TODAY IN HISTORY

Friday, January  06, 2012 AP Highlight in History:  On Jan. 6, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in his State of the Union address, outlined a goal of "Four Freedoms" for the world: freedom of speech and expression, the freedom of people to worship God in their own way, freedom from want and freedom from fear   AP Photo
On this date in: 1412 According to tradition, Joan of Arc was born in Domremy, France. 1540 England's King Henry VIII married his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves. 1759 George Washington and Martha Dandridge Custis were married. 1838 Samuel Morse first publicly demonstrated his telegraph, in Morristown, N.J. 1912 New Mexico became the 47th state. 1919 Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, died in Oyster Bay, N.Y., at age 60. AP Photo/Brown Brothers 1945 George H.W. Bush married Barbara Pierce in Rye, N.Y. 1993 Jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie died at age 75. 1994 Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was clubbed on the right leg in an assault planned by the ex-husband of her rival, Tonya Harding. 2001 With the vanquished Vice President Al Gore presiding, Congress certified Republican George W. Bush the winner of the close and bitterly contested 2000 presidential election. 2005 Former Ku Klux Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen was arrested 41 years after three civil rights workers were slain in Mississippi. (Killen was later convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 60 years in prison.) AP Photo/Rogelio Solis		Video Highlights of This Day in History Today's Birthdays: Dancer-TV judge Carrie Ann Inaba ("Dancing with the Stars") turns 44 years old today. AP Photo/Chris Pizzello Name Profession Age Louis Harris Pollster 91 Earl Scruggs Bluegrass musician 88 E.L. Doctorow Author 81 Bonnie Franklin Actress ("One Day At A Time") 68 Malcolm Young Rock musician (AC-DC) 59 Rowan Atkinson Actor, comedian ("Mr Bean" films) 57 Nancy Lopez Golfer 55 Howie Long Football Hall of Famer, sportscaster 52 John Singleton Director 44 Asante Samuel Football player 31 TV host Julie Chen ("The Early Show," "Big Brother") turns 42 years old today. AP Photo/Dan Steinberg