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Vol 8, No 20

January 20, 1925

Tuesday Evening

Ma Ferguson Sworn in as Governor of Texas

Born This Date
Anson Jones, future President of Texas born
NEW HAVEN CT   (1789)    On this date in 1789, Future President of the Republic of Texas was born in Massachusetts. He would go on to serve as President of the Republic of Texas. In 1858, following a political defeat, Jones shot himself at the Rice Hotel in Houston.

Ma Ferguson Sworn In
AUSTIN (1925)  On this date in 1925, Miriam A Ferguson (Ma Ferguson) was swown in as Texas first woman Governor.

Education Desk
Texas first Public Library opens in Galveston
GALVESTON   (1871)   On this date in 1871, the first public library in Texas was opened in Galveston.

Political Desk
George Bush inaugurated at 41st President
WASHINGTON D.C.  (1989)    On this date in 1989, George W Bush was inaugurated as the 41st President of the United States.
   During his term, the Gulf War was fought, the Soviet Union collapsed, the Americans with Disabilities Act went into law, and the technology which was the Internet was passed from government hands into the private sector, giving rise to the World Wide Web.