Video: 'Great Speeches: George Washington's Farewell Address'
(Monday September 19, 1796) — With less than six months left of his second and final term of office, U.S. President George Washington’s Farewell Address was published today as an open letter to the public.
In it, America’s first chief executive advised, “Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.”
Video: 'Top Tourist Attractions in State Tennessee - Travel Guide'
(Wednesday, June 1, 1796) — Tennessee, located in the southeastern United States, was admitted to the Union today as the 16th state, the first state created from territory under the jurisdiction of the U.S. federal government.
Video: 'Napoleon and Josephine'
(Monday, March 9, 1796) — The future emperor of the French, Napoleon Bonaparte, 26, married Josephine de Beauharnais, 32, today in a civil ceremony.
Video: 'Jay s Treaty 1794'
(Monday, February 29, 1796) — President George Washington today proclaimed Jay’s Treaty, a treaty between the United States and Great Britain that is credited with averting war, in effect.
Video: 'Presidential Minute With James Polk'
(Monday, November 2, 1795) — James Knox Polk, the 11th President of the United States (1845–1849), was born today in a farmhouse (possibly a log cabin) in what is now Pineville, North Carolina, in Mecklenburg County, just outside Charlotte.
Video: 'The Eleventh Amendment Explained in 3 Minutes: The Constitution for Dummies Series'
(Saturday, February 7, 1795) — The Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution, dealing with each state’s sovereign immunity, was ratified today when it passed the North Carolina legislature.
Video: 'How the Cotton Gin Changed America'
(Friday, March 14, 1794) — Eli Whitney today received a patent for his cotton gin, an invention that revolutionized America’s cotton industry, but the patent was not validated until 1807.
Video: Marie Antoinette: The Last Queen of France (parts 1-12)
(Wednesday, September 18, 1793, 12:15 p.m. local time; during the French Revolution) — Marie Antoinette, widow of Louis XVI and convicted by the National Convention for treason to the principles of the French Revolution, was guillotined today at the Place de la Révolution (present-day Place de la Concorde) in Paris. She was 37.
Video: 'Terror: Robespierre and the French Revolution' (parts 1-6)
(Thursday, September 5, 1793, during the French Revolution) — The Reign of Terror, a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between rival political factions and marked by mass executions of “enemies of the revolution,” began today as the National Convention instituted harsh measures to repress counter-revolutionary activities. Continue reading Reign of Terror begins during French Revolution 220 years ago today (1793)
Video: 'La Marseillaise, French National Anthem (Fr/En)'
(Tuesday, April 24, 1792) — “La Marseillaise,” the national anthem of France, was composed today by Captain Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle.
