Jan 9, 1793 – Jean-Pierre Blanchard made the first successful balloon flight in the U.S.
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Jan 8, 1790 – In the United States, George Washington delivered the first State of the Union address.
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Jan 7, 1926 – George Burns and Gracie Allen were married.
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Jan 6, 1963 – “Wild Kingdom” premiered on NBC.
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Jan 5, 1961 – “Mr. Ed” debuted. The show would run for six years.
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Jan 4, 1965 – Poet T.S. Eliot died at age 76.
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Jan 3, 2000 – Charles M. Schulz’s final original daily comic strip appeared in newspapers.
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Jan 2, 1892 – Ellis Island opened as America’s first federal immigration center. Annie Moore, at age 15, became the first person to pass through.
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Jan 1, 1863 – President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared that all slaves in the rebel states were free.
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Dec 31, 1929 – Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians played “Auld Lang Syne” as a New Year’s Eve song for the first time.
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