TODAY IN HISTORY
1959: This cuban leader is first sworn in as prime minister
Fidel Castro
On Christmas night, 1776, Washington crossed the Delaware; the battle of this now-state capital was the next day
Trenton
He's the only U.S. president who never lived in the White House
George Washington
After the fall of Yorktown, he drafted a letter of abdication but never presented it to Parliament
King George III
Article II, section 2 gives the president this military title
Commander in Chief
1968: The first call is placed to this national number
911
Before he was president, George presided over this months-long meeting in the summer of 1787
Constitutional Convention
Andrew Johnson worked as one of these in his youth & even as president may have made his own suits
A Tailor
At Valley Forge, Washington had all his soldiers inoculated against this disease, greatly reducing deaths
Small Pox
This Founding Father signed the Constitution as "Presidt and deputy from Virginia"
George Washington
1923: The tomb of this Egyptian ruler was first opened
King Tutankhamen (King Tut)
A 1791 proclamation by President George ordered the first this of the District of Columbia; a young George would've done it himself
A Survey
This 20th century president's middle initial "S" didn't stand for anything specific
Truman
The Treaty of this city offically ended the Revolutionary War
Paris
The term of office for the president & vice president shall end at this time on the 20th of January
noon
On May 28, 1754 Lt. Colonel George ordered an attack on the troops of Ensign Coulon de Jumonville, starting this conflict
The French and Indian War
Zachary Taylor was an army general & hero of this war that gained Texas & California for the United States
Mexican American War
The 59 cannon used to evict the British from Boston in 1776 were taken from this New York fort
Fort Ticonderoga
The term of office for the president & vice president shall end at this time on the 20th of January
2/3
At 26 George married a woman with this last name of her first husband
Custis
The 400,000 men & women buried at Arlington include 2 U.S. presidents, John F. Kennedy & this man, who was also chief justice
Taft
Last name of brothers Admiral Richard & General William who led the British sea & land forces in America
Howe
The 13th Amendment abolished slavery; it & the next 2 are the amendments named for this roughly 12-year period
Reconstruction