The US Senate held its first session in the unfinished Capitol Building.
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Hundreds of people died after a New England Blizzard.
Explorer David Livingstone became the first European to see Victoria Falls.
The Soviet Lunokhod 1 became the first robotic lunar rover to land on the Moon's surface.
Writer, explorer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh went on trial for suspected treason.
A 55-year-old man became the first known person to contract COVID-19.
