Death of Henry Clay
Esteemed statesman Henry Clay died on June 29, 1852, after nearly 50 years in politics.
Esteemed statesman Henry Clay died on June 29, 1852, after nearly 50 years in politics.
Robert F. (Bobby) Kennedy was shot by an assassin on June 5, 1968, and died from his wounds early the next day.
Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America, was born on June 3, 1808, in Fairview, Kentucky.
America’s first First Lady was born Martha Dandridge on June 2, 1731 (by the Old Style calendar), on her parents’ Chestnut Grove Plantation near Williamsburg, Virginia.
William Henry Seward was born on May 16, 1801 in Florida, New York.
James Monroe was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, on April 28, 1758, to successful Virginia plantation owners.
James Buchanan was born on April 23, 1791, in Cove Gap, Pennsylvania, to Irish immigrants.
Author Washington Irving was born on April 3, 1783, in New York City.
Benjamin Harrison’s family was among the First Families of Virginia, arriving in 1630. America’s 23rd president was born in North Bend, Ohio, on August 20, 1833.