January sixth

Today's Highlight in History:
On January sixth, 1912, New Mexico became the 47th state.

On this date:
In 1412, according to tradition, Joan of Arc was born in Domremy.

In 1540, England's King Henry the Eighth married his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves. (The marriage lasted about six months.)

In 1759, George Washington and Martha Dandridge Custis were married.

In 1838, Samuel Morse first publicly demonstrated his telegraph, in Morristown, New Jersey.

In 1919, the 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, died in Oyster Bay, New York at age 60.

In 1942, the Pan American Airways %26quot;Pacific Clipper%26quot; arrived in New York after making the first round-the-world trip by a commercial airplane.