January 13 is:
Make Your Dream Come True Day“Ancient people often believed that dreams were messages from a higher power. In fact, the Ancient Egyptians believed this so much that they actually induced dreams to receive more messages. They would lie on special ‘dream beds’ in the hopes that a dream would give them advice, comfort, or even healing. Ancient people even practiced dream interpretation, if records are any indication. Ancient Sumerians, Babylonians, and various other cultures all kept records of religious texts featuring interpretations of various dreams.”
Tyvendedagen, the official end of Yuletide in Norway.
1559 – 
Elizabeth I was crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey. She was the last Tudor monarch, daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Sometimes called “The Virgin Queen”. Succeeded to the throne on the death of her sister, Queen Mary. She reigned until her death in 1603. The colony of Virginia was named for her.
Anniversary of the death of George Fox in 1691, founder of the Society of Friends (Quakers).
James Oglethorpe and 130 English colonists arrived at Charleston, SC. on the ship “Ann” on January 13, 1733, and settled near the present site of Savannah, Georgia. Oglethorpe was granted a royal charter for the Province of Georgia.
On this day in 1794, President George Washington approved a measure adding two stars and two stripes to the American flag, following the admission of Vermont and Kentucky to the union. This flag was the only U.S. Flag to have more than 13 stripes
On this date in 1815 British troops capture Fort Peter in St. Marys, Georgia, the only battle of the War of 1812 to take place in that state.
Stephen Foster Memorial Day commemorates the anniversary of his death in 1864. Foster wrote more than 200 songs, including “Oh! Susanna”, “Hard Times Come Again No More”, “Camptown Races”, “Old Folks at Home”, “My Old Kentucky Home”, “Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair”, “Old Black Joe”, and “Beautiful Dreamer”.
1888 National Geographic Society founded in Washington, D.C. in 1888. From its website:
“It is one of the largest nonprofit scientific and educational institutions in the world. Its interests include geography, archaeology and natural science, and the promotion of environmental and historical conservation.”
1906 – First radio set advertised (Telimco for $7.50 in Scientific American). It claimed to receive signals up to one mile.
1920 New York Times editorial (falsely) reports rockets can never fly.
Mickey Mouse” comic strip first appears. Mickey was created by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks in 1928. Beginning in 1930, Mickey has also been featured extensively as a comic strip character. His self-titled newspaper strip, drawn primarily by Floyd Gottfredson, ran for 45 years.
Marshal Josip Broz Tito was chosen as President of Yugoslavia in 1953, a position he held until his death in 1980.
1968 – Johnny Cash performed live at Folsom State Prison in Folsom, California.
I hear the train a comin’
It’s rollin’ ’round the bend,
And I ain’t seen the sunshine,
Since, I don’t know when,
I’m stuck in Folsom Prison,
And time keeps draggin’ on,
But that train keeps a-rollin’,
On down to San Antone.