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  Washington, D.C., United States  

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City/Town : Latitude: 38.8950000, Longitude: -77.0366694


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Death

Matches 1 to 4 of 4

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Date and Place    Person ID   Tree 
1 Adams, Hon. John Quincy LL. D.  23 Feb 1848 I32685 Duane's Ancestors 
2 Harrison, William Henry  4 Apr 1841the White House I32823 Duane's Ancestors 
3 Taft, William Howard  8 Mar 1930 I32832 Duane's Ancestors 
4 Taylor, Zachary  9 Jul 1850the White House I32828 Duane's Ancestors 

Discharged

Matches 1 to 1 of 1

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Date and Place    Person ID   Tree 
1 Noyes, Pvt. Henry Dearborn Whitcher  15 Jun 1865the Union Army I1440 Duane's Ancestors 

Washington, D.C., United States Timeline

1790
16 Jul:  Congress declares the area now known as Washington, D. C., will be the permanent home of the capital of the United States of America.LoC WDC
1792
13 Oct:  The cornerstone of the White House is laid in Washington, D. C.LoC WHM
1793
18 Sep:  The cornerstone to the U. S. Capitol building is laid by George Washington.USSenate AoC
1800
1 Nov:  John Adams moves into the White House, the first President to do so.Whitehouse WHHA
17 Nov:  The United States Congress holds its first session in Washington, D. C.USSenate
1802
3 May:  Washington, D. C. is incorporated as a city.USNA SI
1814
24 Aug:  During the War of 1812, British soldiers burn Washington, DC.USSenate WHHA
1844
24 May:  Samuel F. B. Morse transmits the message "What hath God wrought?" from Washington to Baltimore using his invention, the telegraph.LoC APS
1846
10 Aug:  The Smithsonian Institute is founded.SI USNA
1851
24 Dec:  A fire at the Library of Congress destroys nearly two thirds of the books purchased from Thomas Jefferson.LoC AoC
1865
14 Apr:  President Abraham Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre.LoC Ford's
1880
3 Jun:  Alexander Graham Bell transmits the first wireless telephone message on his newly invented photophone.LoC Vice
1884
1 Nov:  Greenwich Mean Time is adopted universally when the International Meridian Conference meets in Washington, DC.GMT OFA
1890
11 Oct:  The Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.DAR FairPark
1923
24 Dec:  A U. S. national Christmas tree is lit for the first time.NPS WHHA
1930
24 Jun:  Preliminary testing of what will later become Radar begins.I&T GoogleBooks
1933
12 Mar:  Franklin Delano Roosevelt's first "fireside chat" is broadcast.npr MC-UVA
1947
20 Oct:  The House Un-American Activities Committee opens an investigation of communism in Hollywood.N TIME
1963
20 Jun:  A "hot line" is established between Moscow and Washington.USState ACA
28 Aug:  Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I have a dream" speech.VLib npr
1972
17 Jun:  Police arrest five men for breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate Hotel Complex in Washington, D. C.USNA FBI
1986
25 May:  Hands Across America takes place.ABCNews GoogleMaps
2001
11 Sep:  11 Sep 2001 attack on New York's World Trade Center, and the Pentagon in Washington, DC.NYTimes 911Mem
2021
6 Jan:  Insurrectionist members of the cult whose leader occupies the White House, force their way into the Capitol building in an attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 U. S. Presidential election.Vox WAPO
2024
21 Jul:  Joe Biden decides to end his run for re-election. He then endorses Kamala Harris as the Democratic presidential nominee.POLITICO B B C