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This is a list of selected January 13 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article, featured list or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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532 – The Nika riots began in Constantinople, resulting in nearly half the city being burned or destroyed and tens of thousands of people being killed. {{more footnotes}}
1822 – The design of the current Flag of Greece was originally adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus for their naval flag. Tagged with {{refimprove}}
1847 – The Treaty of Cahuenga was signed, informally ending the fighting of the Mexican–American War in California. {{refimprove}}
1991 – Soviet troops attacked Lithuanian independence supporters at the TV Tower in Vilnius, killing 14 people. {{more footnotes}}

Eligible

  • 1967 – General Gnassingbé Eyadéma seized power in Togo after a coup d'état, ruling as head of state until his death in February 2005.
  • 2001 – The first of two large earthquakes struck El Salvador, killing at least 944 people and destroying over 100,000 homes.

January 13: St. Knut's Day in Finland and Sweden

Émile Zola

  • 1953 – An article published in Pravda accused some of the most prestigious physicians in the Soviet Union, mostly Jews, of taking part in a vast plot to poison members of the top Soviet political and military leadership.
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