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- Russia: Old New Year
Famous Birthdays
Famous Deaths
- 1929: Wyatt Earp - Western Lawman
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Top Box Office Movies
- 2008: The Bucket List - Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman
- 2007: Stomp the Yard - Columbus Short
- 2006: Glory Road - Jon Voight
- 2005: Meet The Fockers - Ben Stiller
- 2004: The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King - Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin
- 1998: Titanic - Leonardo DiCaprio The Numbers: Historical Box Office Charts
2009 NHL Art Ross Race
- Evgeni Malkin, PIT - 65 PTS
- Sidney Crosby, PIT - 55 PTS
- Alexander Ovechkin, WSH - 54 PTS
- Marc Savard, Boston Bruins - 52 PTS
- Ryan Getzlaf, Anaheim Ducks - 50 PTS
NHL Leaders on this Day
- 2009: NHL - San Jose Sharks: (31 - 5 - 5)
- 2009: Jeff Carter, PHI - 29 Goals
- 2009: Miikka Kiprusoff, Calgary Flames - 25 WinsNHL.com: NHL Stat Leaders
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January 13 Historical Events
The 2000s
- 2000: Bill Gates steps aside as the CEO of Microsoft and names Steve Ballmer as his successor.
The 1990s
- 1999: Michael Jordan retired for the second time from the Chicago Bulls, he previously retired in 1993. He would return to the NBA in 2001 as a member of the Washington Wizards.
- 1990: The first African-American governor, L. Douglas Wilder, entered office.
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The 1980s
- 1982: Air Florida Flight 90 737 jet crashes into Washington DC's 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 including four motorists.
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The 1950s
- 1950: The Soviet Union representative to the United Nations's proposal to expel Nationalist China from the UN is defeated. Causing the Soviet Union to boycott the UN.
The 1910s
- 1910: The radio is demonstrated for the first time in the United States by Lee De Forest as he shared a broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera.
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January 13 Moment of Zen
The Daily Show: Truck Destroys House (1999)
The Daily Show: Man Pets Chicken Dinner (2000)
The Daily Show: Club for Growth (2004)
The Daily Show: George W. Bush on the value of the war without WMDs (2005)
January 13 Liveblog
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