January 13

Today in History
• 532 - Nika riots begin in Constantinople, revolt against Emperor Justinian I
• 1099 - Crusaders set fire to Mara, Syria
• 1128 - Pope Honorius II granted a papal sanction to the Knights Templar
• 1610 - Galileo Galilei discovers Callisto, 4th satellite of Jupiter
• 1733 - James Oglethorpe and 130 English colonists arrive at Charleston, South Carolina
• 1794 - U.S. President Washington approved adding 2 stars and 2 stripes to the American flag
• 1928 - Ernst F. W. Alexanderson gave the first public demonstration of television
• 1942 - Henry Ford patented the plastic automobile referred to as the "Soybean Car


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Calennig
• Korean American Day
• Lohri
• National Rubber Ducky Day
• National Sticker Day
• Poetry Break Day
• Public Radio Broadcasting Day
• Quitters Day

Birthdays
• 1334 - Henry II, King of Castile and León
• 1505 - Joachim II Hector, ruler, Brandenburg
• 1651 - Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington
• 1787 - John Davis, 14th and 17th Governor of Massachusetts
• 1808 - Salmon P Chase, Sen-R, cabinet member, 6th chief justice, 1864-73
• 1885 - Alfred Fuller, CEO, Fuller Brush Man
• 1908 - Earle Wheeler U.S. General, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• 1911 - Johannes Bjelke-Petersen, premier, Queensland