Today is the eighth day of 2013 and the 19th day of winter.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1877, Crazy Horse fought -- and lost -- his final battle against the U.S. Cavalry.

In 1918, President Woodrow Wilson outlined his "Fourteen Points" peace plan.

In 1982, AT&T agreed to give up its 22 local "Baby Bells."

In 2011, a gunman opened fire at a public event for Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona, killing six people and injuring 13, including Giffords.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Jose Ferrer (1912-1992), actor; Soupy Sales (1926-2009), TV personality; Elvis Presley (1935-1977), singer/actor; Bob Eubanks (1938- ), TV game show host; Stephen Hawking (1942- ), physicist; Terry Brooks (1944- ), writer; David Bowie (1947- ), musician; R. Kelly (1967- ), singer; Kim Jong Un (1983- ), North Korean leader.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1901, the first tournament sanctioned by the American Bowling Congress was held in Chicago.

TODAY'S FACT: About 600,000 people annually visit Elvis Presley's Graceland estate in Memphis, Tenn.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "I have no idea. People who boast about their IQ are losers." -- Stephen Hawking, when asked his IQ by a New York Times reporter

TODAY'S NUMBER: 641 -- projected width (in feet) of the Crazy Horse Memorial in South Dakota, which will be the largest sculpture in the world if it is completed.

TODAY'S MOON: Between last quarter moon (Jan. 4) and new moon (Jan. 11).

Today is the seventh day of 2013 and the 18th day of winter.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1785, Jean-Pierre Blanchard and John Jeffries crossed the English Channel in a balloon.

In 1955, Marian Anderson made her debut at New York's Metropolitan Opera House, becoming the first African-American to perform there.

In 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court's 99th and 100th justices, Lewis F. Powell Jr. and William H. Rehnquist, were sworn in.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Millard Fillmore (1800-1874), 13th U.S. president; Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960), writer; Francis Poulenc (1899-1963), composer; Charles Addams (1912-1988), cartoonist; David Caruso (1956- ), actor; Katie Couric (1957- ), TV news anchor; Nicolas Cage (1964- ), actor; Jeremy Renner (1971- ), actor; John Rich (1974- ), musician; Francisco Rodriguez (1982- ), baseball player.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1927, in Hinckley, Ill., the Harlem Globetrotters played the first game of their long franchise history.

TODAY'S FACT: The original Harlem Globetrotters were actually from Chicago. The team didn't play a game in Harlem until 1968.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose." -- Zora Neale Hurston

TODAY'S NUMBER: 2.5 hours -- length of the first balloon trip across the English Channel, which crossed at the channel's narrowest point (21 miles).

TODAY'S MOON: Between last quarter moon (Jan. 4) and new moon (Jan. 11).

Today is the sixth day of 2013 and the 17th day of winter.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1838, Samuel F.B. Morse publicly demonstrated the telegraph for the first time.

In 1912, New Mexico was admitted to the United States as the 47th state.

In 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared the "Four Freedoms" in a speech to Congress.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Joan of Arc (1412-1431), French saint; Carl Sandburg (1878-1967), poet; Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931), poet/novelist; Danny Thomas (1912-1991), actor/comedian; Loretta Young (1913-2000), actress; Rowan Atkinson (1955- ), actor/comedian; Howie Long (1960- ), football player/broadcaster; John Singleton (1968- ), filmmaker; Asante Samuel (1981- ), football player.

TODAY's SPORTS: In 1994, U.S. champion figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was clubbed on the knee on the orders of skating rival Tonya Harding.

TODAY'S FACT: Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Four Freedoms" outlined his principal goals for the world: freedom of speech and religion, and freedom from want and fear.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work." -- Carl Sandburg

TODAY'S NUMBER: $30,000 -- amount Congress appropriated in 1843 for Samuel F.B. Morse to construct the first experimental telegraph line between Washington, D.C., and Baltimore.

TODAY'S MOON: Between last quarter moon (Jan. 4) and new moon (Jan. 11).