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