U.S. President History
1787 - The Constitutional convention opened in Philadelphia with George Washington presiding.
1861 - U.S. President Lincoln suspended the right of habeas corpus for John Merryman after he was arrested for attempting to hinder Union troops from moving from Baltimore to Washington.
1961 - America was asked by U.S. President Kennedy to work toward putting a man on the moon before the end of the decade.
| "No man has ever yet been hanged for breaking the spirit of a law." - Grover Cleveland |