THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 2013

Today is Thursday, January 3, the third day of 2013. There are 362 days left in the year.

1431 ― Joan of Arc handed over to the bishop

1521 ― Martin Luther excommunicated by Roman Catholic Church

1833 ― Britain seizes control of Falkland Islands in South Atlantic

1868 ― Meiji Restoration returns authority to Japan's emperors

1888 ― First wax drinking straw patented, by Marvin C. Stone in Washington, D.C.

1925 ― Mussolini dissolves Italian parliament/becomes dictator

1977 ― Apple Computer incorporated

1987 ― Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducts first female artist Aretha Franklin

1988 ― Margaret Thatcher becomes longest-serving British P.M. this century performances

1998 ― Grandpa Jones suffers a stroke