Who was the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate?
Hattie T. Caraway, a Democrat from Arkansas, was elected to the Senate in 1932, making her the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate.
The bank robber Jesse James was shot in the back of the head by his reward-seeking cousin, Robert Ford, on April 3, 1882. James was 34 at the time of his death.
The “Thunderer of Waters” is the Indian name for Niagara Falls, New York.
Dixville Notch, New Hampshire is the first election district to vote and report its returns in presidential elections.
The people of Guam are U.S. citizens but do not vote in national elections. The U.S. acquired Guam from Spain in 1898. Since 1950, the island (the largest of the Marianas Islands, located east of the Philippines) has been self-governing.
The duel in which Vice-President Aaron Burr shot Alexander Hamilton was held on July 11,1804, in Weehawken, New Jersey. Burr had challenged Hamilton to the duel in response to Hamilton’s attacks on his character during the election campaign for governor of New York. Wounded by Burr’s pistol, Hamilton died the next day.
The comic book superhero Superman died fighting the villain Doomsday in Superman No. 75, the January 1993 issue that went on sale on November 11, 1992.