Einstein, who was Jewish, was undertaking a visiting professorship at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena when Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor on 30 January 1933.
The White House was built as part of the development of the Federal City – a national capital founded under the terms of the 1790 Residence Act.
Saturday Night Live was originally known as NBC’s Saturday Night to avoid any confusion with the ABC show Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell.
President George Washington wrote to Congress, stating that the military was something on which the “honor, safety and well being of our Country so evidently and essentially depend.”
Known as Transatlantic No. 1 or TAT-1, the £120 million system actually consisted of two identical cables to allow transmission in each direction.
Truman later ordered all copies to be brought to him and locked away since the content was a serious threat to US-Soviet relations.
The San Francisco Bulletin printed his decree in full, sparking media interest that led to him becoming a celebrity in the city.
On the 14th September 1814, the poem that was to provide the lyrics for the United States’ national anthem was written by 35 year-old Francis Scott Key.
Alexander Hamilton was made the first United States Secretary of the Treasury by President George Washington.
Elvis Presley appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, the USA’s most popular television show, for the first time.
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