This Day in History Jan. 13

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Jan. 13

1630 Patent to Plymouth Colony issued
1733 James Oglethorpe & 130 English colonists arrive at Charleston, SC
1794 Congress changes US flag to 15 stars & 15 stripes
1815 War of 1812: British troops capture Fort Peter in St. Marys, Georgia
1847 The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the Mexican?American War in California
1854 Anthony Foss patents the accordion
1863 Chenille manufacturing machine patented by William Canter, New York City NY
1863 Thomas Crapper pioneers one-piece pedestal flushing toilet
1865 Federals attack Fort Fisher NC
1874 US troops land in Honolulu to protect the king
1906 1st radio set advertised (Telimco in Scientific American) claimed to receive signals up to 1 mile
1915 W Churchill presents plan for assault on Dardanelles
1922 Conference of Cannes concerning German retribution payments ended
1927 US & Mexico battle over oil interests
1942 German U-boats begin harassing shipping on US east coast
1942 Henry Ford patents a method of constructing plastic auto bodies
1942 First use of an aircraft ejection seat by a German test pilot in a Heinkel He 280 jet fighter
1943 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives in Casablanca
1943 Hitler declares "Total War"
1943 Russian offensive at Don under General Golikov
1943 US infantry captures Galloping Horse-ridge Guadalcanal
1957 Wham-O Company produces the 1st Frisbee
1958 9,000 scientists of 43 nations petition UN for nuclear test ban
1968 Beginning of Tet-offensive in Vietnam
1982 Air Florida 737, crashes into the 14th St Bridge in Washington, DC, & falls into the Potomac River
1989 Computers across Britain hit by "Friday the 13th" virus
1993 STS-54 (Endeavour) launches into orbit
 

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