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The following events took place on January 13. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 53 events. Showing 31 - 53.

• 1953

  An article appears in Pravda accusing some of the most prestigious and prominent doctors, mostly Jews, in the Soviet Union of taking part in a vast plot to poison members of the top Soviet political and military leadership.
• 1958

  The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol in the Battle of Edchera.
• 1960

  The Gulag system of forced labor camps in the Soviet Union is officially abolished.
• 1963

  Coup d'état in Togo results in assassination of president Sylvanus Olympio
• 1964

  Anti-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta, resulting in 100 deaths.
• 1964

  Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, is appointed archbishop of Kraków, Poland.
• 1966

  Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member when he is appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
• 1968

  Johnny Cash performs live at Folsom State Prison
• 1972

  Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia and President Edward Akufo-Addo of Ghana are ousted in a bloodless military coup by Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheampong.
• 1974

  Seraphim is elected Archbishop of Athens and All Greece.
• 1978

  United States Food and Drug Administration requires all blood donations to be labeled “paid” or “volunteer” donors.
• 1982

  Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737 jet crashes into Washington, D.C.'s 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 including four motorists.
• 1985

  A passenger train plunges into a ravine in Ethiopia, killing 428 in the worst railroad disaster in Africa.
• 1986

  A month-long violent struggle begins in Aden, South Yemen between supporters of Ali Nasir Muhammad and Abdul Fattah Ismail, resulting in thousands of casualties.
• 1988

  Lee Teng-hui becomes the first native Taiwanese President of the Republic of China.
• 1990

  a seven-day pogrom breaks out against the Armenian civilian population of Baku, Azerbaijan during which Armenians were beaten, tortured, murdered, and expelled from the city.
• 1990

  Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office in Richmond, Virginia.
• 1991

  Soviet Union troops attack Lithuanian independence supporters in Vilnius, killing 14 people and wounding 1000.
• 1993

  Space Shuttle program: Endeavour heads for space for the third time as STS-54 launches from the Kennedy Space Center.
• 2000

  Bill Gates resigns as CEO of Microsoft.
• 2001

  An earthquake hits El Salvador, killing more than 800.
• 2012

  The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia sinks off the coast of Italy. There are 32 confirmed deaths amongst the 4232 passengers and crew.
• 2012

  The opening ceremony of the Winter Youth Olympics takes place in Innsbruck, Austria.

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