History for January 13

History for January 13 - On-This-Day.com:
Horatio Alger, Jr. 1832 - Author, Sophie Tucker 1884 - Singer, actress, Alfred Fuller 1885 - Founder of Fuller Brush Company 


Robert Stack 1919 - Actor, Julia Louis-Dreyfus 1961 - Actress, Trace Adkins 1962 - Singer and songwriter, musician, actor 


1128 - Pope Honorius II granted a papal sanction to the military order known as the Knights Templar. He declared it to be an army of God. 


1854 - Anthony Faas of Philadelphia, PA, was granted the first U.S. patent for the accordion. He made improvements to the keyboard and enhanced the sound. 


1898 - Emile Zola's "J'accuse" was published in Paris. 


1928 - Ernst F. W. Alexanderson gave the first public demonstration of television. 


1966 - Elizabeth Montgomery’s character, Samantha, on "Bewitched," had a baby. The baby's name was Tabitha. 


1992 - Japan apologized for forcing tens of thousands of Korean women to serve as sex slaves for Japanese soldiers during World War II. 


1999 - Michael Jordan (Chicago Bulls) announced his retirement from the NBA. 


2009 - Ethiopian military forces began pulling out of Somalia, where they had tried to maintain order for nearly two years.