Charles Curtis started his six-year term as the first Native American US Senator.
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One of William Shakespeare's most acclaimed plays, ''Romeo & Juliet" was performed for the first time.
The New York Evening Mirror published Edgar Allan Poe's famous poem 'The Raven.'
Kansas entered the Union, making it the 34th state to join the United States of America.
President George W. Bush gave his State of Union Address.
French President Jacques Chirac announced France's nuclear test program had finished.
