Today is Saturday, January 15, the 15th day of 2011. 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
1863 ― First U.S. newspaper printed on wood-pulp paper, Boston Morning Journal
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
1971 ― George Harrison releases ``My Sweet Lord"
1973 ― President Nixon suspends all U.S. offensive action in North Vietnam
1998 ― NASA announces John Glenn, 76, may fly in space again