Timeline January 2013

Events in January 2013 15

• 1920 – 2013 Stan Musial (1920-2013) Died 19 January 2013, aged 92 Stan Musial was an American baseball Hall of Famer who spent his entire 22-season career with the St. Louis Cardinals, winning three World Series titles. He died at his home in Missouri.
• 1927 – 2013 Patti Page (1927-2013) Died 1 January 2013, aged 85 Patti Page was an American pop singer best known for the 1950s hit Tennessee Waltz, one of the best-selling singles of all time. She died in California shortly before receiving a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
• 2013 Australian Open 2013 Men: Novak Djokovic · Women: Victoria Azarenka
• 2013 Son Elijah born via surrogacy January 2013 A second son, Elijah Joseph Daniel Furnish-John, was born in January 2013 via the same surrogate as his older brother Zachary.
• 2013 2013: Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Vettel won his fourth consecutive title with an extraordinary run of nine straight victories to close the season, equalling Schumacher's record of dominance.
• 2013 Amazon Prime grows to 20 million Subscription retail changes shopping Amazon Prime reached approximately 20 million subscribers in the US in 2013. Its combination of free shipping and streaming video created a new model for retail and entertainment.
• 2013 Dame Edna's Farewell Tour Embarked on Dame Edna's Eat Pray Laugh farewell tour, which included a celebrated run at the London Palladium. Surprised King Charles and Camilla at the Royal Variety Performance by sitting next to them in the royal box.
• 2013 Finally Grew a Beard After decades of ironic beardlessness, finally grew a short ZZ goatee around 2013, ending one of rock's longest-running visual jokes.
• 2013 – 2021 Hiatus Retreated from public life for nearly a decade after OutRun, releasing no new music. The long silence only added to the mystique of the Kavinsky persona.
• 2013 Kissing the Sword: A Prison Memoir Published Kissing the Sword, a memoir of her experiences in Iranian prisons, translated into English by Sara Khalili for the Feminist Press.
• 2013 Moved Back to New Jersey Moved from Chicago to Lambertville, New Jersey, with her husband Edgar to be closer to their children, citing health challenges. 'I always want to have a hand in jazz, wherever I am,' she said.
• 2013 Spotify reaches 24 million users Streaming dominates music Spotify grew to 24 million active users in 2013, with 6 million paying subscribers, demonstrating that music streaming was replacing downloads as the dominant way people listen to music.
• 2013 Swiss Citizenship and Marriage to Erwin Bach Married Erwin Bach, her partner of 27 years, and became a Swiss citizen, renouncing her American citizenship.
• 2013 David Bowie returns with Where Are We Now? Surprise comeback Released without warning on his 66th birthday.
• 2013 Graphene production breakthrough Wonder material becomes manufacturable Researchers announced a breakthrough in large-scale graphene production in 2013, making the wonder material — 200 times stronger than steel, lighter than paper and highly conductive — commercially viable for electronics.