The world’s oldest newspaper, Haarlem, published its first paper in the Netherlands.
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Japanese prime minister treated president George H. W. Bush to dinner, and Bush threw up on the host.
The unmanned space mission Luna 21 was launched.
Giant self-rolling snowballs were found in the UK.
The first President of the United States, George Washington, delivered the first State of the Union address in New York City.
Mathematician Sophie Germain became the first woman to be awarded the prestigious Paris Academy of Sizes Prize for her theory of surface vibrations.
