1835: John Tyler became president pro tempore of the Senate, the only one to become president.
1841: William Henry Harrison enjoyed his last day of full health.
1851: Congress appropriated $250 to Millard Fillmore to establish a White House library.
1879: Rutherford B. Hayes established the first National Board of Health.
1913: William Taft reached his peak weight of 340 lbs (154 kg). He lost more than 70 lbs after leaving the White House.
1921: Woodrow Wilson spent his last day in office incapacitated—partially paralyzed and blind.
1993: Albert Sabin, inventor of the oral polio vaccine, died.