Corazon Aquino was elected as the first female president of the Philippines.
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Rihanna received a Guinness World Record for being the most tracked artist on Songkick, with 3,867,117 followers.
Showman P. T. Barnum showcased Joice Heth falsely claiming that she was a 161-year-old African American nanny to George Washington.
George Washington held the first Cabinet meeting in his house in Mount Vernon.
US paper money was first introduced into circulation after the passing of the Legal Tender Act to help finance the Civil War.
NASA's Mariner 6 space probe successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
