Nearly 240 years ago on Feb. 4, 1789, George Washington was unanimously elected by all 69 presidential electors as the first president of the United States.
Beginnings and endings on February 4? It’s the day in 1789 when George Washington was unanimously elected President of the United States by the Electoral College. And the “Notable Event” that occurred ...
As the United States prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, a local expert is giving millions of Americans a chance to ...
In 1783, Britain’s King George III proclaimed a formal cessation of hostilities in the American Revolutionary War. A massive earthquake kills some 50,000 in Calabria, Italy.
On Feb. 4, 1789, George Washington of Virginia, the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, was ...
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Weapon of peace or trade war? Trump slashes India tariffs to 18% in historic deal. But the Founding Fathers might disagree
While Trump described the reduction of tariffs on Indian goods as an act of reciprocity, an idea rooted in early American trade policy, the First Tariff Act of 1789 treated reciprocity as a safeguard ...
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