TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2013

Today is Tuesday, January 15, the 15th day of 2013. There are 350 days left in the year.

1346 ― Emperor Louis IV of Bavaria gives his wife Margaretha, Holland/Zealand

1535 ― Henry VIII declares himself head of English Church

1895 ― Tchaikovsky's ballet ``Swan Lake” premieres, St. Petersburg

1907 ― Three-element vacuum tube patented by Dr. Lee de Forest

1915 ― Japan claims economic control of China

1942 ― FDR asks commissioner to continue baseball during WWII

1973 ― Four Watergate burglars plead guilty in federal court

1988 ― Arab uprising in Israel begins

1991 ― U.N.'s deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait passes ― (they don't)

1998 ― NASA announces John Glenn, 76, may fly in space again