1789 President-elect George Washington left Mount Vernon, Va., for his inauguration in New York.

1862 A bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia became law.

1912 Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across the English Channel.

1917 Revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Lenin returned to Russia after years of exile.

1945 In his first speech to Congress, President Harry S. Truman pledged to carry out the war and peace policies of his late predecessor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

1947 Financier and presidential confidant Bernard M. Baruch said in a speech at the South Carolina statehouse, "Let us not be deceived. We are today in the midst of a cold war."

1962 Walter Cronkite succeeded Douglas Edwards as anchorman of "The CBS Evening News."

1964 "The Rolling Stones (England's Newest Hitmakers)," the band's debut album, was released.

1972 Apollo 16 blasted off on a voyage to the moon.

1992 The House ethics committee listed 303 current and former lawmakers who had overdrawn their House bank accounts.

1996 Britain's Prince Andrew and his wife, Sarah, the Duchess of York, announced they were getting a divorce.

2003 Michael Jordan played his last NBA game as his Washington Wizards ended their season with a loss to the Philadelphia 76ers.

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