The first episode of Breaking Bad premiered on AMC.
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The USA's first African-American President, Barack Obama, conducted his first address.
Jacob Sartorius released his debut album, "The Last Text EP."
Ozzy Osbourne bit the head off a bat that a fan threw onto the stage during a performance in Des Moines, Iowa.
Feminist Elizabeth Cady Stanton became the first woman to testify before Congress.
The US published its first book on Geology – 'Observations on the Geology of the United States' by William Maclure.
