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.)
1898 - French writer Emile Zola publishes his "J'Accuse" letter, accusing the French of a cover-up in the Alfred Dreyfus treason case.
1941 - Author James Joyce died in Zurich.
1941 - A new law went into effect granting Puerto Ricans U.S. birthright citizenship.
1979 - Singer Donny Hathaway died in a fall from a hotel window in New York at age 34.
1982 - An Air Florida 737 crashed into Washington, D.C.'s 14th Street Bridge and fell into the Potomac River while trying to take off during a snowstorm, killing a total of 78 people, including four motorists on the bridge; four passengers and a flight attendant survived.
1990 - Douglas Wilder of Virginia became the first elected Black 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 a role in abducting the so-called "comfort women."
2002 - After 17,162 performances, "The Fantasticks" ended its almost 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.
2021 - President Donald Trump is impeached by the House of Representatives over the violent January 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol, becoming the only president in U.S. history to be impeached twice; ten Republicans joined Democrats in voting to impeach Trump on a charge of "incitement of insurrection." (Trump would again be acquitted by the Senate in a vote after his term was over.)
Birthdays
25 - Kensington Tillo (model)
28 - Connor McDavid (hockey player)
30 - Natalia Dyer (actress)
35 - Liam Hemsworth (actor)
48 - Orlando Bloom (actor)
59 - Patrick Dempsey (actor)
63 - Trace Adkins (singer)
64 - Julia Louis-Dreyfus (actress)
68 - Mark O'Meara (golfer)
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Today in Sports History - January 13
1962 - Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia Warriors) scored 73 points against the Chicago Packers, which was an NBA single-game record at the time.
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 defeated the Minnesota Vikings 24-7 to win Super Bowl VIII.
1982 - Hank Aaron and Frank Robinson are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1984 - Wayne Gretzky extended his NHL consecutive scoring streak to 45 games.
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 of the Chicago Bulls announced his second retirement from the NBA. (He would unretire again in 2001.)
2003 - The NHL's Buffalo Sabres filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
2005 - Major League Baseball adopted a steroid-testing program that suspended first-time offenders for 10 days and randomly tested 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 single-game record 23 3-pointers in 37 attempts (62.2%) in a 139-107 win over the Sacramento Kings.
2019 - Houston Rockets guard James Harden scores 38 points in a 116-108 loss to the Orlando Magic, giving him his 16th consecutive game with 30+ points, matching Kobe Bryant's NBA record.
2020 - LSU defeats Clemson 42-15 to win the College Football Playoff national championship.
2020 - Houston Astros manager AJ Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow are fired by team owner Jim Crane for their roles in the sign-stealing scandal after MLB suspends both for one year.
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.)
1898 - French writer Emile Zola publishes his "J'Accuse" letter, accusing the French of a cover-up in the Alfred Dreyfus treason case.
1941 - Author James Joyce died in Zurich.
1941 - A new law went into effect granting Puerto Ricans U.S. birthright citizenship.
1979 - Singer Donny Hathaway died in a fall from a hotel window in New York at age 34.
1982 - An Air Florida 737 crashed into Washington, D.C.'s 14th Street Bridge and fell into the Potomac River while trying to take off during a snowstorm, killing a total of 78 people, including four motorists on the bridge; four passengers and a flight attendant survived.
1990 - Douglas Wilder of Virginia became the first elected Black 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 a role in abducting the so-called "comfort women."
2002 - After 17,162 performances, "The Fantasticks" ended its almost 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.
2021 - President Donald Trump is impeached by the House of Representatives over the violent January 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol, becoming the only president in U.S. history to be impeached twice; ten Republicans joined Democrats in voting to impeach Trump on a charge of "incitement of insurrection." (Trump would again be acquitted by the Senate in a vote after his term was over.)
Birthdays
25 - Kensington Tillo (model)
28 - Connor McDavid (hockey player)
30 - Natalia Dyer (actress)
35 - Liam Hemsworth (actor)
48 - Orlando Bloom (actor)
59 - Patrick Dempsey (actor)
63 - Trace Adkins (singer)
64 - Julia Louis-Dreyfus (actress)
68 - Mark O'Meara (golfer)
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Today in Sports History - January 13
1962 - Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia Warriors) scored 73 points against the Chicago Packers, which was an NBA single-game record at the time.
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 defeated the Minnesota Vikings 24-7 to win Super Bowl VIII.
1982 - Hank Aaron and Frank Robinson are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1984 - Wayne Gretzky extended his NHL consecutive scoring streak to 45 games.
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 of the Chicago Bulls announced his second retirement from the NBA. (He would unretire again in 2001.)
2003 - The NHL's Buffalo Sabres filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
2005 - Major League Baseball adopted a steroid-testing program that suspended first-time offenders for 10 days and randomly tested 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 single-game record 23 3-pointers in 37 attempts (62.2%) in a 139-107 win over the Sacramento Kings.
2019 - Houston Rockets guard James Harden scores 38 points in a 116-108 loss to the Orlando Magic, giving him his 16th consecutive game with 30+ points, matching Kobe Bryant's NBA record.
2020 - LSU defeats Clemson 42-15 to win the College Football Playoff national championship.
2020 - Houston Astros manager AJ Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow are fired by team owner Jim Crane for their roles in the sign-stealing scandal after MLB suspends both for one year.
