Today in History : January 13
1397 : John of Gaunt marries Katherine Rouet.
1846 : President James Polk dispatches General Zachary Taylor and 4,000 troops to the Texas Border as war with Mexico looms.
1862 : President Lincoln names Edwin M. Stanton Secretary of War.
1900 : To combat Czech nationalism, Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary decrees German the official language of the Imperial Army.
1919 : California votes to ratify the prohibition amendment.
1923 : Hitler denounces the Weimar Republic as 5,000 storm troopers demonstrate in Germany.
1927 : A woman takes a seat on the NY Stock Exchange breaking the all-male tradition.
1931 : The bridge connecting New York and New Jersey is named the George Washington Memorial Bridge.
1937 : The United States bars Americans from serving in the Civil War in Spain.
1943 : General Leclerc’s Free French forces merge with the British under Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery in Libya.
1944 : Plants are destroyed and 64 U.S. aircraft are lost in an air attack in Germany.
1945 : The Red Army opens an offensive in South Poland, crashing 25 miles through the German lines.
1947 : British troops replace striking truck drivers.
1955 : Chase National and the Bank of Manhattan agree to merge resulting in the second largest U.S. bank.
1965 : Two U.S. planes are shot down in Laos while on a combat mission.
1968 : U.S. reports shifting most air targets from North Vietnam to Laos.
1976 : Argentina ousts a British envoy in dispute over the Falkland Islands.
1980 : The United States offers Pakistan a two-year aid plan to counter the Soviet threat in Afghanistan.
1982 : Air Florida Flight 90 Boeing 737 jet crashes into Washington, D.C.’s 14th Street Bridge shortly after takeoff, then plunges into the Potomac River; 78 people, including 4 motorists, are killed.
1990 : In Virginia, Douglas Wilder, the first African American elected governor of a US state, takes office.
Born on January 13
1808 : Salmon P. Chase, U.S. Treasury Secretary, sixth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
1832 : Horatio Alger, Jr., American children’s author (Ragged Dick, Tattered Tom).
1919 : Robert Stack, actor; portrayed Elliot Ness in TV series The Untouchables.
1926 : Michael Bond, author, best known for his series of Paddington Bear children’s books.
1929 : Joe Pass, considered one of the greatest jazz guitarists of the 20th century.
1961 : Julia Louis-Dreyfus, actress, producer (Seinfeld TV series)
1397 : John of Gaunt marries Katherine Rouet.
1846 : President James Polk dispatches General Zachary Taylor and 4,000 troops to the Texas Border as war with Mexico looms.
1862 : President Lincoln names Edwin M. Stanton Secretary of War.
1900 : To combat Czech nationalism, Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary decrees German the official language of the Imperial Army.
1919 : California votes to ratify the prohibition amendment.
1923 : Hitler denounces the Weimar Republic as 5,000 storm troopers demonstrate in Germany.
1927 : A woman takes a seat on the NY Stock Exchange breaking the all-male tradition.
1931 : The bridge connecting New York and New Jersey is named the George Washington Memorial Bridge.
1937 : The United States bars Americans from serving in the Civil War in Spain.
1943 : General Leclerc’s Free French forces merge with the British under Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery in Libya.
1944 : Plants are destroyed and 64 U.S. aircraft are lost in an air attack in Germany.
1945 : The Red Army opens an offensive in South Poland, crashing 25 miles through the German lines.
1947 : British troops replace striking truck drivers.
1955 : Chase National and the Bank of Manhattan agree to merge resulting in the second largest U.S. bank.
1965 : Two U.S. planes are shot down in Laos while on a combat mission.
1968 : U.S. reports shifting most air targets from North Vietnam to Laos.
1976 : Argentina ousts a British envoy in dispute over the Falkland Islands.
1980 : The United States offers Pakistan a two-year aid plan to counter the Soviet threat in Afghanistan.
1982 : Air Florida Flight 90 Boeing 737 jet crashes into Washington, D.C.’s 14th Street Bridge shortly after takeoff, then plunges into the Potomac River; 78 people, including 4 motorists, are killed.
1990 : In Virginia, Douglas Wilder, the first African American elected governor of a US state, takes office.
Born on January 13
1808 : Salmon P. Chase, U.S. Treasury Secretary, sixth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
1832 : Horatio Alger, Jr., American children’s author (Ragged Dick, Tattered Tom).
1919 : Robert Stack, actor; portrayed Elliot Ness in TV series The Untouchables.
1926 : Michael Bond, author, best known for his series of Paddington Bear children’s books.
1929 : Joe Pass, considered one of the greatest jazz guitarists of the 20th century.
1961 : Julia Louis-Dreyfus, actress, producer (Seinfeld TV series)
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