Apr 30, 1789 – George Washington took office as the first elected U.S. president. 
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Apr 29, 1967 – Aretha Franklin’s “Respect” was released. 
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Apr 28, 1947 – Norwegian anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl and five others set out in a balsa wood craft known as Kon Tiki to prove that Peruvian Indians could have settled in Polynesia. The trip began in Peru and took 101 days to complete the crossing of the Pacific Ocean. 
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Apr 27, 1968 – Simon & Garfunkel’s “Mrs. Robinson” was released. 
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