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1870: Hiram Rhodes Revels, Republican from Mississippi, is sworn in as a United States Senator, becoming the first African American ever to sit in the U.S. Congress. Sure, they make him sit way at the back, but still.
1950: Your Show of Shows with Sid Caesar & Imogene Coca premieres.
1957: Buddy Holly & the Crickets record That'll Be the Day; that day turns out to be February 3, 1959.
1982: Final episode of The Lawrence Welk Show airs; even he couldn't believe it was still on.
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