This Day In History

On January 6
1540
King Henry VIII of England was married to Anne of Cleves, his fourth wife.
1838
Samuel Morse publicly demonstrates the telegraph for the first time at the Speedwell Iron Works in Morristown, NJ.
1919
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, 26th U.S. President, dies in Oyster Bay, NY.
1930
The first diesel-engine automobile trip was completed after a run of 792 miles from Indianapolis, IN, to New York City, NY.
1941
President Franklin Roosevelt defines 4 freedoms worth defending (speech, religion, from want, from fear) in his State of the Union address.
1945
The Battle of the Bulge ended with 130,000 German and 77,000 Allied casualties.
1952
"Peanuts" debuted in Sunday papers across the United States.
1975
"Wheel of Fortune" premieres with host Chuck Woolery. (Pat Sajak will join the show in 1981.)
1975
The Broadway premiere of "The Wiz" opened.
1994
Figure skater, Nancy Kerrigan, was clubbed on the right leg by an assailant at Cobo Arena in Detroit, MI. Four men were later sentenced to prison for the attack, including Tonya Harding's ex-husband.
1997
40 years after his father moved the Dodgers from Brooklyn to Los Angeles, owner Peter O'Malley announces he has put the baseball team up for sale.
1999
The 106th U.S. Congress opened. The first item on the agenda was the impeachment proceedings of President Bill Clinton. The trial was set to begin January 7, 1999.
1999
Bob Newhart received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.