| Today in History: Friday, January 06, 2017 |
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AP Highlight in History:
On Jan. 6, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in his State of the Union address, outlined a goal of “Four Freedoms” for the world: freedom of speech and expression, the freedom of people to worship God in their own way, freedom from want and freedom from fear.
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| On this date in: |
| 1412 |
According to tradition, Joan of Arc was born in Domremy, France. |
| 1540 |
England’s King Henry VIII married his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves. |
| 1759 |
George Washington and Martha Dandridge Custis were married. |
| 1838 |
Samuel Morse first publicly demonstrated his telegraph, in Morristown, N.J. |
| 1912 |
New Mexico became the 47th state. |
| 1919 |
Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, died in Oyster Bay, N.Y., at age 60. |
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| 1945 |
George H.W. Bush married Barbara Pierce in Rye, N.Y. |
| 1993 |
Jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie died at age 75. |
| 1994 |
Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was clubbed on the right leg in an assault planned by the ex-husband of her rival, Tonya Harding. |
| 2001 |
With the vanquished Vice President Al Gore presiding, Congress certified Republican George W. Bush the winner of the close and bitterly contested 2000 presidential election. |
| 2005 |
Former Ku Klux Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen was arrested 41 years after three civil rights workers were slain in Mississippi. (Killen was later convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 60 years in prison.) |
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| Today’s Birthdays: |
| Football Hall of Famer-sportscaster Howie Long turns 57 years old today. |
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| Name |
Profession |
Age |
| Louis Harris |
Pollster |
96 |
| E.L. Doctorow |
Author |
86 |
| Malcolm Young |
Rock musician (AC-DC) |
64 |
| Rowan Atkinson |
Actor, comedian (“Mr Bean” films) |
62 |
| Nancy Lopez |
Golfer |
60 |
| Carrie Ann Inaba |
Dancer, TV judge (“Dancing with the Stars”) |
49 |
| John Singleton |
Director |
49 |
| Ndamukong Sug |
Football player |
30 |
| TV host Julie Chen (“The Early Show,” “Big Brother”) turns 47 years old today. |
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