13th January: Today In History

Today is January,  the 13th day of 2016. There are 344 days left in the year. Today's Highlight In History; Birthdays:   1884 Sophie Tucker, American singer & entertainer   1918 Ted Willis, English dramatist   1919 Robert Stack, American film actor   1926 Michael Bond, Creator of 'Padington Bear'   1944 Jaiye Kofolaran Randle, chartered accountant and author, 58, January 13. He was chairman of Eko Hotels Ltd. and the author of The God-father Never Sleeps   1964 Graham Suggs McPherson, Singer with 'Madness'   1969 Stephen Hendry, Scottish snooker player Events:   1893 The British Independent Labour Party was formed   1910 Opera was broadcast over the radio for the very first time   1941 James Joyce, the Irish born novelist, died in Zurich   1945 The Soviet 'Red' army occupied the Hungarian city of Budapest   1964 The first 'Beatles' release in the USA sold 1 million copies in three weeks   1972 The military staged a coup in the African country of Ghana   1978 The first ever American women astronauts were selected by NASA   1982 President Shehu Shagari launches the National Ethical Revolution at the University of Jos, Plateau State