Tweed’s corrupt practices were exposed by investigative journalists such as those at The New York Times and he was regularly attacked by Thomas Nast, the political cartoonist for Harper’s Weekly whose cartoons helped to identify Tweed in Spain.
Anthony and fourteen other women successfully cast their votes despite it being illegal under federal law.
Roosevelt announced the establishment of formal diplomatic relations with the USSR on 16 November, and appointed William C. Bullitt as the first Ambassador to the Soviet Union.
Running against Caleb S. Hunt, Menard secured approximately 64 percent of the vote, and on 3 November 1868 became the first African-American person to be elected to the United States Congress.
The Peace of Westphalia confirmed the autonomy of states with the Holy Roman Empire and redefined the borders and sovereignty of numerous European states.
The new name for the former Thirteen Colonies represented a cohesive identity that united them under a common cause.
The United States apparently gained the nickname ‘Uncle Sam’ when it was featured in a local newspaper article.
President William McKinley was assassinated by an anarchist during a meet-and-greet.
The move by Hitler effectively merged the offices of both the President and Chancellor into one role, and therefore completed what the Nazis referred to as Gleichschaltung (or ‘Co-ordination’) by establishing Hitler as both Germany’s head of state and head of government.
The first women’s rights convention in the United States began in Seneca Falls, New York.
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