The Birthday Gazette

Born on January 13

January 13 birthdays & history

If you were born on January 13, you share a birthday with Orlando Bloom, Wilhelm Wien and Sydney Brenner. January 13 babies are Capricorn, with garnet as their birthstone and the carnation as their birth flower. January 13 is the 13th day of the year in leap years.

Famous people born on January 13

  • 1977Orlando Bloom, English actor
  • 1864Wilhelm Wien, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1927Sydney Brenner, South African biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1990Liam Hemsworth, Australian actor
  • 1966Patrick Dempsey, American actor and race car driver
  • 1997Luis Díaz, Colombian footballer
  • 1961Julia Louis-Dreyfus, American actress, comedian, and producer
  • 1960Eric Betzig, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1924Paul Feyerabend, Austrian-Swiss philosopher and academic
  • 1980Akira Kaji, Japanese footballer

What happened on January 13

  • 1435Pope Eugene IV promulgated the papal bull Sicut dudum, forbidding the enslavement of the native Guanche of the Canary Islands by the Spanish.
  • 1822The design of the Greek flag is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
  • 1849Establishment of the Colony of Vancouver Island.
  • 1888The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
  • 1893The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting.
  • 1916The first Feminist Congress of Yucatán began in Mérida, Mexico, to propose reforms for women's social, educational, and legal rights.
  • 1939The Black Friday bushfires burn 20,000 square kilometres (7,700 sq mi) of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people.
  • 1942Henry Ford patents a soybean car, which is 30% lighter than a regular car.
  • 1950Finland forms diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China.
  • 1969British rock band Led Zeppelin released their first album, Led Zeppelin, in the United States.
  • 2000Steve Ballmer replaced Bill Gates as the chief executive officer of Microsoft.
  • 2003The trans-Neptunian object 208996 Achlys was discovered by Chad Trujillo and Michael E. Brown at Palomar Observatory, California.

Also observed on January 13

  • Constitution Day (Mongolia)
  • Democracy Day (Cape Verde)
  • Gluten-free diet day
  • Liberation Day (Togo)
  • Stephen Foster Memorial Day (United States)
  • Yennayer (Berbers)

Questions, answered

What star sign is January 13?

People born on January 13 are Capricorn. Their birthstone is garnet and their birth flower is the carnation.

Which famous people were born on January 13?

Orlando Bloom (1977), Wilhelm Wien (1864), Sydney Brenner (1927), Liam Hemsworth (1990), Patrick Dempsey (1966), Luis Díaz (1997) were all born on January 13.

What happened on January 13 in history?

Among other things: in 1969, British rock band Led Zeppelin released their first album, Led Zeppelin, in the United States; in 2000, Steve Ballmer replaced Bill Gates as the chief executive officer of Microsoft; in 2003, The trans-Neptunian object 208996 Achlys was discovered by Chad Trujillo and Michael E. Brown at Palomar Observatory, California.

Can I get a newspaper front page from January 13?

Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any January 13 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.

Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “January 13”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.