Daily Archives: February 4, 2019

‘When I’m with You’ by Sheriff peaks at #1 in USA 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 4 1989)

Video: 'The American Presidential Election of 1788-1789'

(Wednesday, February 4, 1789, during the 1788–89 United States presidential election) — General George Washington of Virginia was unanimously and officially elected the first President of the United States today, winning all 69 electoral votes cast. Continue reading George Washington elected first POTUS, John Adams first VP 230 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 4 1789) →

May 9 1865: President Andrew Johnson declares American Civil War ‘virtually at an end’
May 9 1945: Soviet forces liberate Czechoslovakia
May 9 1945: Oskar Schindler’s labor camp Brünnlitz liberated
May 9 1945: Stutthof becomes the last Nazi concentration camp liberated by the Allies
May 9 1955: ‘Lucy and Harpo Marx’ episode airs on ‘I Love Lucy’
May 9 1965: The Beatles film four exterior scenes for ‘Help!’ film
May 9 1965: Legendary pianist Horowitz makes a triumphant return to Carnegie Hall after 12 years
May 10 1865: Confederate President Jefferson Davis captured by Union forces
May 10 1965: The Beatles begin filming Buckingham Palace scenes for ‘Help!’ film
May 10 1965: The Beatles record ‘Dizzy Miss Lizzy’ and ‘Bad Boy’
May 10 1975: Sony begins selling its Betamax home videocassette recorder in Japan
May 10 1975: ‘Young Americans’ by David Bowie peaks at #28 in USA
May 10 1975: ‘Walking in Rhythm’ by The Blackbyrds peaks at #6 in USA
May 11 1935: Rural Electrification Administration (REA) created
May 11 1945: USS Bunker Hill attacked, severely damaged off Okinawa
May 11 1965: The Beatles wrap up filming for ‘Help!’
May 11 1985: ‘New Attitude’ by Patti LaBelle peaks at #17 in USA
May 11 1985: ‘Some Like It Hot’ by The Power Station peaks at #6 in USA
May 11 1985: ‘Crazy for You’ by Madonna peaks at #1 in USA

2015: Barack Obama-Joe Biden
2005: George W. Bush-Dick Cheney
1995: Bill Clinton-Al Gore
1985: Ronald Reagan-George H.W. Bush
1975: #Gerald Ford-@Nelson Rockefeller
1965: Lyndon B. Johnson-Hubert Humphrey
1955: Dwight D. Eisenhower-Richard Nixon
1945: >Harry S. Truman-(vacant)
1935: Franklin D. Roosevelt-John N. Garner
1925: Calvin Coolidge-Charles G. Dawes
1915: Woodrow Wilson-Thomas R. Marshall
1905: Theodore Roosevelt-Charles Fairbanks
1895: Grover Cleveland-Adlai Stevenson I
1885: Grover Cleveland-Thomas Hendricks
1875: Ulysses S. Grant-Henry Wilson
1865: >Andrew Johnson-(vacant)
1855: Franklin Pierce-(vacant)
1845: *James K. Polk-George M. Dallas
1835: *Andrew Jackson-Martin Van Buren
1825: John Quincy Adams-John C. Calhoun
1815: *James Madison-(vacant)
1805: *Thomas Jefferson-George Clinton
1795: *George Washington-John Adams
> Ascended to presidency intra-term upon death or resignation of predecessor and in Ford’s case #, after being appointed VP under 25th Amendment
@ Appointed VP under the 25th Amendment
* Owned slaves while in office