elected African American governor in the United States.
1992 - Japan apologized for forcing tens of thousands of Korean women to serve as sex slaves for its soldiers during World War II, citing newly uncovered documents that showed the Japanese army had had a role in abducting the so-called “comfort women.”
2000 - Microsoft chairman Bill Gates stepped aside as the company's chief executive.
2001 - An earthquake estimated by the U.S. Geological Survey at magnitude 7.7 struck El Salvador; more than 840 people were killed.
2002 - After 17,162 performances, "The Fantasticks" ended a nearly 42-year off-Broadway run.
2004 - Joseph Darby, a U.S. soldier at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, reported U.S. abuses of Iraqi prisoners to the Army's Criminal Investigations Division.
2012 - The Italian luxury liner Costa Concordia ran aground off the Tuscan island of Giglio and flipped onto its side; 32 people were killed.
2016 - Three winning tickets were sold, splitting a record $1.6 billion Powerball lottery jackpot.
2018 - A false alarm that warned of a ballistic missile headed for Hawaii sent the islands into a panic, with people abandoning cars on a highway and preparing to flee their homes; officials apologized and said the alert was sent when someone hit the wrong button during a shift change.
2020 - At a royal family summit in eastern England, Queen Elizabeth II brokered a deal to secure the future of the monarchy; it would allow Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, to live part-time in Canada.
Birthdays
23 - Ashton Locklear (gymnast)
24 - Connor McDavid (hockey player)
26 - Natalia Dyer (actress)
29 - Natalia Barulich (model)
31 - Liam Hemsworth (actor)
32 - Beau Mirchoff (actor)
38 - Julian Morris (actor)
39 - Ruth Wilson (actress)
40 - Ginger Zee (TV host)
42 - Jill Wagner (actress)
44 - Orlando Bloom (actor)
45 - Michael Pena (actor)
45 - Ross McCall (actor)
49 - Nicole Eggert (actress)
51 - Keith Coogan (actor)
53 - Traci Bingham (actress)
54 - Suzanne Cryer (actress)
55 - Patrick Dempsey (actor)
57 - Penelope Ann Miller (actress)
59 - Trace Adkins (country singer)
60 - Julia Louis-Dreyfus (actress)
61 - Kevin Anderson (actor)
78 - Richard Moll (actor)
83 - Billy Gray (actor)
91 - Frances Sternhagen (actress)
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Today in Sports History - January 13
1962 - Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia Warriors) scored 73 points against the Chicago Packers.
1968 - Bill Masterson (Minnesota North Stars) was injured when he was checked into the boards. He died two days later. He was the first casualty in the NHL.
1974 - The Miami Dolphins defeat the Minnesota Vikings 24-7 in Houston to win Super Bowl VIII. Miami running back Larry Csonka is named MVP.
1982 - Frank Robinson and Hank Aaron are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1986 - The NCAA adopted the controversial "Proposal 48," which set standards for Division 1 freshman eligibility.
1998 - The NFL completed a $9.2 billion deal to keep "Monday Night Football" on ABC and the entire Sunday night cable package for ESPN.
1999 - Michael Jordan announced his second retirement from the NBA. (He would "unretire" again in 2001.)
2001 - The Atlanta Hawks retire Dominique Wilkins' No. 21.
2003 - The NHL's Buffalo Sabres filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
2005 - Major League Baseball adopted a tougher steroid-testing program that would suspend first-time offenders for 10 days and randomly test players year-round.
2005 - The NFL fined Randy Moss (Minnesota Vikings) $10,000 for pretending to pull down his pants and moon the Green Bay Packer crowd during a playoff win the previous weekend.
2008 - The Orlando Magic knock down a then-NBA record 23 3-pointers in 37 attempts (62.2%) in a 139-107 win over the Sacramento Kings.
2019 - James Harden of the Houston Rockets scores 38 points in a 116-108 loss to the Orlando Magic; it was his 16th straight game scoring 30 or more points, matching a record held by Kobe Bryant; Harden also goes 1-for-17 from the 3-point line, tying a record for most three point misses in a game.
2020 - The Houston Astros fired manager AJ Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow after the pair had been suspended by Major League Baseball for a sign-stealing scheme.
2020 - Quarterback Joe Burrow threw five touchdown passes and ran for another, leading #1 LSU to a 42-25 win over #3 Clemson in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game.
1733 - James Oglethorpe and some 120 English colonists arrived at Charleston, South Carolina, while en route to settle in present-day Georgia.
1794 - President George Washington approved a measure adding two stars and two stripes to the American flag, following the admission of Vermont and Kentucky to the Union. (The number of stripes was later reduced to the original 13.)
1808 - Salmon P. Chase, U.S. Senator, secretary of the treasury and chief justice of the Supreme Court, was born in Cornish, New Hampshire.
1893 - Britain's Independent Labor Party, a precursor to the Labor Party, first met.
1898 - French writer Emile Zola published his "J'Accuse" letter, accusing the French of a cover-up in the Alfred Dreyfus treason case.
1941 - A new law went into effect granting Puerto Ricans U.S. birthright citizenship.
1964 - Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, was appointed archbishop of Krakow, Poland by Pope Paul VI.
1966 - Robert C. Weaver became the first black Cabinet member as he was appointed Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
1968 - Country musician Johnny Cash recorded a live concert at Folsom Prison in California.
1978 - Former Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey died in Waverly, Minnesota at age 66.
1982 - An Air Florida 737 crashed into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C., after takeoff and fell into the Potomac River, killing 78 people.
1989 - New York City subway gunman Bernhard H. Goetz was sentenced to one year in prison for possessing an unlicensed gun that he used to shoot four youths he said were about to rob him.
1990 - Douglas Wilder of Virginia became the first elected African American governor in the United States.
1992 - Japan apologized for forcing tens of thousands of Korean women to serve as sex slaves for its soldiers during World War II, citing newly uncovered documents that showed the Japanese army had had a role in abducting the so-called “comfort women.”
2000 - Microsoft chairman Bill Gates stepped aside as the company's chief executive.
2001 - An earthquake estimated by the U.S. Geological Survey at magnitude 7.7 struck El Salvador; more than 840 people were killed.
2002 - After 17,162 performances, "The Fantasticks" ended a nearly 42-year off-Broadway run.
2004 - Joseph Darby, a U.S. soldier at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, reported U.S. abuses of Iraqi prisoners to the Army's Criminal Investigations Division.
2012 - The Italian luxury liner Costa Concordia ran aground off the Tuscan island of Giglio and flipped onto its side; 32 people were killed.
2016 - Three winning tickets were sold, splitting a record $1.6 billion Powerball lottery jackpot.
2018 - A false alarm that warned of a ballistic missile headed for Hawaii sent the islands into a panic, with people abandoning cars on a highway and preparing to flee their homes; officials apologized and said the alert was sent when someone hit the wrong button during a shift change.
2020 - At a royal family summit in eastern England, Queen Elizabeth II brokered a deal to secure the future of the monarchy; it would allow Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, to live part-time in Canada.
Birthdays
23 - Ashton Locklear (gymnast)
24 - Connor McDavid (hockey player)
26 - Natalia Dyer (actress)
29 - Natalia Barulich (model)
31 - Liam Hemsworth (actor)
32 - Beau Mirchoff (actor)
38 - Julian Morris (actor)
39 - Ruth Wilson (actress)
40 - Ginger Zee (TV host)
42 - Jill Wagner (actress)
44 - Orlando Bloom (actor)
45 - Michael Pena (actor)
45 - Ross McCall (actor)
49 - Nicole Eggert (actress)
51 - Keith Coogan (actor)
53 - Traci Bingham (actress)
54 - Suzanne Cryer (actress)
55 - Patrick Dempsey (actor)
57 - Penelope Ann Miller (actress)
59 - Trace Adkins (country singer)
60 - Julia Louis-Dreyfus (actress)
61 - Kevin Anderson (actor)
78 - Richard Moll (actor)
83 - Billy Gray (actor)
91 - Frances Sternhagen (actress)
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Today in Sports History - January 13
1962 - Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia Warriors) scored 73 points against the Chicago Packers.
1968 - Bill Masterson (Minnesota North Stars) was injured when he was checked into the boards. He died two days later. He was the first casualty in the NHL.
1974 - The Miami Dolphins defeat the Minnesota Vikings 24-7 in Houston to win Super Bowl VIII. Miami running back Larry Csonka is named MVP.
1982 - Frank Robinson and Hank Aaron are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1986 - The NCAA adopted the controversial "Proposal 48," which set standards for Division 1 freshman eligibility.
1998 - The NFL completed a $9.2 billion deal to keep "Monday Night Football" on ABC and the entire Sunday night cable package for ESPN.
1999 - Michael Jordan announced his second retirement from the NBA. (He would "unretire" again in 2001.)
2001 - The Atlanta Hawks retire Dominique Wilkins' No. 21.
2003 - The NHL's Buffalo Sabres filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
2005 - Major League Baseball adopted a tougher steroid-testing program that would suspend first-time offenders for 10 days and randomly test players year-round.
2005 - The NFL fined Randy Moss (Minnesota Vikings) $10,000 for pretending to pull down his pants and moon the Green Bay Packer crowd during a playoff win the previous weekend.
2008 - The Orlando Magic knock down a then-NBA record 23 3-pointers in 37 attempts (62.2%) in a 139-107 win over the Sacramento Kings.
2019 - James Harden of the Houston Rockets scores 38 points in a 116-108 loss to the Orlando Magic; it was his 16th straight game scoring 30 or more points, matching a record held by Kobe Bryant; Harden also goes 1-for-17 from the 3-point line, tying a record for most three point misses in a game.
2020 - The Houston Astros fired manager AJ Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow after the pair had been suspended by Major League Baseball for a sign-stealing scheme.
2020 - Quarterback Joe Burrow threw five touchdown passes and ran for another, leading #1 LSU to a 42-25 win over #3 Clemson in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game.