Death of William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft was born September 15, 1857, near Cincinnati, Ohio.
William Howard Taft was born September 15, 1857, near Cincinnati, Ohio.
On March 4, 1791, Vermont was admitted to the Union.
Ohio became a state on March 1, 1803, and Nebraska joined the union 64 years later on the same day.
On January 17, 1903, the National Forest Service established Luquillo Forest Reserve (today known as El Yunque National Forest) in Puerto Rico.
On January 1, 1863, Daniel Freeman filed the first land claim under the Homestead Act.
On December 20, 1803, the Louisiana Purchase was finalized with a ceremony in New Orleans. It doubled the size of the United States at a cost of less than 3¢ per acre.
On December 3, 1818, President James Monroe signed legislation admitting the state of Illinois to the Union.
On November 7, 1944, Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first and only U.S. President elected to a fourth term.
On November 6, 1861, Jefferson Davis was elected the first and only president of the Confederate States of America.