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| 1789 | President-elect George Washington left Mount Vernon, Va., for his inauguration in New York. |
| 1912 | Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across the English Channel. |
| 1917 | Revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Lenin returned to Russia after years of exile. |
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| 1947 | Financier and presidential confidant Bernard M. Baruch said in a speech at the South Carolina statehouse, "Let us not be deceived. We are today in the midst of a cold war." |
| 1962 | Walter Cronkite succeeded Douglas Edwards as anchorman of "The CBS Evening News." |
| 1962 | Bob Dylan debuted his song "Blowin' in the Wind" at Gerde's Folk City in New York. |
| 1964 | "The Rolling Stones (England's Newest Hitmakers)," the band's debut album, was released. |
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| 1972 | Apollo 16 blasted off on a voyage to the moon. |
| 1992 | The House ethics committee listed 303 current and former lawmakers who had overdrawn their House bank accounts. |
| 1996 | Britain's Prince Andrew and his wife, Sarah, the Duchess of York, announced they were getting a divorce. |
| 2003 | Michael Jordan played his last NBA game as his Washington Wizards ended their season with a loss to the Philadelphia 76ers. |
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