Today In History

Wed., Jan. 13, 1999

In 1794: 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. (The number of stripes was later reduced to 13 again.)

In 1898: Emile Zola’s famous defense of Capt. Alfred Dreyfus, “J’accuse,” was published in Paris.

In 1966: Robert C. Weaver became the first black Cabinet member as he was appointed Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by President Johnson.

In 1982: An Air Florida 737 crashed into a bridge in Washington, D.C., after takeoff and fell into the Potomac River, killing 78 people.

In 1992: Japan apologized for forcing tens of thousands of Korean women to serve as sex slaves for Japanese soldiers during World War II.

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