Category: Presidential Facts
A Man With a Gun in Dallas
On this day in 1963 John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated by sniper’s bullets at 12:30 p.m. in Dallas,…
The Gettysburg Address
This day in 1863, on a Thursday afternoon, President Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania,…
Jimmy Carter and his Nobel Peace Prize
On this day in 2002, former President Jimmy Carter wins the Nobel Peace Prize “for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to…
Nixon’s Obstruction and the Smoking Gun Tapes
On this day in 1974, the House Judiciary Committee approves the first of three articles of impeachment against Nixon, for obstruction of justice, abuse of…
America Held Hostage: The Dullificationists
As we move into Day Eight of our Republic held at bay, the Nation has already witnessed queasy markets, castigated park rangers, suicidal hygienists and…
Random Presidential Facts: Lyndon Baines Johnson
President Johnson was the only President to take Oath of Office on an airplane (Air Force One), the only President to be administered the oath…
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