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Today in History: Wednesday, January  25, 2017 AP Highlight in History: On Jan. 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy held the first presidential news conference…

Today in History: Tuesday, January  24, 2017 AP Highlight in History: On Jan. 24, 1848, James W. Marshall discovered a gold nugget at Sutter’s Mill…

Today in History: Monday, January  23, 2017 AP Highlight in History: On Jan. 23, 1973, President Richard Nixon announced an accord had been reached to…

Today in History: Friday, January  20, 2017 AP Highlight in History: On Jan. 20, 2009, Barack Obama was sworn in as the first African-American president…

Today in History: Thursday, January  19, 2017 AP Highlight in History: On Jan. 19, 1966, Indira Gandhi was elected prime minister of India. AP Photo…

Today in History: Wednesday, January  18, 2017 AP Highlight in History: On Jan. 18, 1919, the World War I peace conference opened in Versailles, France.…

Today in History: Monday, January  16, 2017 AP Highlight in History: On Jan. 16, 1991, the White House announced the start of Operation Desert Storm…

Today in History: Thursday, January  12, 2017 AP Highlight in History: On Jan. 12, 2010, Haiti was struck by a magnitude-7 earthquake, killing as many…

Today in History: Tuesday, January  10, 2017 AP Highlight in History: On Jan. 10, 1946, the first General Assembly of the United Nations convened in…