Washington unanimously elected by Electoral College to first and second terms George Washington is elected president First U.S. president elected The Last of the Mohicans is published States meet to form Confederacy Provisional Confederate Congress convenes Germany declares war zone around British Isles Ford buys Lincoln Disney releases Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs The Yalta Conference commences Yalta Conference foreshadows the Cold War Football great Lawrence Taylor born The Misfits released by United Artists First U.S. helicopter is shot down in Vietnam. Rumors fly about U.S.-Soviet pressure on allies in Vietnam PLO is founded Last Thai contingent departs South Vietnam Patty Hearst kidnapped The Symbionese Liberation Army abducts Patty Hearst Earthquake rocks Guatemala City Karen Carpenter dies of anorexia





