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| January 13th, 2005 (January 13 2005) | Death | Earl Cameron, Canadian broadcaster (born in 1915) | |
| January 13th, 2005 (January 13 2005) | Death | Nell Rankin, American mezzo-soprano (born in 1924) | |
| January 13th, 1995 (January 13 1995) | Death | Max Harris, Australian poet, critic, columnist, commentator, publisher and bookseller (born in 1921) | |
| January 13th, 1985 (January 13 1985) | Event | A passenger train plunged into a ravine at Ethiopia, killing 428, where accident is the worst railroad disaster in Africa. | |
| January 13th, 1955 (January 13 1955) | Birth | Paul Kelly, Australian singer | |
| January 13th, 1955 (January 13 1955) | Birth | Jay McInerney, American writer | |
| January 13th, 1935 (January 13 1935) | Event | A plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Nazi Germany. | |
| January 13th, 1935 (January 13 1935) | Birth | Mauro Forghieri, Italian automotive & mechanical engineer (Scuderia Ferrari) | |
| January 13th, 1935 (January 13 1935) | Birth | Elsa Martinelli, Italian actress | |
| January 13th, 1925 (January 13 1925) | Birth | Gwen Verdon, American actress and dancer (died in 2000) | |
| January 13th, 1915 (January 13 1915) | Event | An earthquake in Avezzano, Italy kills 29,800. | |
| January 13th, 1915 (January 13 1915) | Death | Mary Slessor, Scottish missionary (born in 1848) | |
| January 13th, 1905 (January 13 1905) | Death | George Thorn, Premier of Queensland (born in 1838) | |
| January 13th, 1885 (January 13 1885) | Birth | Alfred Fuller, Canadian businessman, The "Fuller Brush Man" (died in 1973) | |
| January 13th, 1885 (January 13 1885) | Death | Schuyler Colfax,American politician (b.1823) | |
| January 13th, 1865 (January 13 1865) | Birth | Princess Marie of Orleans (died in 1908) | |
| January 13th, 1845 (January 13 1845) | Birth | Felix Tisserand, French Astronomer (died in 1896) | |
| January 13th, 1805 (January 13 1805) | Birth | Thomas Dyer, Mayor of Chicago (died in 1862) | |
| January 13th, 1785 (January 13 1785) | Event | John Walter publishes the first issue of the Daily Universal Register (later renamed The Times). | |
| January 13th, 1775 (January 13 1775) | Death | Johann Georg Walch, German theologian (born in 1693) | |
| January 13th, 1635 (January 13 1635) | Birth | Philipp Jakob Spener, German theologian (died in 1705) | |
| January 13th, 1625 (January 13 1625) | Death | Jan Brueghel the Elder, Flemish painter (born in 1568) | |
| January 13th, 1605 (January 13 1605) | Event | The controversial play Eastward Hoe by Ben Jonson, George Chapman, and John Marston is performed, landing two of the authors in prison. | John Marston Quotes |
| January 13th, 1505 (January 13 1505) | Birth | Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (died in 1571) | |
