On This Day

Today is Friday, January 13, the 13th day of 2006. There are 352 days left in the year.

• 1972 - A group of junior officers overthrows civilian government of Ghana in West Africa.
• 1967 - Gnassingbe Eyadema, now a lieutenant colonel, seizes power in Togo in a bloodless coup.

Today is Friday, January 13, the 13th day of 2006. There are 352 days left in the year.

• 1972 - A group of junior officers overthrows civilian government of Ghana in West Africa.
• 1967 - Gnassingbe Eyadema, now a lieutenant colonel, seizes power in Togo in a bloodless coup.