January History: Part Three

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I’m still playing catch-up. I’m hoping to get caught up this week and then stay on track. There is so much to learn about past history. And I think it’s interesting. January 5, 1925: I thought this was very interesting. Nellie T. Ross became the first female governor in USA history, when she succeeded her late husband as governor of Wyoming. January 5, 1896: The “Wiener Presse” an Austrian newspaper, reported the discovery of a type of radiation, by German physicist, Wilhelm Roentgen that later became known as “X-rays.” I didn’t realize that X-rays were available that long ago, did you? January 5, 1933: Calvin Coolidge, the 30th president of the USA died in Northampton, Massachusetts. He was 60 years old. January 5, 1975: “The Wiz” opened on Broadway, “featuring an all-black cast.” (According to the Associated Press.) January 5, 1998: Sonny Bono, of Sonny and Cher was killed when he hit a tree, while skiing in South Lake Tahoe, California. He was 62. January 5, 2004: Foreigners traveling through U.S. airports were photographed and had their fingerprints taken, starting an effort to keep terrorists out of the country. Is this still being done? What about January 6th? January 6, 1412: One highlight of this day in history, “according to tradition,” Joan of Arc was born . January 6, 1540: King Henry VIII married his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves. (The marriage only lasted about six months.) January 6, 1759: George Washington and Martha Dandridge Custis were married. January 6, 1838: Samuel Morse publicly demonstrated his telegraph, for the first time, in Morristown, N.J. January 6, 1912: New Mexico became the 47th state. January 6, 1919: Theodore Roosevelt died in Oyster Bay, N.Y. The 26th U.S. President was only 60 years old. January 6, 1942: “Pan American Airways “Pacific Clipper” arrived in New York after making the first round-the-world trip by a commercial airplane.” According to the Associated Press. January 6, 1982, Rudolf Nureyev, ballet dancer, died in Paris. He was 54. And Dizzy Gillespie, jazz trumpet player, died in Englewood, N.J. He was 75.