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Reagan Delayed the 1986 State of the Union to Mourn the Challenger Disaster

The shocking disaster delayed the speech for one week.

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Robert F. Kennedy. (Credit: Bill Eppridge/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

How Bobby Kennedy Started the War on Gangs

Long before MS-13, Bobby Kennedy battled J. Edgar Hoover to take on the Mafia.

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President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address in the House chamber in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015.

The President’s Annual State of the Union Address, Explained

A look back at the history of this high-profile annual tradition.

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1790

President George Washington delivers first State of the Union

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