On This Day | 13 January

Today in History:

1942: American industrialist Henry Ford patents plastic automobile construction.

2000: Bill Gates steps down as CEO of Microsoft making Steve Ballmer the new CEO
Gates co-founded Microsoft in 1975 together with Paul Allen.

Born on this day:

1949: Rakesh Sharma: Indian military pilot and astronaut, First Indian to go in the space

Gone on this day:

1941: James Joyce: Irish author. Writer of the novel Ulysses

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