"Pride and Prejudice" is first published, Elvis makes his national TV debut, "We Are the World" is recorded, and the space shuttle Challenger breaks apart after liftoff, all on this day.
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2003: In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush states that Saddam Hussein had tried to acquire "significant quantities of uranium from Africa", citing British intelligence sources. That intelligence would later turn out to be substantiated only by forged documents.