January is the first month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and one of seven months with the length of 31 days. The first day of the month is known as the day of New Year. It is, on average, the coldest month of the year within most of the Northern Hemisphere (where it is the second month of winter) and the warmest month of the year within most of the Southern Hemisphere (where it is the second month of summer).
January symbols: The birthstone of January is the garnet which represents constancy. Its birth flower is the cottage pink Dianthus caryophyllus or galanthus. In Finnish, the month of tammikuu means the heart of the winter and because the name literally means Oak moon. The zodiac signs for the month of January are Capricorn (until January 19) and Aquarius (January 20 onwards). The traditional English birth month flower is the Carnation.
Historical Events for January, 2013
Day of Week 1st » At least 60 people are killed and 200 injured in a 2013 Houphouët-Boigny stampede called stampede after celebrations at Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny e.g Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
Day of Week 4th » A gunman Kawit shooting named kills eight people in a house-to-house rampage in Kawit, Cavite called Kawit, the Philippines.
Day of Week 9th » A SeaStreak ferry traveling to lower Manhattan, New York City, crashes into the dock, injuring 85 people.
Day of Week 10th » More than 100 people are killed and 270 injured in several January 2013 Pakistan bombings or bomb blasts in Pakistan.
Day of Week 11th » One French soldier and 17 militants are killed in a Bulo Marer hostage rescue attempt called failed attempt to free a French hostage in Bulo Marer, Somalia.
Day of Week 15th » A Badrashin railway accident or train carrying Egyptian Army recruits derails near Giza, Greater Cairo, killing 19 and injuring 120 others.
Day of Week 16th » An estimated 41 international workers are In Aménas hostage crisis or taken hostage in an attack in the town of In Aménas, Algeria.
Day of Week 19th » A failed attempt to assassinate Ahmed Dogan, chairman of the Bulgarian political party Movement for Rights and Freedoms, on live television is foiled by security guards.
Day of Week 25th » At least 50 people are killed and 120 people are injured in a 2013 Uribana prison riot named prison riot in Barquisimeto, Venezuela.
Day of Week 27th » 242 people die in a Kiss nightclub fire called nightclub fire in the city of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul or Santa Maria, Brazil.
Day of Week 29th » SCAT Airlines Flight 760 crashes near the Kazakhstan or Kazakh city of Almaty, killing 21 people.
Day of Week 31st » Torre Ejecutiva Pemex explosion e.g An explosion at the Torre Ejecutiva Pemex known as Pemex Executive Tower in Mexico City kills at least 33 people and injures more than 100.
Famous Deaths for January 2013
1st » Yuri Alexandrov (boxer) named Yuri Alexandrov, Soviet and Russian boxer (b. 1963)
1st » Lory Blanchard, New Zealand rugby player and coach (b. 1924)
1st » Michael Patrick Cronan, American graphic designer (b. 1951)
1st » Ross Davis (baseball) or Ross Davis, American baseball player (b. 1918)
1st » Lloyd Hartman Elliott, American academic (b. 1918)
1st » Allan Hancox, British-Kenyan judge, Chief Justice of Kenya (b. 1932)
1st » Roz Howard, American race car driver (b. 1922)
1st » Christopher Martin-Jenkins, British journalist (b. 1945)
1st » Patti Page, American singer and actress (b. 1927)
1st » Barbara Werle, American actress and singer (b. 1928)
2nd » Jim Boyd (actor) known as Jim Boyd, American actor (b. 1933)
2nd » Council Cargle, American actor (b. 1935)
2nd » Charles Chilton, English radio host and producer (b. 1917)
2nd » Merv Hunter, Australian politician (b. 1926)
2nd » Géza Koroknay, Hungarian actor (b. 1948)
2nd » Gerda Lerner, Austrian-American historian and author (b. 1920)
2nd » Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1945)
6th » Gerard Helders, Dutch jurist and politician (b. 1905)
6th » John Ingram (politician) e.g John Ingram, American lawyer and politician (b. 1929)
6th » Metin Kaçan, Turkish author (b. 1961)
6th » Jon Ander López, Spanish footballer (b. 1976)
6th » Madanjeet Singh, Indian diplomat, author, and philanthropist (b. 1924)
6th » Ruth Carter Stevenson, American art collector, founded the Amon Carter Museum of American Art (b. 1923)
6th » Cho Sung-min, South Korean baseball player (b. 1973)
6th » Bart Van den Bossche, Flemish singer and actor (b. 1964)
7th » Carl Berner (supercentenarian) e.g Carl Berner, German-American super-centenarian (b. 1902)
7th » Larry Clapp, American lawyer and politician (b. 1946)
7th » Jim Cosman, American baseball player (b. 1943)
7th » Richard Ben Cramer, American journalist and author (b. 1950)
7th » David R. Ellis, American director, actor, and stuntman (b. 1952)
7th » Huell Howser, American television host (b. 1945)
7th » Ada Louise Huxtable, American curator and critic (b. 1921)
7th » Jiřina Jirásková, Czech actress (b. 1931)
7th » Louise Laurin, Canadian educator and activist (b. 1935)
7th » Harvey Shapiro (poet) e.g Harvey Shapiro, American poet and journalist (b. 1924)
7th » Fred L. Turner, American businessman (b. 1933)
8th » Tandyn Almer, American songwriter and producer (b. 1942)
8th » Kenojuak Ashevak, Canadian sculptor and illustrator (b. 1927)
8th » Antonio Frasconi, Argentinian-American woodcutter (b. 1919)
8th » Jeanne Manford, American educator and activist, co-founded PFLAG (b. 1920)
8th » Alasdair Milne, Indian-English director and producer (b. 1930)
8th » Manuel Mota (fashion designer) named Manuel Mota, Spanish fashion designer (b. 1966)
8th » Cornel Pavlovici, Romanian footballer (b. 1943)
8th » Ten Most Wanted (horse) e.g Ten Most Wanted, American race horse (b. 2000)
9th » Brigitte Askonas, Austrian-English immunologist and academic (b. 1923)
9th » James M. Buchanan, American economist and academic, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919)
9th » Sakine Cansız, Turkish activist (b. 1958)
9th » Anscar Chupungco, Filipino monk and theologian (b. 1939)
9th » Frank Esposito (politician) named Frank Esposito, American soldier and politician, 37th Mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut (b. 1928)
9th » Tarsem King, Baron King of West Bromwich, English politician (b. 1937)
9th » Rizana Nafeek, Sri Lankan murderer (b. 1988)
9th » Jean R. Preston, American educator and politician (b. 1935)
9th » Robert L. Rock, American politician, 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Indiana (b. 1927)
9th » Rex Trailer, American television host, actor, and singer (b. 1928)
9th » John Wise (Ontario) named John Wise, Canadian farmer and politician, 23rd Minister of Agriculture (Canada) called Canadian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1935)