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).

Today is the fifth day of 2013 and the 16th day of winter.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1781, British forces led by Brig. Gen. Benedict Arnold captured and burned Richmond, Va.

In 1914, Ford Motor Co. raised basic wages from $2.40 for a nine-hour day to $5 for an eight-hour day.

In 1933, construction began on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco Bay.

In 2005, the dwarf planet Eris was discovered.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: King Camp Gillette (1855-1932), safety razor inventor; Jane Wyman (1917-2007), actress; Walter Mondale (1928- ), former U.S. vice president; Robert Duvall (1931- ), actor; Umberto Eco (1932- ), writer; Juan Carlos (1938- ), king of Spain; Diane Keaton (1946- ), actress; Bradley Cooper (1975- ), actor; January Jones (1978- ), actress.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 2004, Pete Rose admitted to gambling on baseball games while serving as manager of the Cincinnati Reds.

TODAY'S FACT: King Camp Gillette invented safety razors, a new product that consumers would need to purchase repeatedly. His razors were one of the first disposable products ever made.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else." -- Umberto Eco

TODAY'S NUMBER: 1,672 -- performances of "The Wiz," an adaptation of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," at the Majestic Theatre and the Broadway Theatre in New York, after premiering this day in 1975.

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

Today is the fourth day of 2013 and the 15th day of winter.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1920, the Negro National League, the first black professional baseball league, was established.

In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson presented the "Great Society" plan in his State of the Union address.

In 1995, the 104th U.S. Congress convened with Republican majorities in both the House and Senate for the first time since the Eisenhower presidency.

In 2010, the 2,717-foot Burj Khalifa opened in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, as the world's tallest building.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Isaac Newton (1642-1727), mathematician/ physicist; Louis Braille (1809-1852), Braille alphabet inventor; Floyd Patterson (1935-2006), boxer; Dyan Cannon (1937- ), actress; Doris Kearns Goodwin (1943- ), historian; Patty Loveless (1957- ), singer; Michael Stipe (1960- ), rock musician; Julia Ormond (1965- ), actress.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1991, 12-year-old Fu Mingxia from China won the women's 10-meter platform at the World Swimming Championships in Perth, Australia, becoming the youngest aquatic world champion ever.

TODAY'S FACT: Medicare, one of the largest reforms passed as part of President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society initiatives, now insures 47.5 million Americans.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "It's easy to do anything in victory. It's in defeat that a man reveals himself." -- Floyd Patterson

TODAY'S NUMBER: 17 -- Negro League and pre-Negro League members inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006.

TODAY'S MOON: Last quarter moon (Jan. 4).