On This Day, Jan. 13: L. Douglas Wilder takes office as first Black U.S. governor

Jan. 13 (UPI) — On this date in history: In 1910, radio pioneer and electron tube inventor Lee Deforest arranged the world’s first public radio broadcast, a performance by the New York Metropolitan Opera.

in Avezzano, Italy. In 1941, Irish novelist James Joyce died at age 58 following surgery for a perforated ulcer in Zurich, Switzerland.


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