13 January special day in India
Important Events-
Birth & Death
13 January special day in India - Important Events :
- 1610: Galileo discovered Jupiter’s fourth moon Callisto.
- 1889: The first attempt at the play Sharda, written by playwright Govind Ballal Deval, was held in Indore.
- 1930: Mickey Mouse cartoon was first published.
- 1953: Marshal Tito became the President of Yugoslavia.
- 1957: Hirakud Dam was inaugurated.
- 1993: Space Shuttle Program: The launch of STS-54 from Kennedy Space Center made Endeavour- Space Shuttle ready to go into space for the third time.
- 1996: Shatabdi Express train started between Pune-Mumbai.
- 2007: K.G. Balakrishnan took office as the 37th Chief Justice of India.
- 13 January special day in India
13 January special day in India - Birth :
- 1919: Birth of ‘M. Chenna Reddy’ – Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. (Died: 2 December 1996)
- 1926: ‘Shakti Samant’ – Hindi and Bengali film director and producer was born. (Died: 9 April 2009)
- 1938: ‘Pt. Shivkumar Sharma’ – Famous Santoor player and musician was born. (Died: 10 May 2022)
- 1938: ‘Navanita Dev Sen’ – Indian poet was born.
- 1948: ‘Gaj Singh’ – Raja of Jodhpur was born.
- 1949: ‘Rakesh Sharma’ – Indian astronaut was born.
- 1983: ‘Imran Khan’ – Indian film actor was born.
- 13 January special day in India
13 January special day in India - Death :
- 1832: ‘Thomas Lord’ – Founder of the world-famous cricket ground, Lord’s, passed away. (Born: 23 November 1755)
- 1958: ‘Jesse L. Lasky’ – American film producer, co-founder of the famous sports club Lasky passed away. (Born: 13 September 1880)
- 1976: ‘Ahmed John. Thirkawa’ – Famous tabla player passed away.
- 1985: ‘Madan Puri’ – Character actor in Hindi films passed away.
- 1993: ‘René Plevin’ – Prime Minister of France passed away. (Born: 15 April 1901)
- 1997: ‘Malhar Sadashiv Parkhe’ – Businessman and Veda scholar passed away. (Born: 15 April 1912)
- 1998: ‘Shambhu Sen’ – Music director and dance director passed away.
- 2001: ‘Shridhar Ganesh Dadhe’ – Sanskrit scholar and writer passed away.
- 2011 : ‘Prabhakar Panshikar’ – Famous actor passed away. (Born: 14 March 1931)
- 2013 : ‘Rusi Surti’ – Cricketer passed away. (Born: 25 May 1936)
- 2018 : ‘Emmett Johns’ – Canadian priest, founder of Dans La Rue passed away. (Born: 3 April 1928)