1822: Ulysses Grant was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio.
1877: Rutherford Hayes removed Federal troops from Louisiana, declaring that Reconstruction had ended.
1897: Grant’s Tomb was dedicated in New York City.
1994: Former President Richard Nixon was buried in Yorba Linda, California.
2011: Giving in to incessant “birther” accusations, Barack Obama publicly released a copy of his birth certificate.