January 13 in History

• 1128

  January 13, 1128:

  Pope Honorius II officially recognizes the military order, Knight Templar by issuing it with a papal sanction.

• 1903

  January 13, 1903:

  The first batch of Korean immigrants to the United States arrive at Honolulu.

• 1942

  January 13, 1942:

  Henry Ford receives a patent for the construction of plastic automobile.

• 1957

  January 13, 1957:

  The radio play, “All That Fall” by British playwright Samuel Beckett, premieres on BBC Third Programme.

• 1962

  January 13, 1962: While driving his Chevrolet Corvair in a rainstorm in Los Angeles, American comedian Ernie Kovacs crashes into a telephone pole and dies

• 1968

  January 13, 1968:

  The live album, “Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison” is recorded by singer-songwriter Johnny Cash in front of an audience made up of the prison’s inmates.

• 1997

  January 13, 1997:

  For the first time in 150 years, an Ecuadoran president (Abdala Bucaram Ortiz) pays an official visit to a Peruvian president (Alberto Fujimori).

• 1999

  January 13, 1999:

  Michael Jordan makes an announcement for his second retirement from basketball.

• 2012

  January 13, 2012:

  A cruise ship, the Costa Concordia capsizes off Italy’s Giglio Island, killing 32 people.

• 2020

  January 13, 2020:

  Queen Elizabeth II announces the royal family’s support for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s desire to live independent lives in a statement.