We haven’t had a President with facial hair since the late early 1900s, and none with a full beard since the late 1800s. However, that could change in 2028.

Donald Trump is the second President to win non-consecutive terms as President. The first - Grover Cleveland in 1892.

There have been four successful presidential assassinations - but a larger number of failed attempts.

With President Biden’s withdrawal from the the campaign, we might see our first contested convention since the mid 1970’s.

Although the majority of the Confederate armies surrendered in April 1865, it took until June 1865 for a Union Army to arrive in Texas to enforce liberation

With the country divided, recent Presidential Elections have been close. 2024 is no different, predicted to be very tight. But there have been times in the past when landslide victories were common.

By April 1943, only a remnant of Jews remained in the Warsaw Ghetto. While Germany planned to to deport the remaining Jews in the ghetto to the Treblinka death camp, that remnant celebrated Passover, the last Seder in the Warsaw Ghetto

The Biden / Trump Presidential contest will mark the seventh rematch in our nation’s history. Read about the first six.

The world is full of experts making ‘predictions.’ Some are spectacularly wrong. As physicist Neils Bohr allegedly said: “Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.”

Did you know Camilla, Charles, and Diana are related. It all relates to the restoration of the Monarchy when Charles II became King in the 1600s.

After the English Civil War, England ended the Monarchy, replacing it with a Civil Government, which was led by Oliver Cromwell. The Civil Government collapsed after Cromwell’s death.

Read about the Presidents and Hanukkah celebrations.

King Charles had better hope for a better reign than the first King Charles, who get his head chopped off in 1649