America’s second president John Adams was inaugurated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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The Senate convened for the first time after the new federal government was set up in the USA.
The Soviet Union's Vega 1 Space Probe began sending back images of Halley's Comet.
The United States Department of Labor was formed.
World tennis champion Martina Navratilova won her 74th match streak.
The Second Anglo-Dutch War began as England fought the Dutch republic for the control of seas and trade routes.
