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Today in History: Wednesday, January\u00a0 13, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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AP Highlight in History:<\/span>
\nOn Jan. 13, 2012, the Italian luxury liner Costa Concordia ran aground off the Tuscan island of Giglio and flipped onto its side; 32 people were killed. (Ship’s captain Francesco Schettino faces possible trial on charges of manslaughter and abandoning ship before evacuation was complete.)
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1794<\/td>\nPresident George Washington approved a measure adding two stars and two stripes to the American flag, following the admission of Vermont and Kentucky to the union.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1808<\/td>\nSalmon P. Chase, U.S. senator, secretary of the treasury and chief justice of the Supreme Court, was born in Cornish, N.H.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1893<\/td>\nBritain’s Independent Labor Party, a precursor to the Labor Party, first met.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1898<\/td>\nNovelist Emile Zola’s “J’accuse” – a defense of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a French Jew falsely convicted of treason – was published in a Paris newspaper.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1964<\/td>\nKarol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, was appointed archbishop of Krakow, Poland, by Pope Paul VI.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1966<\/td>\nRobert C. Weaver became the first black Cabinet member as he was appointed Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by President Lyndon B. Johnson.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1968<\/td>\nCountry musician Johnny Cash recorded a live concert at Folsom Prison in California.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1978<\/td>\nFormer Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey died in Waverly, Minn., at age 66.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1982<\/td>\nAn Air Florida 737 crashed into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C., after takeoff and fell into the Potomac River, killing 78 people.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1989<\/td>\nNew York City subway gunman Bernhard H. Goetz was sentenced to one year in prison for possessing an unlicensed gun that he used to shoot four youths he said were about to rob him.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1990<\/td>\nL. Douglas Wilder of Virginia, the nation’s first elected black governor, took the oath of office in Richmond.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000<\/td>\nMicrosoft chairman Bill Gates stepped aside as chief executive.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>\nThe off-Broadway musical “The Fantasticks” ended a run of nearly 42 years and 17,162 performances.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Today’s Birthdays:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus (“Seinfeld”) turns 55 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Frances Sternhagen<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n86<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rip Taylor<\/td>\nComedian<\/td>\n82<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Billy Gray<\/td>\nActor (“Father Knows Best”)<\/td>\n78<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Richard Moll<\/td>\nActor (“Night Court”)<\/td>\n73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Trevor Rabin<\/td>\nRock musician (Yes)<\/td>\n62<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Trace Adkins<\/td>\nCountry singer<\/td>\n54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Penelope Ann Miller<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shonda Rhimes<\/td>\nTV writer, producer (“Scandal”)<\/td>\n46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nicole Eggert<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Orlando Bloom<\/td>\nActor (“Pirates of the Caribbean” and “The Lord of the Rings” movies)<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actor Patrick Dempsey (“Grey’s Anatomy”) turns 50 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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