Today is the 15th day of 2013 and the 26th day of winter.

In 1844, the University of Notre Dame received its official charter from the state of Indiana.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1759, the British Museum opened to the public.

In 1930, Amelia Earhart reached a speed of 171 mph in a Lockheed Vega, setting an aviation record for women.

In 1943, the Pentagon was dedicated in Arlington, Va.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Edward Teller (1908-2003), physicist; Gene Krupa (1909-1973), jazz drummer; Lloyd Bridges (1913-1998), actor; Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918-1970), Egyptian president; Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968), civil rights leader; Mario Van Peebles (1957- ), actor/director; Drew Brees (1979- ), football player; Matt Holliday (1980- ), baseball player; Skrillex (1988- ), musician.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1967, the Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10 in the first Super Bowl.

TODAY'S FACT: The Pentagon is the world's largest office building by floor area, with 3.7 million square feet of dedicated office space.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted." -- Martin Luther King Jr.

TODAY'S NUMBER: 24 -- age at which Amelia Earhart purchased her first plane, a bright yellow Kinner Airster. Earhart named the two-seater biplane "Canary" and used it to set her first women's record by flying at an altitude of 14,000 feet.

TODAY'S MOON: Between new moon (Jan. 11) and first quarter moon (Jan. 18).

Today is the 14th day of 2013 and the 25th day of winter.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1784, the United States ratified the Treaty of Paris that ended the Revolutionary War.

In 1943, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle met in Casablanca, Morocco.

In 1976, Sara Jane Moore was given a life sentence for attempting to assassinate President Gerald Ford.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Benedict Arnold (1741-1801), American soldier/traitor; Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965), theologian/physician; Hal Roach (1892-1992), film and TV producer; John Dos Passos (1896-1970), writer; Andy Rooney (1919-2011), writer/TV commentator; Faye Dunaway (1941- ), actress; Shannon Lucid (1943- ), astronaut; Shepard Smith (1964- ), TV journalist; LL Cool J (1968- ), rapper/actor; Jason Bateman (1969- ), actor.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1954, New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio and actress Marilyn Monroe were married in San Francisco.

TODAY'S FACT: Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1943 meeting in Casablanca marked the first time a U.S. president ever left the country's soil during wartime.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "The creation of a world view is the work of a generation rather than of an individual, but we each of us, for better or worse, add our brick to the edifice." -- John Dos Passos

TODAY'S NUMBER: 10.6 million -- estimated population of Paris, France, in 2011.

TODAY'S MOON: Between new moon (Jan. 11) and first quarter moon (Jan. 18).

Today is the 13th day of 2013 and the 24th day of winter.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1910, inventor Lee De Forest made a live radio broadcast from New York City's Metropolitan Opera House.

In 1942, the Allies announced they would prosecute war criminals after World War II.

In 1990, Virginian L. Douglas Wilder became the first elected African-American governor.

In 2012, the Costa Concordia cruise ship ran aground off the coast of Italy, killing 32 people.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Horatio Alger (1832-1899), author; Sophie Tucker (1884-1966), singer; Gwen Verdon (1925-2000), dancer/actress; Charles Nelson Reilly (1931-2007), actor; Julia Louis-Dreyfus (1961- ), actress; Patrick Dempsey (1966- ), actor; Trace Adkins (1962- ), singer; Orlando Bloom (1977- ), actor; Nate Silver (1978- ), statistician.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 2005, Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig sold the Milwaukee Brewers to Mark Attanasio for $223 million.

TODAY'S FACT: In 1959, Lee De Forest won an honorary Oscar for his 1920 invention that made "talkies," films with audio, possible.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "You can only milk a cow so long; then you're left holding the pail." -- Hank Aaron, inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on this date in 1982.

TODAY'S NUMBER: 21 -- Nazi leaders who were tried at Nuremberg for war crimes following World War II.

TODAY'S MOON: Between new moon (Jan. 11) and first quarter moon (Jan. 18).