- Rutherford B. Hayes (March 4, 1877 March 4, 1881) was
the first president to have a telephone in the
White House, installed in 1877 by
Alexander Graham Bell (March 3, 1847 August 2, 1922), who was inventing the first practical telephone.
- John Adams (March 4, 1797 March 4, 1801) was the first president to live in the White House.
- George Washington (April 30, 1789 March 4, 1797) was the wealthiest president, who had a net worth over half a billion in todays dollars. He also owned many slaves but decided to free them in his will.
- The tallest president is
Abraham Lincoln, (March 4, 1861 April 15, 1865), who was 6'4" tall; the shortest president is
James Madison, (March 4, 1809 March 4, 1817), who was 5'4" tall; the heaviest president was
William Howard Taft (March 4, 1909 March 4, 1913), who weighted more than 300 lbs.
- Abraham Lincoln (March 4, 1861 April 15, 1865) was virtually unknown in the
Republican Party in 1858 when he challenged powerful U.S. Sen.
Stephen Douglas (4 March 1847 3 June 1861) of Illinois.
Lincoln lost to Douglas for the Senate but beat him in the presidential election.
- John Adams (March 4, 1797 March 4, 1801) and
Thomas Jefferson (March 4, 1801 March 4, 1809) died on the same day, July 4, 1826; five years later,
James Monroe (March 4, 1817 March 4, 1825) died on July 4, 1831.
- Grover Cleveland was the only president to serve two nonconsecutive terms: the 22nd president (March 4, 1893 March 4, 1897) and the 24th president (March 4, 1885 March 4, 1889).
- Woodrow Wilson (March 4, 1913 March 4, 1921) (received a PhD in history and political science from Johns Hopkins University) was the 13th President of Princeton University (19021910) before he was the 28th U.S. president.
- Many U.S. presidents had well-known nick names:
Ronald Reagan ) (January 20, 1981 January 20, 1989) 's nick name is Dutch;
Theodore Roosevelt ) (September 14, 1901 March 4, 1909) - the Rough Rider;
Woodrow Wilson (March 4, 1913 March 4, 1921) - the Professor;
Franklin D. Roosevelt) (March 4, 1933 April 12, 1945) - the Boss;
Martin Van Buren ) (March 4, 1837 March 4, 1841) - the Little Magician; and
Abraham Lincoln (March 4, 1861 April 15, 1865) - the Rail Splitter.
- There were four U.S. presidents who were assassinated while in office: Abraham Lincoln (March 4, 1861 April 15, 1865),
James Abram Garfield (March 4, 1881 September 19, 1881),
William McKinley (March 4, 1897 September 14, 1901), and
John F. Kennedy (January 20, 1961 November 22, 1963),
There were other attempts, the latest being attempts on the lives of U.S. presidents included
Truman (April 12, 1945 January 20, 1953),
Gerald Ford (August 9, 1974 January 20, 1977), and
Ronald Reagan (January 20, 1981 January 20, 1989).
- There were four U.S. presidents who were passed away while in office. They died because of sickness.
William Henry Harrison (March 4, 1841 April 4, 1841) died in 1841 -
pneumonia and
pleurisy;
Zachary Taylor (March 4, 1849 July 9, 1850) died in 1850 -
acute gastroenteritis;
Warren G. Harding (March 4, 1921 August 2, 1923) died in 1923 -
heart attack;
Franklin D. Roosevelt) (March 4, 1933 April 12, 1945) died in 1945 -
cerebral hemorrhage.
- Virginia is the birth state of the most presidents.
- San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, completed in 1937, has become one of the most internationally recognized symbols of the U.S. It was designed by Joseph B. Strauss,
and has the second longest suspension bridge main span (4,200 feet) in the U.S, after the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York City.
- The Cathedral of St. John the Divine (in New York City), which was begun to build in 1892 and was completed in 2008, is the largest cathedral in the world: 601-ft wide at the nave and 320-ft wide at the transept.
- Rockefeller Center, in New York City, occupies more than 22 acres and has 19 building.
- The Eiffel Tower, in Paris, was built for the Exposition of 1989 by Alexandre Gustave Eiffel. It is 984-ft. high (1,056 ft.; including the television tower).
- The Taj Mahal (1632-1650), at Agra, India, built by Shah Jahan as a tomb for his wife, is one of the most beautiful building in the world..
- The Great Sphinx of Egypt, one of the wonders of ancient Egyptian architecture, adjoins the pyramids of Giza and has a length of 240 ft. Built in the 4th dynasty, it is approximately 4,500 years old.
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- Angkor Wat (outside the city of Angkor Thom, Cambodia), which was built during the 12th century, is one of the most beautiful of Cambodian or Khmer architecture.
- The Great Wall of China (228 B.C.E.), which was built mainly of soil/sand and stone, is 1,400 miles long and varies in height between 18 to 30 ft. Designed specifically as a defense against nomadic tribes, it has many large watch towers.
- The planet Earth was formed 4.5 billion years ago before the Common Era (B.C.E.).
- Wiley Post took a Lockheed Vega aircraft, Winnie Mae, 15,596 miles to fly solo around the world in 7 days, 18 hours, 49.5 min (July 15-22, 1933).
- Twelve astronauts have walked on the
moon. They are
Eugene A. Cernan &
Harrison H. Schmitt (Apollo 17, December 7-19, 1972),
John W. Young &
Charles M. Duke (Apollo 16, April 16-27, 1972),
David R. Scott and
James B. Irwin (Apollo 15, July 26-August, 1971),
Alan B. Shepard, Jr. &
Edgar D. Mitchell (Apollo 14, January 31-February 9, 1971),
Charles P. Conrad&
Alan L. Bean (Apollo 12, November 14-24, 1969),
Neil A. Armstrong &
Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. (Apollo 11, July 16-24, 1969)
- Recent data collected by the Hubble Space Telescope suggests that the
universe is around eight billion years old.
- Based on the 2006 gold-producing country data, the U.S. was the fourth largest gold-producing nation (242,000 kgs). The Republic of South Africa led the world in gold production (272,128 kgs) . The other top
countries were: China (247,200 kgs), Australia (247,000 kgs), Peru (203,268 kgs), Russia (159,340 kgs) and Canada (104,198 kgs).
- The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (former College of Philadelphia Department of Medicine), which was established on May 3, 1765, was the first medical college in the U.S.
The first commencement was held June 21, 1768, when medical diplomas were presented to ten members of graduating class.
- Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910) was the first woman physician in the U.S. She received her medical degree in 1849 from Geneva Medical College in New York.
- Karl Benz (1844-1929) and Gottlieb Daimler (184-1900) were the first people who invented the
gasoline-powered automobile.
They worked independently, unaware of each other's endeavors
- Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), of Bologna, Italy, was the first person to prove that radio signals could be sent over long distances. In 1906, the
American inventor Lee de Forest (1873-1961) built a device that made voice radio practical.
- The American Philo T. Farnsworth (1906-1971), one of
television pioneers, was the first person to propose that pictures could be televised electronically.
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