Today in History -- Jan. 6.

In 1994, figure skater Nancy Kerrigan, right, was clubbed on the leg by an assailant at Detroit's Cobo Arena; four men, including the ex-husband of Kerrigan's rival, Tonya Harding, left, went to prison for their roles in the attack. (Harding denied knowing about plans for the attack.)

Today is Tuesday, Jan. 6, the sixth day of 2015. There are 359 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On Jan. 6, 1540, England's King Henry VIII married his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves. (The marriage lasted about six months.)

On this date:

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, New Jersey.

In 1919, the 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, died in Oyster Bay, New York, at age 60.

In 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in his State of the Union address, outlined a goal of "Four Freedoms'' Freedom of speech and expression; the freedom of people to worship God in their own way; freedom from want; freedom from fear.

In 1963, "Oliver!,'' Lionel Bart's musical adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel "Oliver Twist,'' opened on Broadway. "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom'' premiered on NBC-TV.

In 1974, year-round daylight saving time began in the United States on a trial basis as a fuel-saving...