1789

15-Sep

James Fenimore Cooper (Novelist, Last of the Mohicans)

16-Mar

Georg Simon Ohm (Physicist)

26-Nov

A day of thanksgiving was set aside by President George Washington to observe the adoption of the U.S. Constitution.

21-Nov

North Carolina became the 12th state.

20-Nov

New Jersey became the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights.

13-Nov

Benjamin Franklin wrote a letter to his friend, Jean Baptiste le Roy, in which he coined a phrase. Franklin said, “Our new Constitution is established,

26-Sep

Thomas Jefferson was appointed America’s first Secretary of State; John Jay was named the first Chief Justice of the United States; Samuel Osgood began service

25-Sep

The first U.S. Congress meeting in New York, adopted 12 amendments to the Constitution and sent them to the States for ratification. Ten of the

24-Sep

Congress passed the First Judiciary Act, which provided for an Attorney General and a Supreme Court.

22-Sep

Congress authorized the office of Postmaster General.

15-Sep

16-Mar

26-Nov

21-Nov

20-Nov

13-Nov

26-Sep

25-Sep

24-Sep

22-Sep

Reviews

3 August, 1492

Dianne Russell

Dianne Russell

Dianne Russell

Dianne Russell

Dianne Russell