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| 1781 |
A British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burned Richmond, Va. |
| 1896 |
The Austrian newspaper Wiener Presse reported the discovery by German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen of a type of radiation that came to be known as an X-ray. |
| 1933 |
Calvin Coolidge, the 30th president of the United States, died in Northampton, Mass., at age 60. |
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| 1949 |
In his State of the Union address, President Harry S. Truman labeled his domestic program the “Fair Deal.” |
| 1970 |
The soap opera “All My Children” premiered on ABC-TV. |
| 1972 |
President Richard Nixon ordered development of the space shuttle. |
| 1973 |
Bruce Springsteen’s debut album, “Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.,” was released. |
| 1981 |
Police in England arrested Peter Sutcliffe, a truck driver later convicted of the “Yorkshire Ripper” murders of 13 women. |
| 1994 |
Former House Speaker Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill died in Boston at age 81. |
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| 2004 |
After 14 years of denials, Pete Rose publicly admitted that he’d bet on baseball while manager of the Cincinnati Reds. |
| 2011 |
Rep. John Boehner of Ohio was elected speaker as Republicans regained control of the House of Representatives on the first day of the new Congress. |
