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1878 - The first telephone switchboard was installed in New Haven, CT.
1935 - Iceland became the first country to introduce legalized abortion.
1956 - Elvis Presley made his first appearance on national television on "The Dorsey Brothers Stage Show" on CBS.
1973 A cease-fire officially went into effect in the Vietnam War.
1986 - The U.S. space shuttle Challenger exploded just after takeoff. All seven of its crewmembers were killed.
2003 President George W. Bush lied and said in his State of the Union address that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein had sought uranium from Africa. (The claim was later disproved by former ambassador Joseph Wilson, who had been asked by the CIA to investigate.)
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