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President George Washington

George Washington

Looking Back At January 8

Looking Back At January 8
President Lyndon B. Johnson declared an “unconditional war on poverty in America.”
President George Washington delivered the first State of the Union address
Black men in the District of Columbia were given the right to vote
Bolsonaro supporters stormed Brazil’s Congress

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A drawing of the first White House designed by architect James Hoban (AP Photo)

Today in History: October 13

Today in History: October 13; In 1792, the cornerstone of the executive mansion was laid by President George Washington; In 1932, President Herbert Hoover and Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes laid the cornerstone for the U.S. Supreme Court building; In 1943, Italy declared war on Germany; In 2010, rescuers in Chile pulled 33 men to fresh air and freedom, 69 days after they were trapped in a collapsed mine; In 2016, Bob Dylan was named winner of the Nobel prize in literature.

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