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1789: George Washington inaugurated.George Washington, the first president of the United States, was inaugurated this day in 1789 in Federal Hall in New York City, addressing his constituency on “the proceedings of a new and free government.”More events on this day1980:Queen Beatrix ascended the throne of The Netherlands. |
1975:The South Vietnamese capital of Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) fell to North Vietnamese troops during the Vietnam War. |
1945:German dictator Adolf Hitler and his wife committed suicide in a bunker in Berlin. |
1939:The National Broadcasting Company made the first public television broadcast in the United States, at the New York World's Fair. |
1900:American railroad engineer Casey Jones, later made famous in song, died in a train wreck. |
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