On This Day in History: Many Things Occur

In 1838 Samuel Morse demonstrates his telegraph system for the first time in New Jersey
In 1912 New Mexico Joins the Union
In 1919 Theodore Roosevelt Dies
In 1973 Schoolhouse Rock Debuts
In 1993 Renowned jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie dies
In 1994 Nancy Kerrigan is attacked
In 1996 "The Blizzard of '96" Begins (If you lived on the East Coast during this time you know how killer this was!)
In 2001 George Bush officially becomes president of the U.S. after a bitterly contested election