Once Upon A Time – Jan. 13 – 1970 – Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu Flees Biafra Into Exile

532 Nika riots begin in Constantinople, revolt against Emperor Justinian I, prompted by chariot racing.

1785 John Walter publishes 1st issue of “The Times” of London.

1943 Adolf Hitler declares “Total War” against the Allies.

1970 Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu flees Biafra into exile, leaving his deputy Philip Effiong to surrender to the Nigerian army, unofficially ending the Nigerian Civil War.

2000 Microsoft chairman Bill Gates steps aside as chief executive and promotes company president Steve Ballmer to the position.

Historical Events Today
Today in Film & TV
1928 RCA and GE install three test television sets in homes in Schenectady, New York allowing American inventor E.F.W. Alexanderson to demonstrate the first home television receiver which delivered a poor and unsteady 1.5 square inch picture.

Today in Music
1976 Sarah Caldwell is 1st woman to conduct at NYC Metropolitan Opera House as she led orchestra in a performance of “La Traviata”.

Today in Sport
1972 Bernice Gera wins anti-discrimination case against the National Baseball Congressl, initiated March 15, 1971 to be allowed to umpire

Do you know this fact about today?Did You Know?
1930 “Mickey Mouse” comic strip 1st appears

Would you believe this fact about today? Would You Believe?
1842 Dr. William Brydon, a surgeon in the British Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for (reputedly) being the sole survivor of an army of 16,500 when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad.