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Today is Friday, Jan. 6, the sixth day of 2017.
In 1838, Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail gave the first successful public demonstration of their 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.
Ten years ago: At a Baptist church in Fort Worth, Texas, the Denver Broncos filed past the open casket of Darrent Williams, the promising cornerback who had been gunned down in a drive-by shooting on New Year’s Day.
Five years ago: A bomb exploded at a busy Damascus intersection, killing 25 people and wounding dozens in the second major attack in the Syrian capital in as many weeks.
New England Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien agreed to become Penn State’s new football coach.
One year ago: North Korea said that it had conducted a powerful hydrogen bomb test, a claim greeted with widespread skepticism.
Thought for Today: “What this generation was bred to at television’s knees was not wisdom, but cynicism.” – Pauline Kael, American movie critic.