1797: John Quincy Adams and Louisa Catherine Johnson married in London. Louisa, who grew up in England, was the daughter of an American merchant.
1844: 55-year-old William Henry Harrison married 24-year-old Julia Gardner.
1854: Mary Abigail Fillmore, Millard’s daughter, died of cholera.
1881: James Garfield underwent surgery to drain abscesses.
1923: Harding, on the USS Henderson, arrived in Vancouver, the first US president to visit Canada, but he was too sick (nausea and abdominal pain) to finish a golf game.
1989: George H. W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act.