Unix Timestamp: 1010880000
Sunday, January 13. 2002, 12:00:00 AM UTC

President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali gives a televised address during which he attempts to appease protesters by vowing not to seek re-election in 2014. He also promises an end to live firing of real bullets: three more people are killed in the Tunis suburb of Aouina less than an hour later. //english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/01/2011113192110570350.html (Al Jazeera) //www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12187084 (BBC) //www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/13/tunisian-president-will-not-seek-re-election ("The Guardian")

Floods in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil:

Israeli Defense Forces advance on Gaza City and engage in urban warfare with Hamas militants. //news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7826968.stm (BBC News)

Ethiopian military forces begin pulling out of Somalia, where they have tried to maintain order for nearly two years.ref name=bbc-somali-joy

The Greek ship "Server" breaks in half off the Norwegian coast, releasing over 200 tons of crude oil.

The energy dispute between Russia and Belarus is resolved after about 10 hours of negotiations between Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov and his Belarusian counterpart, Sergey Sidorsky. //news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6257745.stm (BBC)

Serial killer Harold Shipman is found hanged in his cell at Wakefield Prison, four years after being convicted of murdering 15 patients in Cheshire, England.

War on Terrorism: Six more suspects were arrested in Bournemouth in England in connection with the investigation into ricin found in London. This brings the total of those arrested to eleven.

A 7.6 magnitude earthquake hits all of El Salvador, killing at least 800 people and leaving thousands homeless.

Italy's prime minister, Lamberto Dini, resigns after the failure of all-party talks to confirm him. New talks are initiated by president Oscar Luigi Scalfaro to form a new government.

Japan apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during World War II.

Taiwan President Chiang Ching-kuo dies in Taipei Vice-President Lee Teng-hui becomes president.

New York mafiosi Anthony Fat Tony Salerno and Carmine Peruccia are sentenced to 100 years in prison for racketeering.

Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90 crashes into Washington, D.C.'s 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78. On the same day, a Washington Metro train derails to the north, killing 3 (the system's first fatal accident).

Prime Minister of GhanaKofi Abrefa Busia is overthrown in a military coup.

Louis Leakey announces the discovery of pre-human fossils in Kenya he names the species "Kenyapithecus africanus".

January 15 The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10.

In Munich, the trial begins of Wilhelm Harster, accused of the murder of 82,856 Jews (including Anne Frank) when he led German security police during the German occupation of the Netherlands. He is eventually sentenced to 15 years in prison.

"The New York Times" reports that the U.S. Army is conducting secret germ warfare experiments.

A military coup occurs in Togo under the leadership of Etienne Eyadema.

"A Fistful of Dollars", the first significant spaghetti Western film, is released in the United States.

Jeremy Thorpe becomes leader of the UK's Liberal Party.

The Human Be-In takes place in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco the event sets the stage for the Summer of Love.

The United Kingdom enters the first round of negotiations for European Economic Community membership in Rome.

Albert DeSalvo ("The Boston Strangler") is convicted of numerous crimes and sentenced to life in prison.

The new town of Milton Keynes (England) is founded by Order in Council.

Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member, by being appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

"Hello, Dolly!" opens in New York City's St. James Theatre.

John Glenn, the first American to orbit the earth, resigns from the space program.

In Manchester, New Hshire, 14-year-old Pamela Mason is murdered. Edward Coolidge is tried and convicted of the crime, but the conviction is set aside by the landmark Fourth Amendment Case Coolidge vs. New Hshire (1971).

Albania allies itself with the People's Republic of China.

Cuban communists execute 71 supporters of Fulgencio Batista.

"Wham-O" Company produces the first Frisbee.

Finland forms diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China.

WWII: The Soviet Union occupies Warsaw, Poland.

The Holocaust: The evacuation of Auschwitz concentration c begins.

WWII: A Soviet patrol arrests Raoul Wallenberg in Hungary.

WWII: A day after beginning the Vistula-Oder Offensive, the Soviets launch the East Prussian Offensive to eliminate German forces in East Prussia.

Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated to an unprecedented fourth term as President of the United States. No president before, or since, has ever reached a third term in office.

WWII: The Japanese are driven off Guadalcanal.

The world's largest office building, The Pentagon, is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia.

All persons born in Puerto Rico since this day are declared U.S. citizens by birth, through U.S. federal law .

Black Friday: 71 people die across Victoria in one of Australia's worst ever bushfires.

A plebiscite in the Territory of the Saar Basin shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Germany.

The Candidate of Science degree is established in the USSR.

The Mickey Mouse comic strip makes its first appearance.

The flu epidemic has claimed 804 victims in Britain.

Prohibition begins in the United States with the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution coming into effect.

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated, is founded on the cus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.

The World War I Allies demand that the Netherlands extradite the German Kaiser Wilhelm II, who has fled there.

The New York Timesridicules the American rocket scientist Robert H. Goddard. The newspaper has to publicly take it all back later on July 171969 when the Apollo crew is on its trek to the Moon.ref name=astronauticsnow_com-indexRobert H. Goddard. The New York Times. astronauticsnow.com/history/goddard/index.html 090118 astronauticsnow.com

The Boston Molasses Disaster: A wave of molasses released from an exploding storage tank sweeps through Boston, killing 21 and injuring 150.

Ignacy Jan Paderewski becomes Premier of Poland.

Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht are murdered following the Spartacist uprising.

Worker's councils in Berlin end the general strike Spartacus Week is over.

WWI: The Battle of Wadi occurs between Allied British and Ottoman Empire forces, during the Mesopotamian caign in modern-day Iraq.

"Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad": The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the national income tax.

In Browning, Montana, the temperature drops from +6.7°C to -48.8°C (44°F to -56°F) in one day, the greatest change ever on record for a 24-hour period.

An earthquake (6.8 in Richter scale) in Avezzano, Italy, kills more than 29,000.

Ulster Volunteer Force established to fight against Irish Home Rule.

The Independent Labour Party of the UK has its first meeting.

In Washington, DC, the National Geographic Society is founded.

American Civil War: The Second Battle of Fort Fisher begins when United States forces launch a major hibious assault against the Confederate stronghold of Fort Fisher, North Carolina.

Spanish victory (under General Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Duke of Tetuanat) at the Battle of Tétouan in the Spanish-Moroccan War.

Second Anglo-Sikh War ndash British forces retreat from the Battle of Tooele.

The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the fighting in the Mexican-American War in California.

First Anglo-Sikh War: British victory at the Battle of Sobraon.ref name=CBH

Many Mormons begin their migration west from Nauvoo, Illinois, to the Great Salt Lake, led by Brigham Young.

Opening of the Milan–Venice railway's the world's longest since 1151.

The steamship ''Lexington'' burns and sinks in icy waters, four miles off the coast of Long Island 139 die, only four survive.

Távora affair: The Távora family is executed following accusations of the attempted regicide of Joseph I of Portugal.

Edward Sexby, who had plotted against Oliver Cromwell, dies in the Tower of London.

The Bank of Genoa fails after the announcement of national bankruptcy in Spain.

At Västerås, the estates of Sweden swear loyalty to king Gustav Vasa and to his heirs, ending the traditional electoral monarchy in Sweden.

March ndash Treaty of Venice: Frederick I Barbarossa acknowledges Alexander III as Pope.

Leopold V becomes Duke of Austria.

Emperor Toba begins his cloistered rule, sharing power with Sutuku, ex-Emperor Shirakawa's son.

Henry of Blois becomes bishop of Winchester.

Council of Troyes: The Order of the Knights Templars is ordained by the Pope.

Burgsteinfurt Castle is built in what is now Steinfurt, Germany.

October ndash Defeat of Long Ngân and his death in Thạch Hà by hands of natives.

Lê Trung Tông succeeds Lê Hoàn as the emperor of Vietnam, preceding anarchy and 8 months succession war with Long Ngân and other princes.

January 18 ndash The Shanyuan Treaty is negotiated between the Liao Dynasty and the Song Dynasty. The Song agrees to pay an annual tribute to the Liao.

Lê Ngoạ Triều succeeds Lê Trung Tông, killing him after just three days of reign, beginning tyrannical executions.

Shūi Wakashū is compiled (earliest possible date).

\'Abdullah ibn Muhammad succeeds al-Mundhir as emir of Córdoba, Spain.

With the death of Charles the Fat, the Frankish kingdom is split again, and this time permanently. Odo, Count of Paris becomes King of the Western Franks.

Shaftesbury Abbey is founded in Dorset, England.

Nika riots in Constantinople: A quarrel between supporters of different chariot teams—the Blues and the Greens—in the Hippodrome escalates into violence. For the next five days the capital is under siege. The fires that start during the tumult results in the destruction of much of the city, including the basilica. The insurrection is put down a week later by Belisarius and Mundus up to 30,000 people are killed in the Hippodrome.