Today is Monday, January 13, the thirteenth day of 2025. There are 352 days left within the 12 months.
Today in History:
On January 13, 2021, President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House for the violent siege of the Capitol on January 6, turning into the one president to be impeached twice; ten Republicans joined Democrats in voting to question Trump on fees of “incitement of riot.” (Trump can be acquitted once more by the Senate in a vote on the finish of his time period.)
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In 1733, James Oglethorpe and roughly 120 English settlers arrived in Charleston, South Carolina, whereas on their strategy to settle what’s now Georgia.
In 1794, President George Washington permitted a measure including two stars and two stripes to the American flag, following the admission of Vermont and Kentucky to the Union. (The variety of strips was later lowered to the unique 13.)
In 1941, a brand new regulation went into impact granting Puerto Ricans U.S. citizenship by birthright.
In 1979, singer Donny Hathaway died after falling from a resort window in New York. He was 34 years outdated. Hathaway was identified for his duets with Roberta Flack and the vacation track “This Christmas.”
In 1982, an Air Florida 737 crashed into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. and fell into the Potomac River whereas attempting to take off throughout a snowstorm, killing a complete of 78 individuals, together with 4 motorists on the bridge; 4 passengers and a flight attendant survived.
In 1990, L. Douglas Wilder of Virginia grew to become the nation’s first elected black governor as he was sworn in in Richmond.
In 1992, Japan apologized for forcing tens of hundreds of Korean girls to function intercourse slaves for its troopers throughout World War II, citing newly found paperwork that confirmed the Japanese army had performed a task within the abduction of the so-called “consolation girls”.
Today’s Birthdays: Golf Hall of Famer Mark O’Meara is 68 years outdated. Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus is 64 years outdated. Country singer Trace Adkins is 63 years outdated. Actor Patrick Dempsey is 59 years outdated. Television producer and author Shonda Rhimes is 55 years outdated. Actor Orlando Bloom is 48 years outdated. Actor Liam Hemsworth is 35 years outdated. Actress Natalia Dyer is 30 years outdated. NHL heart Connor McDavid is 28 years outdated.
