Presidents

Today In History: November 6

November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected the sixteenth President.

November 4, 1842, Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd were married.

November 1, 1950, a group of armed men attempted to assassinate Harry S. Truman.

October 22, 1962, JFK told the American public about the Cuban Missile Crisis.

October 20, 1968, Jacqueline Kennedy married Aristotle Onassis.

October 12, 1901, Theodore Roosevelt changed the name of the Executive Mansion to the White House.

October 10, 1973, Spiro Agnew resigned from his position as Vice President.

October 5, 1998, the House of Representatives recommended impeachment hearings against President Bill Clinton.

September 26, 1960, the first-ever televised presidential debate took place between Kennedy and Nixon.

September 19, 1796, George Washington’s farewell address was published in the American Daily Advertiser.