Gen. George Washington says goodbye to his troops, cheerleading is born, the "Spruce Goose" takes off, Truman defeats Dewey, and a federal holiday is created to honor Martin Luther King Jr., all on this day.
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2000: The international space station gets its first residents as an American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts arrive aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule for a four-month stay.