January 13th (2012) was a Friday. It's the 12th day of the year (13th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 353 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 13th January, 2012
» The passenger cruise ship 'Costa Concordia' Costa Concordia disaster named sinks off the coast of Italy. There are 31 confirmed deaths with one still missing, Russel Rebello, amongst the 4232 passengers and crew.
January 13th Famous Deaths for 2012
» Rauf Denktaş, Turkish-Cypriot lawyer and politician, 1st President of Northern Cyprus (b. 1924)
» Guido Dessauer, German physicist and engineer (b. 1915)
» Dilys Elwyn-Edwards, Welsh composer and academic (b. 1918)
» Morgan Jones (actor) e.g Morgan Jones, American actor (b. 1928)
» Lefter Küçükandonyadis, Turkish footballer and manager (b. 1925)
» Artie Levine, American boxer (b. 1925)
» Billie Love, English actress and photographer (b. 1923)
» Miljan Miljanić, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1930)
» Richard Threlkeld, American journalist and author (b. 1937)
January 13th Holidays in History
» Christian Feast Day:
» Blessed Veronica of Milan
» Saint Elian (Wales) known as Elian
» Hilary of Poitiers
» Canute IV of Denmark or Knut (Sweden and Finland)
» Saint Mungo or Mungo
» January 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Public holidays in Cape Verde called Democracy Day (Cape Verde)
» Korean American Day (some U.S. states)
» Liberation Day (Togo)
» Thai Pongal Bhogi named Bhogi (Andhra Pradesh, Tamil people called Tamil Nadu)
» Lohri (Punjab (India) known as Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh)