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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT Jan. 13, 1982

An Air Florida 737 crashed into Washington, D.C.’s 14th Street Bridge and fell into the Potomac River while trying to take off during a snowstorm, killing a total of 78 people; four passengers and a flight attendant survived.

ALSO ON THIS DATE 1794

President George Washington approved a measure adding two stars and two stripes to the American flag, following the admission of Vermont and Kentucky to the Union.

1915

A magnitude-7 earthquake centered in Avezzano, Italy, claimed some 30,000 lives.

1941

A new law went into effect granting Puerto Ricans U.S. birthright citizenship. Novelist and poet James Joyce died in Zurich, Switzerland, less than a month before his 59th birthday. Comedian Rip Taylor is 85. Actor Richard Moll is 76. Actress Julia LouisDreyfus is 58. Country singer Trace Adkins is 57. Actress Penelope Ann Miller is 55. Actor Patrick Dempsey is 53. Actress Suzanne Cryer is 52. Actress Traci Bingham is 51. Actress Nicole Eggert is 47.