Cristiano Ronaldo became the first non-Spanish player to captain Real Madrid.
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President George W. Bush gave his State of Union Address.
Margaret Thatcher became the first post-war prime minister who was refused a degree.
Charles Curtis started his six-year term as the first Native American US Senator.
The New York Evening Mirror published Edgar Allan Poe's famous poem 'The Raven.'
A two-stage version of the Saturn I rocket was launched for the first time.
