🛥 February – The USS Princeton Explosion (Feb 28, 1844)

• The sheer number of votes received by each candidate will not determine the winning of the 3 November general election.
• It goes down to the Electoral College - officials or "electors" who vote on behalf of the states for president. Each state is worth several electors proportionate t...

Popularly known as LBJ, Lyndon B. Johnson was the 36th President of the United States, taking office after John Kennedy's death.

Born in 1908, with a simple family, LBJ graduated from Texas State University and Georgetown University, working independently while at school, where he develope...

The exercise culture in the U.S. only took off after World War II.

• After a 1955 report showed that 57.9% of American kids failed one or more of six physical fitness tests - versus about 8 % of European kids - an executive order was issued to create the President's Council on Youth Fi...