Birth of John Jay
Founding Father John Jay was born on December 12, 1745, in New York City, Province of New York.
Founding Father John Jay was born on December 12, 1745, in New York City, Province of New York.
Founding Father George Mason IV was born on December 11, 1725, in Fairfax County, Virginia.
Founding Father Abraham Baldwin was born on November 22, 1754, in Guilford, Connecticut Colony.
On February 29, 1796, the Jay Treaty went into effect, resolving some lingering issues between America and Great Britain following the Revolutionary War.
On November 21, 1789, North Carolina was admitted as the 12th state of the union.
Revolutionary War hero Wilhelm von Steuben was born on September 17, 1730, in Magdeburg, Kingdom of Prussia (present-day Germany).
On February 17, 1801, Thomas Jefferson was elected president by the US House of Representatives following an electoral tie with Aaron Burr.
On February 1, 1978, the USPS issued the first stamp in its now longest-running series, Black Heritage.
America’s second First Lady was born Abigail Smith on November 22, 1744 (November 11 in the Old Style calendar), in Weymouth, Massachusetts.