1892 – In the U.S., President Lincoln’s birthday was declared to be a national holiday. 1907 – A collision of the steamer ...

Most presidents are enigmas. George Washington’s iron self-control made him a mystery. After more than a decade of research that included full access to his subject and those close to him ...

On March 4, 1925, nearly 100 years ago, President Calvin Coolidge was inaugurated for a second time. He served a partial term beginning in 1923 after the death of President Warren G. Harding. Coolidge ...

Nearly 100 years ago, President Calvin Coolidge took the same oath of office outside the Capitol. His inauguration was the first to be broadcast live on the radio, and he did not host any ...

That president was Calvin Coolidge. He made that statement about immigration in his 1923 State of the Union address. What followed was the Immigration Act of 1924, which closed the door to almost ...

This marks 100 years since Calvin Coolidge’s 1925 inauguration was the first broadcast nationally by radio. Presidential inaugurations continue to draw millions of viewers, with 33.8 million watching ...

It read: “It is my painful duty to inform you of the death today of Calvin Coolidge. . . . There is no occasion for me to recount his eminent services. . . . His entire lifetime has been one of ...

At the end, when Coolidge girls’ basketball coach Derrick Davis Jr. was visiting his father at his nursing home on K Street, he knew he was having conversations that his dad would never remember.

Garvey, who died in 1940, was a civil rights leader who was convicted of mail fraud in 1923 and sentenced to five years' imprisonment, a sentence that was commuted by President Calvin Coolidge in ...

12 News went to Calvin Coolidge Elementary School to the first local branch of the Imagination Library. Each month, students who have signed up will receive a free book in the mail to help ...

Faucher will head into spring training as the favorite to close for the Marlins, Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald reports. The 29-year-old right-hander took over the closer role in early August ...

The last to serve in the position from Ohio was Charles Dawes, who served under Calvin Coolidge from 1925-1929. Ohio has been well represented in the nation's highest position, putting seven ...