Today is the 19th day of 2013 and the 30th day of winter.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1783, William Pitt became the youngest prime minister in British history at age 24.

In 1966, Indira Gandhi became India's first woman prime minister.

In 1977, snow fell in Miami for the first time in recorded history.

In 2004, Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts won the Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses. Howard Dean finished third and gave an overly enthusiastic and much-maligned concession speech.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Robert E. Lee (1807-1870), Confederate general; Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), short-story writer/poet; Paul Cezanne (1839-1906), artist; Tippi Hedren (1930- ), actress; Janis Joplin (1943-1970), singer; Dolly Parton (1946- ), singer; Paula Deen (1947- ), TV personality; Shawn Johnson (1992- ), gymnast; Logan Lerman (1992- ), actor.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1974, the Notre Dame men's basketball team defeated UCLA, snapping the Bruins' 88-game winning streak.

TODAY'S FACT: Robert E. Lee's U.S. citizenship was posthumously reinstated by an act of Congress in 1975.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream." -- Edgar Allan Poe

TODAY'S NUMBER: 24.6 -- percentage of the population of Texas that does not have health insurance (higher than any other U.S state).

TODAY'S MOON: Between first quarter moon (Jan. 18) and full moon (Jan. 26).

Today is the 18th day of 2013 and the 29th day of winter.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1788, English settlers landed in Australia to establish a penal colony.

In 1964, planners unveiled the designs for New York's World Trade Center.

In 1993, Martin Luther King Jr. Day was officially observed in all 50 states for the first time.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755), political philosopher; Daniel Webster (1782-1852), statesman/orator; A.A. Milne (1882-1956), children's author; Cary Grant (1904-1986), actor; Danny Kaye (1913-1987), entertainer; Kevin Costner (1955- ), actor; Mark Messier (1961- ), hockey player; Jason Segel (1980- ), actor.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1976, wide receiver Lynn Swann gained 161 yards on four receptions and was named MVP as Pittsburgh defeated Dallas 21-17 in Super Bowl X.

TODAY'S FACT: The United Nations designated 11 convict sites in Australia -- used as prisons by the British empire in the 18th and 19th centuries -- as World Heritage Sites in 2010.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries." -- A.A. Milne

TODAY'S NUMBER: 139,797 -- square miles of Pacific Ocean encompassed by the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, designated by President Bush in June 2006.

TODAY'S MOON: First quarter moon (Jan. 18).

Today is the 17th day of 2013 and the 28th day of winter.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1773, Captain James Cook, along with his shipmates, became the first to sail south of the Antarctic Circle.

In 1819, Simon Bolivar proclaimed Colombia a republic.

In 1991, a United States-led coalition's planes struck targets in Kuwait and Iraq, launching the Persian Gulf War.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), statesman/inventor/author; Al Capone (1899-1947), organized crime boss; Betty White (1922- ), actress; James Earl Jones (1931- ), actor; Muhammad Ali (1942- ), boxer; Jim Carrey (1962- ), actor; Michelle Obama (1964- ), U.S. first lady; Zooey Deschanel (1980- ), actress; Dwyane Wade (1982- ), basketball player.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1971, the Baltimore Colts defeated the Dallas Cowboys 16-13 in Super Bowl V, a game so filled with errors it was nicknamed the "Blunder Bowl."

TODAY'S FACT: Though Benjamin Franklin's accomplishments as an inventor, publisher and statesman are well known, his musicianship is not. He was a composer and viol player, and created a briefly popular new instrument known as the armonica (or glass armonica).

TODAY'S QUOTE: "A man who views the world at 50 the same way as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life." -- Muhammad Ali

TODAY'S NUMBER: 26 -- age at which gangster Al Capone became boss of the "Chicago Outfit."

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