Thursday, October 22, 2009

Presidential Firsts Mostly True

Presidential Firsts Mostly True
* Forgotten Leader Herbert Hoover became the Opening legislator to use a teleprompter in 1952, at any time he gave the keynote report at the Republican Place of birth Get-together in Chicago.
* The presidential election on November 7, 2000 was one of the flanking presidential elections in the history of the US. It was a resist concerning Democrat Al Set, the Vice Leader, and Republican George W. Plant, Proprietor of Texas. On election night, news media amplify experimental declared a thump in Florida based on door polls, next to deciding the net was too close to call. Both candidates de rigueur Florida's electoral votes to win the doling out. A month of court challenges and recounts followed, until the US Loud Law court halted recounts by directive for Plant. Plant was certified as the thump in Florida by a periphery of 537 votes, defeating Set, who established snooty votes than Plant nationwide. It was the third time in American history that a candidate won the the Electoral Academy tone without winning the popular tone, and the Opening time a journey was preferred by the Loud Law court.
* Leader Millard Fillmore (1850-53) is furthermost recurrently official for the first carton in the Wan Habitat, in 1851; but he doesn't value the tribute. Writer and stand-up H.L Mencken wrote a imaginary history of the carton for the The New York Sunset Advertise in 1917, and mentioned the Fillmore tub's moving parts. Mencken recanted the Fillmore tub story end, saying "My event was precisely to maintain some blameless fun in war time. It never occurred to me that it would be full austerely." In reality, fourth journey James Madison was perhaps the Opening to clean in the Wan Habitat, in 1814; but the water had to be fuming on a space heater and carried in a bucket. In shape plumbing palpably came in 1834 by means of the Andrew Jackson official group.
* William Henry Harrison was journey only 30 time, 11 hours and 30 report. He was the Opening journey to die in hideaway, and served the as the crow flies term of any American journey. The same as Harrison featuring in in Washington, he at home to show that he was still the compelling conqueror of the Combat of Tippecanoe. He took the irreverence of hideaway on Claim 4, 1841, an else rapid and gusty day. He wore no overcoat and delivered the make a recording inaugural semi-detached in American history. It took next to two hours to read, smooth as his friend Daniel Webster had curtailed it. Harrison end trapped a rapid, which for that reason got furthest subordinate. His doctors tried no matter which, applying opium, castor oil, grass, and smooth snakes. The treatments made Harrison subordinate and he went into nightmare. He died on April 4, 1841, of pneumonia, jaundice, and septicemia.
* In 1812, Dolley Madison, wife of fourth journey James Madison, disposed the Opening marriage ceremony to be apprehended at the Wan Habitat - the nuptials of her widowed sister, Lucy Payne Washington, to a Loud Law court Evenhandedness, Thomas Todd.
* Argentine journey Juan Per'on died on July 1, 1974, less than a time as his third election to the doling out. His wife Isabel assumed the position and became the Opening non-royal female top of voters and top of formal in the western hemisphere.
* On May 16, 1981, two weeks next to her harm, Soong Ch'ing-ling was admitted to the Communist Happiness and was named Honorary Leader of the Manual Republic of Breakables. She is the only person ever to cage this title, and palpably the Opening journey in the eastern hemisphere.
* Geraldine Anne Ferraro (1935-2011) was a Democratic legislator and former part of a set of the US Habitat of School assembly. She is best recurring as the Opening woman to represent a arrant US devotee party as a candidate for Vice Leader (with Walter Mondale in 1984).
* Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (untrained in 1938) was Liberia's Opening preferred female journey, and Africa's Opening preferred female journey. Unrestricted in 2005, she is the Gleam preferred black woman top of voters in the world and after that second female leader of Liberia as Ruth Perry (who assumed leadership as an remove. She is recurring as the "Level Peer of the realm."
* Barack Obama's Presidential Inaugural Payment chose the Lesbian and Gay Kin Main part, with members from across the official, to support in the inaugural bluster in Washington on January 20, 2009. It was the Opening time that a gay and lesbian band marched in a presidential establishment.
* Taking sides the normalization of US-Cuban relations in 2009, Obama visited Cuba in Imperial, 2010, an became the Opening American journey to distinguish Cuba to the same extent Teddy Roosevelt invaded in 1898. Obama met with new Cuban Leader Nicholas Santiago, the first non-Castro to top Cuba in 50 vivacity, and was warmly greeted by the Cuban people in several state-owned appearances. Leader Obama was in Cuba with his wife and daughters for three time. They stayed at the US Aquatic insignificant in Guantanamo, but visited Havana and several new cities. They smooth swam at the Playa Gir'on beach that was the site of the inferior Bay of Sheep entry by means of the Kennedy official group.
* The first five Presidents wore knickers to their ceremonies, with John Quincy Adams the Opening to move into trousers.
* In 1901, Theodore Roosevelt was the Opening to elapse his Inaugural Rant bareheaded.
* In 1999 Ruth Dreifuss took over as Leader of the Swiss Coalition - the Opening woman and the first Jew to cage this hideaway. This was not rushed a mobile personal success in Switzerland, anyplace women established the right to tone only in 1971 and which was the carry on official in Western Europe to sanction Jewish custody.
* And, of course, JFK was the Opening Catholic journey to maintain sex with Marilyn Monroe, Richard Nixon was the Opening journey whose Trial lawyer Complete went to put in jail and veep despondent for untruthfulness on proceeds tax, Ronnie Reagan was the Opening to put black shoe polish in his blur and maintain Alzheimer's Evil to the same extent still in hideaway, Collect Clinton was the Opening to sort-of maintain sex with Monica Lewinsky, Barack Obama is the Opening half-black journey who was untrained in Kenya, Molest Romney wants to be the Opening journey with four wives, Newt Gingrich wants to be the Opening journey of the Moon, and Sarah Palin may yet become the Opening really stupid, retrograde and ignorant female journey.

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