Birth of Everett Dirksen
Statesman Everett McKinley Dirksen was born on January 4, 1896, in Pekin, Illinois.
Statesman Everett McKinley Dirksen was born on January 4, 1896, in Pekin, Illinois.
On January 3, 1911, America issued its first Postal Savings stamps.
On January 2, 1788, Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution, making it our fourth state.
Paul Revere was born on January 1, 1735, according to the modern calendar (December 21, 1734 by the Old Style calendar) in the North End of Boston.
Born on December 31, 1880, in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, Army general and American statesman George C. Marshall was a distant relative of former Chief Justice John Marshall.
On December 30, 1853, the Gadsden Purchase was completed, adding over 29,000 square miles of land to the United States.
On December 29, 1845, Texas was admitted as America’s 28th state.
America’s 28th President Thomas Woodrow Wilson was born December 28, 1856, in Staunton, Virginia, the third of four children.
On December 27, 1657, a group of 30 people in Vlishing, New Netherland, signed the Flushing Remonstrance, a plea for religious freedom.