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1915 : Earthquake in Italy


On January 13, 1915, an earthquake of magnitude 7.0 on the Richter scale hit the city of Avezzano and its region in central Italy. Nearly 30,000 people were killed including 96% of the population of the town of Avezzano.

1929 : Wyatt Earp


On January 13, 1929 Wyatt Earp died in Los Angeles. He was known for his famous "Gunfight at OK Corral"

1939 : Devastating bushfires in Australia


On January 13, 1939, massive bushfires devastated the State of Victoria in Australia. This Black Friday, 4,942,000 acres of land were destroyed and 71 people were killed.

1985 : Train accident in Ethiopia


On 13 January 1985, a train fell into a ravine in Ethiopia killing more than 400 passengers.

2001 : Earthquake in El Salvador


On January 13, 2001, an earthquake of moment magnitude 7.6 hit San Miguel and its area in El Salvador. Nearly 1,000 people were killed in the earthquake and landslides that followed, and hundreds of thousands of buildings destroyed.

2011 : Riots in Tunis


On January 13, 2011, violent clashes took place in Tunis between protesters of the Revolution of Jasmin and government forces. 8 people were killed. Other demonstrations took place in the country and the seaside resort of Hammamet was looted.

Novità del giorno : 13 Gennaio

Old New Year
Also known as the Orthodox New Year, this is a traditional Slavic which celebrates New Year on the first day of the Julian calendar.

Citazione del giorno : 13 Gennaio

Platon, philosophe Grec
If you want to know a nation, you must listen to his music.

Compleanni : 13 Gennaio

Paul Gavarni, Caricaturista francese (1804)
Félix Tisserand, Astronomo francese (1845)
Oskar Minkowski, Biologo (1858)
Wilhelm Wien, Fisico tedesco (1864)
Kay Francis, Attrice (1905)
Robert Stack, Attore (1919)
Roland Petit, Coreografo francese (1924)
Robert Enrico, Regista francese (1931)
Elsa Martinelli, Attrice (1935)
Gaj Singh, Maharaja di Jodhpur (1948)
Rakesh Sharma, Primo indiano nello spazio (1949)
Trevor Rabin, South African chitarrista (1954)
Suggs, Cantante inglese (Madness) (1961)
Penelope Ann Miller, Attrice (1964)
Patrick Dempsey, Attore (1966)
Traci Bingham, Attrice (1968)
Stefania Belmondo, Italiana fondista (1969)
Shonda Rhimes, Sceneggiatore (Grey's Anatomy) (1970)
Nicole Eggert, Attrice (1972)
Vitaly Scherbo, Ginnasta bielorusso (1972)
Michael Peña, Attrice (1976)
Orlando Bloom, Attore (1977)
Ashmit Patel, Attore indiano (1978)
Guillermo Coria, Tennista argentino (1982)
Liam Hemsworth, Attore australiano (1990)

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Jan Brueghel the Elder, Pittore fiammingo (1625)
Wilhelm Mauser, Arma progettista e costruttore tedesco (1882)
Alexander Popov, Fisico russo (1906)
Georg Hermann Quincke, Fisico tedesco (1924)
Wyatt Earp, American Western lawman (1929)
Paul Ulrich Villard, Fisico francese (1934)
Margaret Leighton, Attrice (1976)
Marcel Camus, Regista (1982)
Chiang Ching-kuo, Presidente della Repubblica di Cina (1988)
Patrick McGoohan, Attore (2009)
Vue mer : crédit photo Aseed