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Today is the 30th day of 2013 and the 41st day of winter.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1649, England's King Charles I was executed.

In 1933, Adolf Hitler was sworn in as chancellor of Germany.

In 2005, Iraq held its first free elections in a half-century.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), 32nd U.S. president; Barbara Tuchman (1912-1989), historian; Gene Hackman (1930- ), actor; Vanessa Redgrave (1937- ), actress; Dick Cheney (1941- ), U.S. vice president; Christian Bale (1974- ), actor; Kid Cudi (1984- ), actor/musician.

TODAY'S FACT: Charles I was the first king of England to be tried for crimes against his kingdom. He refused to enter a plea, insisting that the court had no authority over a monarch.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 2002, Karl Malone became the second NBA player (after Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) to score 34,000 career points.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "I am neither bitter nor cynical, but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking." -- Franklin D. Roosevelt

TODAY'S NUMBER: 62 -- percentage of Iraqis who turned out to vote in parliamentary elections in 2010.

TODAY'S MOON: Between full moon (Jan. 26) and last quarter moon (Feb. 3).

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Today is the 29th day of 2013 and the 40th day of winter.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1861, Kansas was admitted into the Union as the 34th state.

In 1891, Queen Liliuokalani inherited the throne from her brother, Kalakaua, becoming the last monarch of the Hawaiian Islands.

In 1984, Ronald Reagan announced that he would run for a second term as U.S. president.

In 2002, President George W. Bush described Iran, Iraq and North Korea as part of an "axis of evil" in his State of the Union address.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Thomas Paine (1737-1809), patriot/philosopher; William McKinley (1843-1901), U.S. president; Anton Chekhov (1860-1904), writer; W.C. Fields (1880-1946), comedian; Tom Selleck (1945- ), actor; Oprah Winfrey (1954- ), TV personality; Heather Graham (1970- ), actress; Adam Lambert (1982- ), singer.

TODAY'S FACT: Edgar Allan Poe's famous poem "The Raven" was first published in the New York Evening Mirror on this day in 1845. Poe was paid $15.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1995, the San Francisco 49ers defeated the San Diego Chargers 49-26 in Super Bowl XXIX, becoming the first NFL team to win five Super Bowls.

TODAY'S QUOTE: " It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to." -- W.C. Fields

TODAY'S NUMBER: 6 -- record number of Super Bowl wins for a franchise, held by the Pittsburgh Steelers.

TODAY'S MOON: Between full moon (Jan. 26) and last quarter moon (Feb. 3).

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Today is the 28th day of 2013 and the 39th day of winter.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1547, King Henry VIII of England died.

In 1871, France surrendered to Germany, ending the Franco-Prussian War.

In 1915, Congress passed legislation creating the U.S. Coast Guard.

In 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after liftoff, killing six astronauts and Christa McAuliffe, a teacher who was to become the first civilian in space.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Jose Marti (1853-1895), poet/activist; Colette (1873-1954), writer; Jackson Pollock (1912-1956), artist; Alan Alda (1936- ), actor; Nicolas Sarkozy (1955- ), French president; Sarah McLachlan (1968- ), singer/songwriter; Elijah Wood (1981- ), actor.

TODAY'S FACT: A ranch owner in Fort Keogh, Mont., discovered the largest reported snowflake on this day in 1887. It measured 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1959, Vince Lombardi was named the Green Bay Packers' head coach and general manager.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "It doesn't make much difference how the paint is put on as long as something has been said. Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement." -- Jackson Pollock

TODAY'S NUMBER: 20,500 -- estimated number of genes in the human genome, revised from estimates of as many as 140,000 in 2001.

TODAY'S MOON: Between full moon (Jan. 26) and last quarter moon (Feb. 3).