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United States, with a ruling against the defendants (overturned by Yates v. United States in 1957). June 14 – The UNIVAC I computer is dedicated by the U.S. Census Bureau. [1] June 15–July 1 – In New Mexico, Arizona, California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia, thousands of hectares of forests are destroyed in fires.
The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, [1] indirectly elected to a four-year term via the Electoral College. [2] Under the U.S. Constitution, the officeholder leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces. [3] The ...
1950 – Failed assassination attempt by two Puerto Rican nationals on President Harry S. Truman while he was living at Blair House. 1951 – 22nd Amendment, establishing term limits for president. 1951 – Mutual Security Act; 1951 – General Douglas MacArthur fired by President Truman for comments about using nuclear weapons on China
The 1958 and 2003 Presidents' Day storms were two of just 11 Northeast winter storms since 1950 to be classified as Category 4 on the Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale , a 1-5 scale ranking of how ...
The length of a full four-year term of office for a president of the United States usually amounts to 1,461 days (three common years of 365 days plus one leap year of 366 days). The listed number of days is calculated as the difference between dates, which counts the number of calendar days except the first day (day zero).
Government offices will be closed on Monday, Feb. 17, in observance of Presidents Day. While the holiday is sometimes misunderstood as a celebration of the lives and birthdays of all U.S ...
In honor of President's Day, we've rounded up the best photos of former US presidents enjoying each other's company. See Also: 11 US cities where people are the least healthy, have the most ...
Presidents' Day, officially Washington's Birthday at the federal governmental level, is a holiday in the United States celebrated on the third Monday of February. It is often celebrated to honor all those who served as presidents of the United States and, since 1879, has been the federal holiday honoring Founding Father George Washington, who led the Continental Army to victory in the American ...