Feminist Elizabeth Cady Stanton became the first woman to testify before Congress.
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The USA's first African-American President, Barack Obama, conducted his first address.
Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first and last US President to serve four terms.
Ozzy Osbourne bit the head off a bat that a fan threw onto the stage during a performance in Des Moines, Iowa.
Air Inter Flight 148 crashed in the Vosges Mountains in France while circling to land at Strasbourg Airport.
The first episode of Breaking Bad premiered on AMC.