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1790 - In the United States, George Washington delivered the first State of the Union address. 1918 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson announced his Fourteen Points as the basis for peace upon the end of World War I. 1957 - Jackie Robinson announced his retirement from major league baseball in an article that appeared in LOOK magazine. 1964 - U.S. President Lyndon Johnson declared a "War on Poverty." 1973 - A trial opened in Washington of seven men accused of bugging Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate apartment complex in Washington, DC. 1992 - U.S. President George Bush collapsed during a state dinner in Tokyo. White House officials said Bush was suffering from stomach flu. 1997 - Mister Rogers received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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