- 13th Day of 2014 / 352 Remaining
- Sunrise: 7:25
- Sunset: 5:13
- Moon Rise: 3:32pm
- Moon Set: 5:18am
- Moon’s Phase: 90 %
- The Next Full Moon
- January 15 @ 8:35pm
- Full Wolf Moon
- Full Old Moon
January is the month of the Full Wolf Moon. It appeared when wolves howled in hunger outside the villages. It is also known as the Old Moon. To some Native American tribes, this was the Snow Moon, but most applied that name to the next full Moon, in February.
- Tides
- High: 9:13am/11:17pm
- Low: 3:06am/4:11pm
Special Events & Celebrations Today...
- Defenders of Freedom Day - Lithuania
- Liberation Day - Togo
- St. Melania's Day - Ukraine
- Orthodox New Year – Serbia
- National Peach Melba Day
- National Clean Off Your Desk Day
- Public Radio Broadcasting Day
- Rubber Ducky Day
On this Day in...
- 1128 - Pope Honorius II granted a papal sanction to the military order known as the Knights Templar. He declared it to be an army of God.
- 1794 - U.S. President Washington approved a measure adding two stars and two stripes to the American flag, following the admission of Vermont and Kentucky to the union.
- 1854 - Anthony Faas of Philadelphia, PA, patented the accordion.
- 1893 - Britain's Independent Labor Party, a precursor to the current Labor Party, met for the first time.
- 1898 - Emile Zola's "J'accuse" was published in Paris.
- 1900 - In Austria-Hungary, Emperor Franz Joseph decreed that German would be the language of the imperial army to combat Czech nationalism.
- 1906 - Hugh Gernsback, of the Electro Importing Company, advertised radio receivers for sale for the price of just $7.50 in "Scientific American" magazine.
- 1928 - Ernst F. W. Alexanderson gave the first public demonstration of television.
- 1942 - Henry Ford patented the plastic automobile, which allowed for a 30% decrease in car weight.
- 1957 - Wham-O began producing "Pluto Platters." This marked the true beginning of production of the flying disc.
- 1962 - Ernie Kovacs died in a car crash in west Los Angeles, CA.
- 1966 - Elizabeth Montgomery’s character, Samantha, on "Bewitched," had a baby. The baby's name was Tabitha.
- 1966 - Robert C. Weaver became the first black Cabinet member when he was appointed Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by U.S. President Johnson.
- 1982 - An Air Florida 737 crashed into the capital's 14th Street Bridge after takeoff and fell into the Potomac River. 78 people were killed.
- 1984 - Wayne Gretzky extended his NHL consecutive scoring streak to 45 games.
- 1986 - The NCAA adopted the controversial "Proposal 48," which set standards for Division 1 freshman eligibility.
- 1986 - "The Wall Street Journal" printed a real picture on its front page. The journal had not done this in nearly 10 years. The story was about artist, O. Winston Link and featured one of his works.
- 1989 - Bernhard H. Goetz was sentenced to one year in prison for possession of an unlicensed gun that he used to shoot four youths he claimed were about to rob him. He was freed the following September.
- 1990 - L. Douglas Wilder of Virginia, the nation's first elected black governor, took the oath of office in Richmond.
- 1992 - Japan apologized for forcing tens of thousands of Korean women to serve as sex slaves for Japanese soldiers during World War II.
- 1997 - Debbie Reynolds received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- 1998 - NBC agreed to pay almost $13 million for each episode of the TV show E.R. It was the highest amount ever paid for a TV show.
- 1998 - ABC and ESPN negotiated to keep "Monday Night Football" for $1.15 billion a season.
- 1998 - One of the 110 missing episodes of the British TV show "Doctor Who" was found in New Zealand.
- 1999 - Michael Jordan (Chicago Bulls) announced his retirement from the NBA.
- 2002 - The exhibit "In the Spirit of Martin: The Living Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." opened at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. More than 100 artists supplied the collection of 120 works of art.
- 2002 - Japan and Singapore signed a free trade pact that would remove tariffs on almost all goods traded between the two countries.
- 2002 - U.S. President George W. Bush fainted after choking on a pretzel.
- 2009 - Ethiopian military forces began pulling out of Somalia, where they had tried to maintain order for nearly two years.
