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Good morning — it’s Thursday, January 8. We're digging into the oldest newspaper, the first State of the Union Address, the Battle of New Orleans, Crazy Horse's final battle, and much more—quick, sharp, and filled with fascinating insights!
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🚀 Time Machine
-1656
The oldest surviving commercial newspaper, "Weeckelycke Courante van Europa" (now "Haarlems Dagblad"), began publication in Haarlem, Netherlands.
-1790
President George Washington delivers the first State of the Union Address.
-1815
General Andrew Jackson won the Battle of New Orleans, the biggest American victory of the War of 1812.
-1835
For the first and only time in history, the US national debt is zero.
-1877
Crazy Horse and his outnumbered men fight their final battle against the US Cavalry in Montana.
-1912
The African National Congress was formed by chiefs, church leaders, and other leaders to defend African rights and freedoms.
-1926
Abdulaziz Ibn Saud becomes King of Hejaz and Nejd, the forerunner of Saudi Arabia.
-1963
Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, the Mona Lisa, is on display at the National Gallery of Art for the first time in America.
-2002
President George W. Bush signed the No Child Left Behind Act into law.
-2016
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto announces the capture of drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán six months after he escaped prison.
📸 Snapshot
U.S. Army soldiers found wedding rings in the Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Germany, 1945
🗨️ Final Words
“Sergeant, the Spanish bullet isn't made that will kill me.“