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State of the Union/Annual Message
President John Adams’s Annual Message of 1800
November 22, 1800
On this date, President John Adams delivered his fourth annual message to a Joint Session of the 4th Congress (1799–1801) in the new Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.
The first evening Annual Message
January 03, 1936
On this date, during the second session of the 74th Congress (1935–1937), President Franklin D. Roosevelt held the first nighttime Annual Message.
The memorial of the Challenger
January 28, 1986
On this date, the House of Representatives memorialized the seven astronauts aboard the space shuttle Challenger who perished when the craft exploded shortly after launch that morning.