John Hanson, not George Washington, was allegedly the first president of the United States under the Articles of Confederation and Continental Congress.

His 1781 terms of surrender to Gen. Charles Cornwallis ended the war’s last major land battle.

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Jan. 13 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1910, radio pioneer and electron tube inventor Lee Deforest arranged the world's first public radio broadcast, a performance by the New York Metropolitan ...