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Daugherty as Attorney General. crashed at Elko, NV. future in the image of1969-1974(Feb 23) The U.S. Post Office set a new record for air mail delivery,1921 (Mar 4) Warren G. Hardingour hopes, is ours to determine by conveying mail posted the day before at San Francisco to delivery inwas inaugurated as the 29thour actions and our choices.Source: Richard Nixons First Inaugural Address.NYC, in 33 hours and 20 minutes. Pilot Jack Knight became the firstPresident of the US. Wilson, Harding, Cannon and Knox in car onJanuary 20, 1969.)person to fly through the night, departing the morning before at 4:30(Mar 7) Police in Sunbury, PA, way to Hardings InaugurationUS President #38 Pacific time from San Francisco and landing at Cheyenne, Wyomingissue an edict requiring womenin daylight, then took off at dusk and flew all night in darkness toto wear skirts at least 4 inches below the knee. 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