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