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America held its first presidential election as voters chose electors who, a month later, selected George Washington to be the nation’s first chief executive.
In 1789,
In 1927,
commercial transatlantic telephone service was inaugurated between New York and London.
In 1955,
singer Marian Anderson made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
In 1959,
the United States recognized the new government of Cuba, six days after Fidel Castro led the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista.
In 1963,
the U.S. Post Office raised the cost of a first-class stamp from 4 to 5 cents.
In 1979,
Vietnamese forces captured the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, overthrowing the Khmer Rouge government.
In 1999,
for the second time in history, an impeached American president went on trial before the Senate. President Bill Clinton faced charges of perjury and obstruction of justice; he was acquitted.
In 2004,
President George W. Bush proposed legal status, at least temporarily, for millions of immigrants improperly working in the U.S.
In 2015,
masked gunmen stormed the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo, a newspaper that had caricatured the Prophet Mohammad, killing 12 people, including the editor, before escaping in a car. (Two suspects were killed two days later.)
Record-shattering Drew Brees threw for 466 yards and three touchdowns, and the New Orleans Saints poured it on in the second half for a 45-28 NFC wildcard victory over the Detroit Lions.
President-elect Donald Trump, in a series of tweets, said “only ‘stupid’ people or fools” would dismiss closer ties with Russia, and he seemed unswayed after his classified briefing on an intelligence report that accused Moscow of meddling on his behalf in the election.
Hours after Congress certified Joe Biden’s victory, President Donald Trump acknowledged in a video that a “new administration will be inaugurated” and said he’d focus on “a smooth, orderly and seamless transition of power.” Trump condemned the violence from his supporters who stormed the Capitol but didn’t address his role in inciting it.
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