U.S. President History
1775 - George Washington was appointed head of the Continental Army by the Second Continental Congress.
1849 - The eleventh president of the United States, James Knox Polk, died.
1916 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signed a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America.
1992 - U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle instructed a student to spell "potato" with an "e" on the end during a spelling bee. He had relied on a faulty flash card that had been written by the student's teacher.
| "I pray heaven to bestow the best of blessings on this house, and on all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but wise men ever rule under this roof!" - U.S. First Lady Abigail Adams about the new Executive Mansion. |