What Happened in January 2013

Historical Events

Carlsen Breaks Kasparov Record

Jan 1 Magnus Carlsen breaks Garry Kasparov's chess FIDE rating, reaching 2,861

Chess Grandmaster and Political Activist Garry Kasparov

Jan 1 Phil Taylor claims his 16th and last PDC World Darts Championship title with a 7–4 victory over Dutchman Michael van Gerwen in the final in London
Jan 1 US bi-partisan deal temporarily avoids the fiscal cliff
Jan 2 79th Sugar Bowl: #21 Louisville beats #3 Florida, 33-23
Jan 3 27 Shiite pilgrims are killed and 60 are injured by a suicide bombing in Musayyib, Iraq
Jan 3 42nd Fiesta Bowl: #5 Oregon beats #7 Kansas State, 35-17
Jan 4 6 Russian tourists are killed, and 2 are seriously injured when their snowmobile veers off a ski slope on Mount Cermis, Italy
Jan 4 A Beechcraft BE35 airplane crashes into a house in Palm Coast, Florida, in faialed emergency landing, killing 3 in the plane, no one in the home was injured
Jan 4 Car bomb kills 11 people, and injures 40 at a petrol station in Damascus, Syria
Jan 4 Gunman kills 8 people in Kawit, Philippines

Spain's Fourth Title

Jan 5 25th Hopman Cup Tennis, Perth: Spain wins 4th title; Anabel Medina Garrigues & Fernando Verdasco beat high profile Serbian pair Ana Ivanović & Novak Đoković 6-4, 7-5 to clinch 2-1 victory

Jan 6 10 people are killed by a US drone attack in South Waziristan, Pakistan
Jan 6 The NHL reaches an agreement to end a 113 day lockout
Jan 7 College Football, 15th BCS National Championship, Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens: #2 Alabama beats #1 Notre Dame, 42-14

Messi Wins Record Fourth

Jan 7 FIFA Ballon d'Or: Barcelona forward Lionel Messi wins award for a record 4th consecutive year; US forward Abby Wambach wins women's award

Jan 8 130 wildfires across Australia’s east coast force thousands to evacuate their homes
Jan 8 2,130 prisoners held by the Syrian government are exchanged for 48 Iranians kidnapped by Syrian rebels

Nash 5th to 10,000 Assists

Jan 8 Steve Nash becomes 5th NBA player to record 10,000th career assists, playing for the LA Lakers against Houston - Lakers still lose 125–112

Jan 10 18th Critics' Choice Movie Awards: Argo wins Best Film

39th People's Choice Awards

Jan 10 39th People's Choice Awards: Robert Downey Jr & Jennifer Lawrence win (Movie Star) and Nathan Fillion & Ellen Pompeo win (TV Drama)

Jan 10 81 people are killed and 120 are wounded by a twin bombing in Quetta, Pakistan
Jan 11 29 people are killed and 12 are injured after a bus veers off a mountain road in Doti, Nepal
Jan 11 46 people are killed and 12 are missing after a landslide buries a village in the Yunnan province, China
Jan 12 "Mile High Miracle", In AFC Divisional Playoff Game Denver Broncos ahead of Baltimore Ravens 35-28 with 1:09 remaining, quarterback Joe Flacco heaves 70 yard touchdown pass to receiver Jacoby Jones to tie the game. Ravens win in overtime.
Jan 12 A failed attempt to rescue a French hostage in Bulo Marer, Somalia, results in 18 deaths
Jan 12 Beijing’s level of air pollution is declared to be at levels that are hazardous to human health

70th Golden Globes

Jan 13 70th Golden Globes: Argo, Daniel Day-Lewis, & Jessica Chastain win

Actress and Film Producer Jessica Chastain

Pence Governor of Indiana

Jan 14 Mike Pence sworn in as 50th governor of Indiana

48th Vice President of the United States Mike Pence

Jan 15 19 Egyptian Army recruits are killed and 120 are injured in a train accident in Giza
Jan 15 83 people are killed and 150 are injured in a rocket attack on Aleppo University, Syria
Jan 16 24 people die after three car bombs exploded in Idlib Governorate, Syria
Jan 16 25 people are killed after an apartment block collapses in Alexandria, Egypt
Jan 16 A four day occupation of an Algerian BP facility by Amenas militants begins, killing 48 hostages
Jan 17 106 people are massacred by Syrian army forces in Homs
Jan 17 33 people are killed by a series of bombs across Iraq
Jan 17 4 people are killed and over 2,000 are evacuated after a massive flood hits Jakarta, Indonesia
Jan 17 8 people are killed in a plane crash in Chiapas, Mexico
Jan 17 Japan unveils plans to build the world’s largest wind farm near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

Sons of the Sea

Jan 18 Former Incubus singer Brandon Boyd announces his new band, Sons of the Sea

New Orleans Mayor Indicted

Jan 18 Former New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin is indicted on corruption charges stemming from post-Hurricane Katrina business contracts and bribes

Jan 19 Calcium deposits are discovered on Mars by NASA’s Curiosity Rover
Jan 19 Four climbers are killed by an avalanche in Glen Coe, Scotland

Armstrong's Doping Downfall

Jan 19 Lance Armstrong admits to doping in all seven of his Tour de France victories

Jan 19 The 2012-2013 NHL season begins after a 119-day lockout
Jan 20 AFC Championship, Gillette Stadium, Foxborough: Baltimore Ravens beat New England Patriots, 28-13
Jan 20 Austria votes to maintain compulsory military service in a referendum
Jan 20 NFC Championship, Georgia Dome, Atlanta: San Francisco 49ers beat Atlanta Falcons, 28-24
Jan 21 1 person is killed and 15 are injured by a magnitude 5.9 earthquake in Indonesia
Jan 21 18 people are killed and 24 are injured after a bus falls down a ravine in Yungas, Bolivia
Jan 21 30 people are killed in a car bombing in Salamiyeh, Syria
Jan 21 41 people are injured after two trains collide in Vienna, Austria
Jan 21 Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Netherlands’ Minister of Finance, becomes the President of the Euro Group
Jan 22 A series of Baghdad car bombings kill 17 people
Jan 22 The Bank of Japan doubles its inflation target to 2% and announces open-ended asset purchases for 2014 in the hope of ending deflation
Jan 23 18 people are killed in a market shooting in Damboa, Nigeria
Jan 23 23 people are killed in a mosque suicide bombing in Tuz Khormato, Iraq
Jan 23 US armed forces overturns 1994 ban on women serving in combat
Jan 24 17 people are killed and 34 are injured in a bus crash in Taperas, Bolivia
Jan 24 A Japanese Coast guard ship engages a Taiwanese activist ship in the Senkaku Islands dispute
Jan 24 Russian police kill 13 rebels in Vedeno District, Chechnya
Jan 25 50 people are killed and 90 are injured in a prison riot in Barquisimeto, Venezuela
Jan 25 6 civilians and 1 police officer are shot dead and 456 people are injured during a nationwide protest against Egypt’s 2011 revolution
Jan 25 8 people are killed by 2 car bombs in Golan Heights, Syria
Jan 25 Initial GDP figures for the fourth quarter of 2012 show the UK economy shrank by 0.3% raising fears of a triple dip recession
Jan 25 Islamist forces are driven out of Hombori by the Malian army
Jan 25 Tropical cyclone Oswald makes landfall in Queensland, Australia, causing mass flooding
Jan 26 10 people are killed and 20 are injured by a suicide bombing in Kunduz, Afghanistan
Jan 26 30 people are killed during a violent protest in Port Said, Egypt

Azarenka Defeats Li

Jan 26 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Victoria Azarenka of Belarus wins her 2nd straight Australian title; beats Li Na of China 4-6, 6-4, 6-3

Jan 26 Miloš Zeman wins the Czech Republic’s presidential election
Jan 26 The United States Sentencing Commission is hacked by Anonymous in response to the suicide of Aaron Swartz
Jan 27 29th Sundance Film Festival: "Fruitvale Station", directed by Ryan Coogler, wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
Jan 27 7 people are killed and 3 are injured when a retaining wall collapses during a football match at the Ugur Sports Facility, Turkey
Jan 27 A bus crash into a ravine in Serta, Portugal, kills 11 people and injures an additional 32
Jan 27 A series of bomb attacks in Kandahar, Afghanistan, kills 20 police officers
Jan 27 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Novak Đoković wins Open era record 4th Australian crown; beats Andy Murray of Scotland 6-7, 7-6, 6-3, 6-2
Jan 27 In Port Said, Egypt, protests result in 7 people being killed and 630 are injured

Carlsen Wins Tata Steel Tournament

Jan 27 Magnus Carlsen wins the 2013 Tata Steel Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands

Jan 27 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, Hawaii: NFC beats AFC, 62-35; MVP: Kyle Rudolph, Minnesota Vikings, TE
Jan 27 Spain defeats Denmark to win the 2013 World Men's Handball Championship
Jan 27 The Kiss nightclub fire in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, ignited by pyrotechnics used by a performing rock band kills 245 people and injures at least 600 others; most of the deaths were from toxic smoke inhalation, the club was over capacity and had no fire exits
Jan 28 10 people are killed and 11 are injured in after a freight train collides with a bus in Heihe City, China
Jan 28 20 people are killed after a Bombardier CRJ200 airliner crashes outside Almaty, Kazakhstan
Jan 28 Iran’s Pishgam rocket successfully completes a return trip of sending a monkey into space
Jan 30 South Korea successfully launches its rocket Naro-1 which was carrying a scientific satellite

The Americans

Jan 30 TV spy drama "The Americans" created by Joe Weisberg, starring Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys premieres on FX

Jan 31 300 people are injured in a train collision in Pretoria, South Africa
Jan 31 36 people are killed and 126 are injured in an explosion at Torre Ejecutiva Pemex, Mexico

Events in 2013

Famous Weddings

Jake LaMotta

Jan 4 American former World Middleweight champ Jake LaMotta (90) weds seventh and final wife, longtime fiancée Denise Baker (62) in Bisbee, Arizona, until his death in 2017

Jan 15 "Gomer Pyle" actor Jim Nabors (82) weds retired performer Stan Cadwallader (64) at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel in Seattle
Jan 19 "Big Brother" Daniele Donato (26) weds Dominic Briones at the Newland House Museum in Huntington Beach, California
Jan 19 Figure skater five-time world champion Michelle Kwan (32) weds American lawyer Clay Pell at the First Unitarian Church of Providence, Rhode Island; divorce in 2017

Famous Deaths

Jan 1 Christopher Martin-Jenkins, British cricket journalist and broadcaster (President MCC; BBC Radio), dies of cancer at 67

Patti Page (1927-2013)

Jan 1 American pop singer ("With My Eyes Wide Open, I'm Dreaming"; "Tennessee Waltz"), dies at 85

Jan 2 Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, Uruguayan soccer goalkeeper (36 caps; Atlético Mineiro), dies from a respiratory illness at 67
Jan 2 Margaret A. Brewer, American soldier & first female general officer in US Marine Corps, dies at 82
Jan 2 Ned Wertimer, American actor (The Jeffersons), dies from complications from a fall at 89
Jan 2 Rod Hicks, American bassist (Paul Butterfield Blues Band), dies at 71
Jan 3 M S Gopalakrishnan, Indian Carnatic violinist, dies at 81
Jan 3 Sergiu Nicolaescu, Romanian film director, dies from surgical complications at 82
Jan 4 Derek Kevan, English soccer striker (14 caps; WBA 262 games, Manchester City), dies at 77
Jan 4 Geoffrey de Bellaigue, French-British art curator (The Royal Collection, 1972-88), dies at 81
Jan 4 Sammy Johns, American country artist, dies at 66
Jan 4 Tony Lip [Frank Anthony Vallelonga], American author and actor (Sopranos, Donnie Brasco, Good Fellas), dies at 82
Jan 4 Yevgeny Pepelyaev, Soviet fighter pilot, dies at 94
Jan 5 Bruce McCarty, American architect, dies at 92
Jan 5 Sybil Michelow, South-African contralto and composer, dies at 87
Jan 6 Neil Adcock, South African cricket fast bowler (26 Tests, 104 wickets @ 21.10), dies from bowel cancer at 81
Jan 7 Fred L. Turner, American businessman (CEO of McDonalds, 1977-2004), dies from complications of pneumonia at 80
Jan 8 Jeanne Manford, American gay rights activist, dies at 92
Jan 8 Kenojuak Ashevak, Canadian Inuit artist, dies from lung cancer at 85
Jan 9 James M. Buchanan, American economist (Nobel Memorial 1986), dies at 93
Jan 10 Christel Adelaar, Dutch actress (Pipo the Clown - "Mammaloe"), dies of lung cancer at 77
Jan 10 Evan Connell, American author, dies at 88
Jan 11 Aaron H. Swartz, American computer programmer, dies from an apparent suicide at 26
Jan 11 Lars Werner, Swedish communist leader, dies at 77
Jan 11 Mariangela Melato, Italian actress (Swept Away; Flash Gordon: Summer Night), dies from pancreatic cancer at 71
Jan 12 Anthony Cavendish, British MI 6 officer and banker, dies at 85
Jan 13 Rusi Surti, Indian cricketer (Indian slow lefty, hat-trick for Qld 1969), dies from complications from a stroke at 76
Jan 14 Conrad Bain, Canadian actor (Maude, Diff'rent Strokes), dies from natural causes at 89
Jan 14 Giorgio Alverà, Italian bobsledder (World C'ship gold Two-man 1975), dies at 69
Jan 15 (Jesús) "Chucho" Castillo, Mexican bantamweight boxer (WBA, WBC, 1970), dies from a heart attack at 68
Jan 15 Daphne Anderson, British actress (Beggar's Opera; Hobson's Choice), dies at 90
Jan 15 Jennings Michael Burch, American writer (They Cage the Animals at Night), dies at 71
Jan 15 Mario Kuri-Aldana, Mexican composer, and teacher, dies at 81
Jan 15 Nagisa Oshima, Japanese film director and screenwriter, dies at 80
Jan 15 Yuli Turovsky, Russian-Canadian cellist (Borodin Trio, 1976-91), conductor (I Musici de Montreal Chamber Orchestra, 1983-2011), and teacher, dies at 73 [1]
Jan 16 Abigail Van Buren [Pauline Phillips], American columnist and radio show host known for "Dear Abby" advice column, twin sister of fellow advice columnist Ann Landers (Eppie Lederer), dies from complications from Alzheimer's disease at 94
Jan 16 Yevdokiya Mekshilo, Soviet skier (Olympic gold 1964), dies at 81
Jan 17 Lizbeth Webb, English soprano, dies at 86
Jan 17 Robert F. Chew, American actor, dies from heart failure at 52
Jan 19 Anatoly Bannik, Ukrainian chess master, dies at 91

Earl Weaver (1930-2013)

Jan 19 American Baseball HOF manager (World Series 1970 Baltimore Orioles), dies from a heart attack at 82

Stan Musial (1920-2013)

Jan 19 American Baseball HOF outfielder (24 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1942, 44, 46; NL MVP 1943, 46, 48; 7 × NL batting champion; St Louis Cardinals), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 92

Jan 20 Bob Engemann, American singer, (The Lettermen), dies at 77
Jan 20 Freddie Williams, Welsh motorcycle speedway rider (World C'ship 1950, 1953; Wembley Lions), dies at 86
Jan 21 Alden Winship Clausen, American banker (President of World Bank), dies at 89
Jan 21 Michael Adamis, Greek electro-acoustic music composer, dies at 83
Jan 21 Michael Winner, English film director and producer (Death Wish), dies at 77
Jan 22 Ellen Blazer [Esther Clara Blazer], Dutch TV director (Sonja), dies at 81
Jan 22 Leslie Frankenheimer, American film set designer, dies from leukemia at 64
Jan 24 Richard Stern, American writer (Pacific Tremors), and educator (University of Chicago, 1955-2002), dies at 84
Jan 25 Zekkariyas [Cecil Womack], American soul songwriter, singer, and record producer (Womack & Womack - "Teardrops"), dies at 64
Jan 26 Edwin London, American horn player, conductor (Cleveland Chamber Orchestra; Ineluctable Modality Choir), and composer (Dream Thing on Biblical Episodes), dies at 83
Jan 26 Hiroshi Nakajima, Japanese physician and medical researcher (WHO Director-General, 1988-98), dies at 84
Jan 28 Bobby Sharp, American piano player, songwriter (“Unchain My Heart”), and drug rehab counselor, dies at 88
Jan 28 Eddy Choong, Malaysian badminton player (Thomas Cup 1955), dies at 82
Jan 29 Frank Hahn, British economist, dies at 87
Jan 30 Patty Andrews, American pop and swing jazz singer (The Andrews Sisters - "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"; "Rum and Coca-Cola"), dies at 94
Jan 30 Thorkell Sigurbjörnsson, Icelandic composer, dies at 74
Jan 31 Timir Pinegin, Russian sailor (Olympic gold 1960), dies at 85