Holidays January 13, 2025: name days, signs

Today, January 13, 2025, is Public Broadcasting Day. There are 352 days before the New Year.

January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 352 days left before the end of the year (353 days in leap years).

What holidays are there in Ukraine and in the world?

• Public Broadcasting Day.

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What happened on January 13

• 1610 – Galileo Galilei discovers Jupiter’s fourth moon, later named Callisto.

• 1854 – Faas Anthony from Philadelphia received a patent for a new musical instrument – the accordion.

• 1910 – The first public radio broadcast was heard from New York, where the voices of Enrico Caruso and other stars of the Metropolitan Opera were heard.

• 1919 – in Kyiv, the Director of the UPR approved the law on the recruitment of military personnel into active service.

• 1928 – RCA and General Electric installed the first experimental television sets in three homes in the town of Schenectady (New York) to demonstrate the capabilities of receiving a home television signal.

• 1942 – the forced deportation of the Ukrainian population to Germany (Ostarbeiters) began.

• 1943 – A. Hitler issued a directive on the total mobilization of material resources and resources in Germany.

• 1989 – Computers across the UK are first paralyzed by the “Friday the 13th” virus, also known as “Jerusalem”, which periodically activates on days when the 13th falls on a Friday .

• 1992 – Ukraine and the Kingdom of Sweden establish diplomatic relations.

• 1992 – The Republic of Cyprus recognizes the independence of Ukraine.

• 1993 – in Paris, representatives of 130 countries signed the “Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and their Destruction.”

• 1999 – 36-year-old Michael Jordan, an American basketball legend, officially announced that he would leave the Chicago Bulls team and end his professional basketball career.

• 2000 – its co-founder and long-time leader Bill Gates announced his resignation from the post of head of Microsoft.

• 2010 – The Kiev Court of Appeal recognizes that Stalin, Molotov, Kaganovich, Postyshev, Kosior, Chubar and Khataevich organized the genocide of part of the Ukrainians, but closes the case due to their deaths.

• 2015 – a terrorist attack took place near Volnovakha during Russia’s armed aggression against Ukraine.

Who was born on January 13

• 1894 – Yevgeny Onatsky, leading figure of the OUN, public figure, journalist and scientist.

• 1904 – Nathan Milstein, Ukrainian and American violin virtuoso of Jewish origin.

• 1919 – Lyubov Mala, Ukrainian doctor, academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

What is today’s name day?: Athanasius, Maxim, Peter, Jacob.

Folk signs and traditions for January 13

• The cat is sitting on the windowsill – it means that there will be a thaw.

• The cat sleeps with its face hidden – wait for the frost.

• The draft in the furnace is weak – the weather will be warm.

• Titties are chirping at the windows – spring will come early.

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