| Fact | President | Years Served |
| The Emancipation Proclamation is signed | |
| ________ shot by Charles Guiteau | |
| Treaty of Guadaloupe Hidalgo is signed, ending the Mexican War | |
| Gave the longest Inaugural Address in history | |
| South Carolina secedes from the Union | |
| U.S. Capital relocated from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C. | |
| Dingley Tariff Law signed | |
| Gulf of Tonkin Resolution | |
| 'The Star-Spangled Banner' is written by Francis Scott Key | |
| Tax Reform Act passed | |
| Lewis and Clark begin exploration of the Northwest | |
| Bay of Pigs invasion on Cuba | |
| Panic of 1837 begins | |
| 6 states come into the Union | |
| Brown vs. The Board of Education | |
| The Missouri Compromise is signed | |
| Teapot Dome Scandal begins | |
| Great Depression begins | |
| The Erie Canal is completed | |
| NATO fires airstrikes on Serbia | |
| The Bill of Rights takes effect | |