George Washington delivers the first State of the Union, Elvis is born, 14-year-old Bobby Fischer wins his first U.S. Chess Championships, and a gunman shoots Gabrielle Giffords and 18 others in Arizona, all on this day.
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1963: Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" is exhibited in the United States for the first time, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.