Today in History.....January 13

On this day 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 the original 13.)

* 1898, Emile Zola's famous defense of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, "J'accuse," was published in Paris

* 1993, President Bush bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom on former President Reagan.

* 1994, authorities in Portland, Ore., arrested Shawn Eckardt, a bodyguard for figure skater Tonya Harding and Derrick Smith in connection with the attack on Nancy Kerrigan. ALSO: In Los Angeles, the judge in the Erik Menendez murder case declared a mistrial after jurors could not reach a verdict.

* 1999, Michael Jordan announced his retirement from the Chicago Bulls.

* 2004, Major League Baseball adopted a tougher steroid-testing program that suspended first-time offenders for 10 days and randomly tested players year-round