Hong Kong Denies Entry to Human Rights Watch Director, Group Says
Date: 13 January 2020
By Neil Vigdor
Neil Vigdor
Kenneth Roth, executive director of the organization, said immigration officials turned him away at the airport.
Replaying Monday, January 13, 2020
The January 13, 2020 was a Monday under the star sign of ♑. It was the 12 day of the year. President of the United States was Donald J. Trump.
If you were born on this day, you are 1 years old. Your last birthday was on the Wednesday, January 13, 2021, 5 days ago. Your next birthday is on Thursday, January 13, 2022, in 359 days. You have lived for 371 days, or about 8,908 hours, or about 534,520 minutes, or about 32,071,235 seconds.
Some people who share this birthday:
- John Gilbert Baker (ecologist, botanist, born January 13, 1834)
- Wilhelm Wien (physicist, university teacher, theoretical physicist, born January 13, 1864)
- Sydney Brenner (university teacher, geneticist, biotechnologist, born January 13, 1927)
- Michael III (emperor, born January 9, 840)
- Paul Feyerabend (philosopher, university teacher, born January 13, 1924)
- Marco Pantani (sport cyclist, born January 13, 1970)
- Orlando Bloom (actor, film actor, stage actor, model, born January 13, 1977)
- Stephen Hendry (snooker player, born January 13, 1969)
- Salmon P. Chase (politician, judge, born January 13, 1808)
- Pasqual Maragall i Mira (politician, professor, born January 13, 1941)
- Jeff Bezos (computer scientist, entrepreneur, born January 13, 1964)
- François Mansart (architect, born January 13, 1598)
- Emperor Daizong of Tang (ruler, born January 9, 727)
- Guillermo Coria (tennis player, born January 13, 1982)
- Philipp Jakob Spener (theologian, born January 13, 1635)
- Chaim Soutine (painter, born January 13, 1893)
- Marinus van der Lubbe (activist, trade unionist, born January 13, 1909)
- Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (aristocrat, born January 3, 1505)
- Igor Gouzenko (civil servant, born January 13, 1919)
- Anton Makarenko (non-fiction writer, pedagogue, educator, born January 13, 1888)
- Lev Kuleshov (screenwriter, inventor, film director, actor, born January 13, 1899)
- Kostis Palamas (playwright, writer, poet, journalist, literary critic, writer in Prevezanika Chronika, born January 13, 1859)
- Joe Pass (guitarist, composer, jazz musician, jazz guitarist, born January 13, 1929)
- Jan van Goyen (painter, art dealer, born January 13, 1596)
- Roland Petit (dancer, ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet master, born January 13, 1924)
- Patrick Dempsey (film director, actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, film producer, racing automobile driver, circus performer, born January 13, 1962)
- Robert Stack (actor, film actor, television actor, voice actor, character actor, born January 13, 1919)
- Jijé (cartoonist, comics artist, born January 13, 1914)
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus (singer, film actor, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, film producer, born January 13, 1961)
- Herbert Brenon (screenwriter, writer, film director, actor, film actor, born January 13, 1880)
- Chen Jiongming (politician, born January 13, 1878)
- Clark Ashton Smith (novelist, science fiction writer, writer, painter, poet, sculptor, born January 13, 1893)
- Peyo Yavorov (writer, poet, journalist, revolutionary, born January 13, 1878)
- Paul Kelly (singer, songwriter, born January 13, 1955)
- Gianni Morbidelli (racing automobile driver, born January 13, 1968)
- Christoph Graupner (composer, born January 13, 1683)
- Wolfgang Loitzl (ski jumper, born January 13, 1980)
- Daniel Kehlmann (novelist, writer, translator, born January 13, 1975)
- Zhou Youguang (translator, economist, university teacher, banker, linguist, Esperantist, born January 13, 1906)
- Count Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust (politician, economist, diplomat, born January 13, 1809)
- Cabu (painter, cartoonist, caricaturist, born January 13, 1938)
- Aleksandar Kitinov (tennis player, born January 13, 1971)
- Horatio Alger (novelist, children's writer, writer, journalist, born January 13, 1832)
- Trevor Rabin (guitarist, composer, film score composer, music producer, born January 13, 1954)
- Daevid Allen (writer, autobiographer, poet, singer, guitarist, songwriter, composer, born January 13, 1938)
- Elazar Shach (rabbi, born January 13, 1898)
- Julio Baghy (novelist, writer, poet, actor, Esperantist, publisher, born January 13, 1891)
- Joh Bjelke-Petersen (politician, born January 13, 1911)
- Juan Diego Flórez (singer, opera singer, born January 13, 1973)
- Jovan Sterija Popović (playwright, science fiction writer, writer, lawyer, poet, pedagogue, born January 13, 1806)
- Kaj Munk (playwright, screenwriter, priest, born January 13, 1898)
- Jacek Majchrowski (politician, historian, teacher, born January 13, 1947)
- Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (politician, born January 13, 1610)
- Gertrude the Great (nun, born January 6, 1256)
- Vitaly Scherbo (artistic gymnast, born January 13, 1972)
- Stefania Belmondo (cross-country skier, born January 13, 1969)
- Daniel Scioli (politician, businessperson, athlete, born January 13, 1957)
- Liam Hemsworth (actor, film actor, born January 13, 1990)
- Trace Adkins (singer, singer-songwriter, actor, film actor, television actor, voice actor, born January 13, 1962)
- Aleko Konstantinov (writer, lawyer, translator, journalist, judge, born January 13, 1863)
- Jüri Uluots (politician, lawyer, journalist, born January 13, 1890)
- Kay Francis (actor, film actor, stage actor, born January 13, 1905)
- Giovanni Visconti (sport cyclist, born January 13, 1983)
- Robin Milner (engineer, university teacher, computer scientist, born January 13, 1934)
- Joseph Zen (Catholic priest, born January 13, 1932)
- Shonda Rhimes (screenwriter, writer, film director, film producer, born January 13, 1970)
- William B. Davis (screenwriter, actor, film actor, born January 13, 1938)
- J.Y. Park (singer, singer-songwriter, record producer, actor, film actor, jazz musician, dancer, born January 13, 1972)
- Fernando Chui (politician, born January 13, 1957)
- Chara (singer, singer-songwriter, musician, actor, film actor, composer, lyricist, television presenter, born January 13, 1968)
- Robert R. Sokal (university teacher, anthropologist, statistician, biostatistician, born January 13, 1926)
- Mark O'Meara (golfer, born January 13, 1957)
- Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta (military officer, born January 13, 1869)
- Chang Kai-chen (tennis player, born January 13, 1991)
- Nachi Nozawa (actor, theatre director, seiyū, impresario, born January 13, 1938)
- Joel Teitelbaum (philosopher, rabbi, born January 13, 1887)
- Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh (novelist, writer, translator, historian, linguist, born January 13, 1892)
- Mario Yepes (association football player, born January 13, 1976)
- Karl Menger (mathematician, philosopher, professor, born January 13, 1902)
- Vasily Kalinnikov (composer, born January 13, 1866)
- Penelope Ann Miller (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born January 13, 1964)
- Paul Passy (linguist, born January 13, 1859)
- Felix Gottwald (Nordic combined skier, born January 13, 1976)
- Pierre Jean Robiquet (chemist, born January 13, 1780)
- Richard Anthony (singer, born January 13, 1938)
- Marek Hłasko (screenwriter, writer, born January 13, 1934)
- Art Ross (ice hockey player, born January 13, 1886)
- Félix Tisserand (astronomer, mathematician, born January 13, 1845)
- Lionel Groulx (writer, historian, university teacher, religious servant, Catholic priest, born January 13, 1878)
- Rakesh Sharma (military personnel, astronaut, born January 13, 1949)
13th of January 2020 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on January 13, 2020
If the Calendar Says January, Why Does the Thermometer Say May?
Date: 13 January 2020
By Vanessa Swales
Vanessa Swales
A wave of warm weather across the Northeast broke temperature records and left many people wondering about a “January thaw.”
The Trump Administration’s Fluctuating Explanations for the Suleimani Strike
Date: 13 January 2020
By Chris Cameron and Helene Cooper
Chris Cameron
Over 10 days, officials have struggled to rationalize the decision that risked a war with Iran.
Iran Cracks Down as Protests Over Downing of Airliner Grow
Date: 13 January 2020
By Farnaz Fassihi and David D. Kirkpatrick
Farnaz Fassihi
Remarkably, some criticism is coming from some within the government’s hard-line power base.
Joe Biden’s Vote for War
Date: 13 January 2020
By Katie Glueck and Thomas Kaplan
Katie Glueck
In October 2002, he was one of 77 senators who gave President George W. Bush the authority to use force in Iraq. He is still trying to explain that choice.
White House Says U.S. Has Asked North Korea to Resume Talks: Axios
Date: 13 January 2020
By Reuters
White House national security adviser Robert O'Brien said the United States had reached out to North Korea seeking to resume talks, according to an interview published on Sunday by Axios.
U.S. to Announce 'Actions' After Saudi Military Trainees Review: Source
Date: 13 January 2020
By Reuters
The U.S. government will announce "actions" on Monday along with results of a Justice Department criminal investigation into the December shootings at the Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida that killed three U.S. service members and wounded eight other Americans, an official told Reuters.
Trump Says He 'Couldn't Care Less' if Iran Agrees to Negotiate
Date: 13 January 2020
By Reuters
U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday he does not care if Iran agrees to negotiate with the United States after a senior adviser earlier suggested the Islamic Republic would have no choice but to agree to talks.
Trump Says He 'Couldn't Care Less' if Iran Agrees to Negotiate
Date: 13 January 2020
By Reuters
U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday he does not care if Iran agrees to negotiate with the United States after a senior adviser earlier suggested the Islamic Republic would have no choice but to agree to talks.
Ray Shero Is Out as New Jersey Devils' General Manager
Date: 13 January 2020
By The Associated Press
Ray Shero has been fired as the New Jersey Devils' general manager after a four-plus year tenure that saw the three-time Stanley Cup champions make the playoffs only once.