In 1789, Congress established the Department of Foreign Affairs, the forerunner of the Department of State.
In 1861, Union General George B. McClellan was placed in command of the Army of the Potomac.
In 1974, the House Judiciary Committee voted 27-11 to recommend President Richard M. Nixon's personally engaged in conduct designed to obstruct justice in the Watergate case.
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"It would be a swell world if everybody was as pleasant as the fellow who's trying to skin you."