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Associated Press Today in History: Thursday, January  14, 2016 AP Highlight in History: On Jan. 14, 2011, Tunisian protesters enraged over soaring unemployment and corruption…

Associated Press Today in History: Wednesday, January  13, 2016 AP Highlight in History: On Jan. 13, 2012, the Italian luxury liner Costa Concordia ran aground…

Associated Press Today in History: Tuesday, January  12, 2016 AP Highlight in History: On Jan. 12, 2010, Haiti was struck by a magnitude-7 earthquake, killing…

Associated Press Today in History: Monday, January  11, 2016 AP Highlight in History: On Jan. 11, 1964, U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry issued the first…

Associated Press Today in History: Thursday, January  07, 2016 AP Highlight in History: On Jan. 7, 1789, the first U.S. presidential election was held. Americans…

Associated Press Today in History: Wednesday, January  06, 2016 AP Highlight in History: On Jan. 6, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in his State of…

Associated Press Today in History: Tuesday, January  05, 2016 AP Highlight in History: On Jan. 5, 1925, Nellie T. Ross succeeded her late husband as…

Associated Press Today in History: Thursday, December  31, 2015 AP Highlight in History: On Dec. 31, 1879, Thomas Edison first publicly demonstrated his electric incandescent…

Associated Press Today in History: Wednesday, December  30, 2015 AP Highlight in History: On Dec. 30, 1922, Vladimir Lenin proclaimed the establishment of the Union…

Associated Press Today in History: Tuesday, December  29, 2015 AP Highlight in History: On Dec. 29, 1989, playwright Vaclav Havel was elected president of Czechoslovakia…