Happy Birthday George Washington
Our first President, George Washington, was born on February 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginia.
Our first President, George Washington, was born on February 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginia.
Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin near Hodgenville, Kentucky, on February 12, 1809.
On February 9, 1825, John Quincy Adams was elected president even though he didn’t receive the majority of the electoral vote (no candidate did).
Ronald Wilson Reagan was born in Tampico, Illinois, on February 6, 1911.
John Marshall began his 34-year career as chief justice of the Supreme Court on February 4, 1801.
On January 30, 1948, Gandhi, who was weak from repeated hunger strikes, walked with his grandnieces to a prayer meeting. Along the way, a Hindu extremist who opposed his tolerance of Muslims, knelt before Gandhi and then shot him three times.
Alexander Hamilton was born on January 11, 1755 (or 57 – the year is unknown), in Nevis in the British West Indies.
America’s 13th president, Millard Fillmore, was born on January 7, 1800, in Moravia, New York.
On January 2, 1949, Luis Muñoz Marín became Puerto Rico’s first independently-elected governor.