Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Today in History January 6th

1838  Samuel Morse gave the first public demonstration of the telegraph.

1912  New Mexico became the 47th state in the United States.

1919  Former president Theodore Roosevelt died in Oyster Bay, N.Y.

1987  University of California astronomers first witnessed the birth of a galaxy that contained 1 billion stars.

1994  Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan clubbed on leg by men including husband of rival skater Tonya Harding.

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