Today in HistoryToday is Friday, January 5, the fifth day of 2007. There are 360 days left in the year.

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In 1925, Nellie T. Ross succeeded her late husband as governor of Wyoming, becoming the first female governor in US history.

In 1949, in his State of the Union address, US president Harry S. Truman labelled his administration the Fair Deal.

In 1964, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I met in Jerusalem, the first meeting of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox church leaders since the 15th century.

In 1972, US president Richard Nixon ordered development of the space shuttle.

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

“All that is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost.” — J.R.R. Tolkien, English author (1892-1973).