Daily Facts about President

2023

Richard Nixon's birthday is observed. He served as the 37th President of the United States.

1979

John N. Mitchell, H.R. Haldeman, and John D. Ehrlichman are sentenced to prison for their roles in the Watergate scandal.

1969

Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States, passes away at the age of 78.

1964

Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) gains independence from the United Kingdom.

1960

U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard Nixon hold their third and final presidential debate.

1931

The George Washington Bridge, connecting New York City and New Jersey, officially opens.

1929

"Black Thursday" marks the beginning of the Great Depression as the U.S. stock market crashes.

1861

Jefferson Davis is elected as the first and only President of the Confederate States of America.

1861

U.S. President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus during the Civil War.

1809

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States and a key figure in the American Civil War, is born in a one-room log cabin in Kentucky.