1853: President Franklin Pierce opened the “Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations” (a World’s Fair) at the Crystal Palace in New York City (now the site of Bryant Park).
1862: Marin Van Buren became cyanotic and delirious.
1870: Congress granted Mary Todd Lincoln a life pension of $3,000 a year.
2015: George H. W. Bush fell and broke a cervical (C2) vertebra. He completely recovered with a neck brace.