Category: Presidential Facts
Harry Gives ’em Hell
On this day in 1951, President Harry S. Truman relieves General Douglas MacArthur of his commands due to the General’s insubordination and unwillingness to conduct…
The Sunday Driver, S2, E3: Fear and Loathing in the Heart of Atlanta
A Happy Easter Sunday, Monday or Passover to all, as the case may be. It has been sometime since we had the privilege of joyriding…
St. James in the Lion’s Den
On March 26th, 1979, The Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty (معاهدة السلام المصرية الإسرائيلية; Mu`āhadat as-Salām al-Misrīyah al-‘Isrā’īlīyah; הסכם השלום בין ישראל למצרים; Heskem HaShalom Bein Yisrael…
Strange Bedfellows
On this day in 1877, President Rutherford B. Hayes appoints abolitionist, orator, statesman and escaped slave Frederick Douglass to the post of US Marshal for…
Together We Cannot Fail
(DATELINE: WASHINGTON D.C., MARCH 12, 1933)On this day in 1933, newly-minted President Franklin Roosevelt delivers the first of many “fireside chats.” These addresses broadcast to…
Jackson’s Gold
On March 8th, 1838, operations at the New Orleans Mint commence with the deposit of a first shipment of Mexican gold bullion. The original coins,…
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