Today in History for Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015

■ On Jan. 6, 1540, England’s King Henry VIII married his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves. (The marriage lasted about six months.) ■ In 1759, George Washington and Martha Dandridge Custis were married in New Kent County, Virginia. ■ In 1838, Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail gave the first successful public demonstration of their telegraph in Morristown, N.J. ■ In 1912, New Mexico became the 47th state.

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