The 1840 Presidential Election had President Martin Van Buren facing the Whig candidate William Henry Harrison. Harrison had been one of four candidates going against Van Buren in 1836. This […]
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On this day in 1975 Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, a member of the Manson Family attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford in Sacramento, California. She showed up at Sacramento, California’s Capital […]
On this day in 1960 boxer Cassius Clay [the future Muhammad Ali} won the gold medal in the light-heavyweight division at the 1960 Rome Olympic Games. Clay would then turn […]
POTUS #7 Andrew Jackson’s second term was coming to and end. He remains one of the most controversial POTUS in American history. His hand chosen successor was his Vice-President 53 […]
On this day in 1957 the Ford Motor Company introduced the Edsel. The name Edsel would soon become to mean -a huge commercial failure. The car was named for Henry […]
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