Thursday, January 05, 2012

TODAY IN HISTORY

January 5

1896:A German newspaper reported German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen's discovery of X-rays.

1914:Henry Ford introduced the $5-a-day minimum wage.

1925:Nellie Tayloe Ross became the first woman governor of a state (Wyoming).

1972:President Nixon ordered the development of the space shuttle.


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