TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT Jan. 7, 1953

President Truman announced in his State of the Union message to Congress that the United States had developed a hydrogen bomb.

ON THIS DATE

1927

Commercial transatlantic telephone service was inaugurated between New York and London.

1955

Singer Marian Anderson made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera in New York, in Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera.”

1963

The U.S. Post Office raised the cost of a first-class stamp from 4 to 5 cents.