January fifth

Today's Highlight in History:
On January fifth, 1925, Nellie T. Ross succeeded her late husband as governor of Wyoming, becoming the first female governor in US history.

On this date:
In 1589, Catherine de Medici of France died at age 69.

In 1895, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of treason, was publicly stripped of his rank. (He was ultimately vindicated.)

In 1933, the 30th president of the United States, Calvin Coolidge, died in Northampton, Massachusetts, at age 60.

In 1943, educator and scientist George Washington Carver died in Tuskegee, Alabama, at age 81.

In 1949, in his State of the Union address, President Truman labeled his administration the %26quot;Fair Deal.%26quot;