1791 - Pres Washington calls the US Senate into its 1st special session
1801 - 1st president inaugurated in Washington DC (Thomas Jefferson)
1807 - Congress bans slave trade effective January 1, 1808
1836 - Republic of Texas declares independence from Mexico
1861 - Confederate States adopt "Stars & Bars" flag
1861 - Lincoln's inaugurated as 16th president
1867 - Congress created the Department of Education
1927 - Babe Ruth becomes highest paid baseball player ($70,000 per year)
1933 - FDR inaugurated, pledges to pull US out of Depression & says "We have nothing to fear but fear itself"
1944 - 1st US bombing of Berlin
1946 - Ho Chi Minh elected president of North Vietnam
1965 - "Sound Of Music" opens
1966 - John Lennon says "We (the Beatles) are more popular than Jesus."
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