Barack Hussein Obama II was born August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Obama won the 2008 presidential election over Republican John McCain with 52.9% of the popular vote and 365 electoral votes, making him the United States’ first African American President.
On July 9, 1850, President Zachary Taylor died just 16 months into his term.
On America’s 50th birthday, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, two of the men that helped forge the nation, died hours apart.
On July 2, 1881, an assassin shot President James Garfield just four months into his presidency.
On June 1, 1796, Tennessee was admitted as the 16th state in the Union.
Author Washington Irving was born on April 3, 1783, in New York City.
On April 2, 1872, telegraph inventor Samuel Morse died. President Woodrow Wilson address Congress on April 2, 1917, asking to declare war and join World War I.
William Howard Taft was born September 15, 1857, near Cincinnati, Ohio.
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).