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From: AP Online
Date: 19990112
Author:The Associated Press

The Associated Press
AP Online
01-12-1999
Today In History

Today is Wednesday, Jan. 13, the 13th day of 1999. There are 352 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On Jan. 13, 1898, Emile Zola's famous defense of Capt. Alfred Dreyfus, ``J'accuse,'' was published in Paris.

On this date:

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 1864, composer Stephen Foster died in New York.

In 1941, novelist James ...

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