Franklin D. Roosevelt Was The First President To Appear On Television During A 1939 Broadcast From The World’s Fair.

Presidents Day is a federal holiday which, in the United States, is observed on the third Monday in February.

• 1789 – George Washington was the only president unanimously elected. All of the state representatives voted for him. Washington took his oath of office on April 30, 1789, at the Federal Hall in New York City.
• 1800s – After George Washington died in 1799, his birthday was celebrated nationwide.
• 1826 – John Adams died on the same day as Thomas Jefferson, July 4th, 1826. This day was also the 50th anniversary of the approval of the Declaration of Independence!
• 1879 – President Rutherford B. Hayes signs Washington’s Birthday into law.
• 1841 – Three presidents, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, and John Tyler, all served in 1841.
• 1881 – Forty years later, this same phenomenon occurred. They are Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, and Chester A. Arthur.
• 1888 – Since 1888, George Washington’s Farewell Address has been read in the Senate on February 22nd of most years.
• 1939 – Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first president to appear on television during a 1939 broadcast from the World’s Fair.
• 1968 – Congress passed the Uniform Monday Holiday Bill, which moved several federal holidays to Mondays.
• 1981 – When Ronald Reagan was shot by an assassin in 1981, he joked, “I forgot to duck”.
• 2006 – Barack Obama won a Grammy Award in 2006 for his voice on the audiobook Dreams From My Father.
• Washington’s birthplace is a national monument and is located in Colonial Beach, VA
• Presidents Day is still officially called Washington’s Birthday by the federal government
• Lincoln’s birthplace is a national historical park and is located in Hodgenville, Kentucky
• President Ulysses S. Grant established Yellowstone as the first national park
• President Theodore Roosevelt has the most 5, national parks named in his honor
• Lincoln is a close runner-up for that title
• Roosevelt’s birthplace is a national historic site and is located in New York City, NY
• Adams National Historical Park was the birthplace of two presidents: John Adams and John Quincy Adams
• Three presidents died on July 4th. John Adams, James Monroe, Thomas Jefferson.
• Four presidents were assassinated while in office. Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, John F. Kennedy
• 4  Presidents have a February birthday.
• The term “O.K.” is linked to President Martin Van Buren, who was nicknamed “Old Kinderhook” after his hometown in New York. During his presidential campaign, supporters formed the “O.K. Club,” popularizing the term as a slogan meaning “all correct.”
• The most recent presidential birthplace added to the National Park System belonged to William Jefferson Clinton
• There are three universities named after George Washington.
• There are 35 parks named after American Presidents, and one park that celebrates four of them (but it’s named after a New York attorney)
• Thomas Jefferson was also an accomplished architect. He designed his famous home at Monticello as well as buildings for the University of Virginia.
• James Madison and George Washington were the only presidents who signed the Constitution.
• James Madison was the shortest president at 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighed 100 pounds. Abraham Lincoln was the tallest president at 6 feet 4 inches tall (Lyndon B. Johnson was also 6′ 4″).
• On the day he was shot, Lincoln told his bodyguard that he had dreamt he would be assassinated.
• Abraham Lincoln often stored things like letters and documents in his tall stove-piped hat.
• Franklin D. Roosevelt met President Grover Cleveland when he was five years old. Cleveland said, “I am making a wish for you. It is that you may never become president of the United States”.
• At 42 years, 10 months, and 18 days old, Teddy Roosevelt was the youngest man to hold the office of president. Ronald Reagan was the oldest at 69 years 11 months. John F. Kennedy was the youngest to be elected president.
• Teddy Roosevelt was blind in his left eye due to an injury in a boxing match.
• The “S” in Harry S. Truman does not stand for anything.
• John F. Kennedy was the first president who was a Boy Scout.
• Woodrow Wilson was buried at the Washington National Cathedral. He is the only president buried in Washington, D.C.
• Andrew Jackson was shot in the chest during a gun dual but managed to stay standing and to shoot and kill his opponent. The bullet could not be safely removed and remained in his chest for the next 40 years.
• George W. Bush is the only president to have a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree.
• After working at a Baskin-Robbins as a teen, President Obama no longer likes ice cream.
• Bill Clinton enjoys playing the saxophone and was a member of a band called “Three Blind Mice” in high school.
• Martin Van Buren was the first president to be born as a citizen of the United States. The presidents before him were born as British subjects.
• Martin Van Buren was the only president to speak English as a second language. His first language was Dutch.
• William Henry Harrison was the 9th president. His grandson, Benjamin Harrison, was the 23rd president.
• John Tyler had 15 children.
• James K. Polk was the first president to have his photograph taken while in office.
• William Henry Harrison died just 32 days after becoming president. He died from a cold he got while standing in the rain giving his inauguration speech.
• There are three universities and the capital of the United States, Washington DC, named after George Washington, as is Washington State.
• George Washington is featured on the quarter and the one-dollar bill.
• John Adams, the second president of the United States, was the first among the initial twelve presidents who did not own slaves.
• Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president, was the last U.S. president to have owned slaves.

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