On This Date In POTUS History
- 1789 George Washington inaugurated as the first president of the United States.
- 1803 The Louisiana Purchase Treaty signed in Paris.
- 1812 Louisiana admitted to the Union as the 18th state.
- 1858 Benjamin Harrison's wife, Mary Harrison, born.
- 1973 Richard Nixon announced the firing of John Dean and resignations of H.R. Halderman and John Ehrlichman as a result of the growing Watergate scandal.
POTUS Quote
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
