On Feb. 4, 1789, George Washington of Virginia, the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, was ...
State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist, will be the next mayor of the nation’s largest city. He defeated former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who ran as an independent candidate after losing to ...
James Madison, the shortest president, was 5-feet-4-inches tall, but had the third-highest IQ. At 6-feet-4-inches, Abraham ...