1/13/2012 – Cruise ship Costa Concordia wrecks off the coast of Italy
3/13/2009 – “Saw – the Ride” roller coaster opens at the Thorpe Park amusement center in England
4/13/2004 – Famous chef Julia Child dies at the age of 91
10/13/1989 – Dow Jones Industrial stocks take the 2nd greatest plummet as of that time
6/13/1986 – Twins Mary Kate & Ashley Olson are born
10/13/1972 – A plane crash sets off an epic tale of survival & rescue, eventually retold in the book and movie “Alive”
2/13/1976 – Figure skater Dorothy Hammill wins gold at the Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria
9/13/1940 – Five German bombs destroy the chapel at Buckingham Palace
6/13/1930 – England’s first nudist colony officially opens
7/13/1923 – California land developer Harry Chandler unveils “HOLLYWOODLAND” sign
1/13/1894 – America’s first patent for an accordion is filed
7/13/1832 – American explorer Henry Rowe Schoolcraft discovers the source of the Mississippi River
11/13/1789 – Benjamin Franklin writes his famous line “Nothing is certain but death and taxes.”