Tagged Daily American Historical Events

Karol Wojtyla, born on MAY 18, 1920, became the first non-Italian pope since 1522. "I say to you again, America, in the light of your own tradition: love life, cherish life, defend life, from conception to natural death."

John Jay - the first Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, appointed by George Washington, was also president of the American Bible Society in 1821 - died on MAY 17, 1829.

William Henry Seward - born MAY 16, 1801 - was wounded in an attempted assassination by an accomplice of John Wilkes Booth - the same night Lincoln was shot.

On MAY 15, 1926, President Calvin Coolidge made a profound statement at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia.