Birth of John Jay
Founding Father John Jay was born on December 12, 1745, in New York City, Province of New York.
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Happy Birthday Abraham Baldwin
Founding Father Abraham Baldwin was born on November 22, 1754, in Guilford, Connecticut Colony.
First Woman in Space
On June 16, 1963, Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space.
Happy Birthday John F. Kennedy
The youngest man ever elected President, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, on May 29, 1917.
Happy Birthday Harry Truman
President Harry S. Truman was born in Lamar, Missouri on May 8, 1884.
Birth of Albert Gallatin
Politician and diplomat Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin was born on January 29, 1761, in Geneva, Switzerland. Gallatin’s aristocratic family included physicians, statesmen, and soldiers – one of his relatives commanded a battalion at the Battle of Yorktown.
Birth of Shirley Chisholm
Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm was born November 30, 1924, in New York City, New York.
Happy Birthday, President Garfield
The last of the “log cabin presidents,” James A. Garfield was born November 19, 1831, near Cleveland, Ohio, to impoverished farmers.
Birth of James K. Polk
James Knox Polk was born on a farm in Pineville, North Carolina, on November 2, 1795.