Today is Tuesday, January 13, the 13th day of 2009. There are 352 days left in the year.
1610 _ Galileo Galilei discovers Callisto, fourth satellite of Jupiter
1785 _ John Walter publishes first issue of London Times
1882 _ Richard Wagner completes his opera ``Parsifal"
1883 _ Henrik Ibsen's ``En Folkefiende" premieres in Oslo
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 first appears
1943 _ Hitler declares ``Total War"
1968 _ Beginning of Tet-offensive in Vietnam
1969 _ Beatles release ``Yellow Submarine" album