In 1947, gangster Al "Scarface" Capone died at age 48 after suffering from syphilis. In 1959, the first scheduled ...
Mr. Spring was "known for his transformative leadership in architectural education," said Mahesh Daas, president of Boston ...
A president’s inauguration is a historic day, where scores of Americans travel across the country to see their new president ...
On March 4, 1841, William Henry Harrison delivered what is the longest inaugural address in United States history, both in ...
His speech consisted of a whopping 8,445 words — over 3,000 more than the next-longest inaugural address, from William Howard Taft — and ... attribute his death to an illness he developed ...
The largest snowfall on an Inauguration Day was during President William Howard Taft's inauguration in 1909 ... such as a president's death. For instance, President Harry Truman was sworn in ...
Calvin Coolidge served a partial term beginning in 1923 after the death of President Warren ... Chief Justice and former President William Howard Taft administered the oath of office — the ...
"The worst weather on the face of the Earth," said one congressman about the heavy snow, frigid temperatures and howling winds that nearly buried the inauguration of William Howard Taft in 1909.