Today in History, Jan. 6
January 5, 2021 578 Today is Wednesday, Jan. 6, the sixth day of 2021. There are 359 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 6, 2001, with Vice President Al Gore presiding in his capacity as president of the Senate, Congress formally certified George W. Bush the winner of the bitterly contested 2000 presidential election. On this date: In 1412, tradition holds that Joan of Arc was born this day in Domremy. In 1540, England’s King Henry VIII married his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves. (The marriage lasted about six months.) In 1912, New Mexico became the 47th state. In 19...
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