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PRESIDENT UNANIMOUSLY ELECTED IN 1789
George Washington, the commander of the Continental Army
during the Revolutionary War, was unanimously elected the
first president of the United States by all 69 presidential
electors who cast their votes.
John Adams of Massachusetts, who received 34 votes, was
elected vice president. The electors, who represented 10 of
the 11 states that had ratified the U.S. Constitution, were
chosen by popular vote, legislative appointment, or a
combination of both four weeks before the election.
FIRST BLACK COACH TO WIN SUPER BOWL
Tony Dungy of the Indianapolis Colts became the first African
American NFL head coach to win a Super Bowl.
The victory marked the first time a Black head coach had
reached the National Football League’s championship game,
one that featured not just one, but two Black head coaches.
Super Bowl XLI pitted Dungy and his Colts against Lovie Smith,
head coach of the Chicago Bears.
The Bears shocked the Colts with a 92-yard kick return for a
touchdown in the first 14 seconds of the game. Despite this
demoralizing start, the Colts and quarterback Peyton Manning
came back to defeat the Bears, 29-17.
It was the Colts’ first Super Bowl victory since 1971, when they
played in Baltimore.
Dungy (center) along with colleagues Dan Patrick and Rodney Harrison at an NFL game in Denver in September 2013.
Anthony Kevin Dungy (69).
Since retiring, Dungy has served as a TV sports analyst. He
is an evangelical Christian, and at one point in his coaching
career considered leaving football for the prison ministry.
Throughout his career, he has remained involved with
community service organizations.
THE TAKING OF PATTY HEARST ON THIS DAY
On February 4, 1974, Patty Hearst, the 19-year-old granddaughter
of newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst, was kidnapped
from her apartment in Berkeley, Cal, by three armed strangers.
Her fiancé, Steven Weed, was beaten and tied up along with a
neighbor who tried to help.
Witnesses reported seeing a struggling Hearst being carried
away blindfolded, and she was put in the trunk of a car.
Neighbors who came out into the street were forced to take
cover after the kidnappers fired their guns to cover their
escape.
Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst was identified by the FBI
as taking part in the robbery of a San Francisco bank in this
April 1974 photo.
Patricia Campbell Hearst will be 71 years young on
February 20th.
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