THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 2011

Today is Thursday, January 13, the 13th day of 2011. There are 352 days left in the year.

1559 ― Elizabeth I crowned queen of England in Westminster Abbey

1610 ― Galileo Galilei discovers Callisto, fourth satellite of Jupiter

1785 ― John Walter publishes first issue of London Times

1854 ― Anthony Foss patents the accordion

1882 ― Richard Wagner completes his opera ``Parsifal"

1893 ― British Independent Labor Party forms (Keir Hardie as its leader)

1898 ― Emile Zola publishes his open letter (J'accuse) in defense of Captain Alfred Dreyfus in Paris

1930 ― ``Mickey Mouse" comic strip 1st appears

1943 ― Hitler declares ``Total War"

1969 ― Beatles release ``Yellow Submarine" album