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As of 2022, James K. Polk remains the only U.S. President never to have fathered or adopted any children (that we know of).

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 was a key event that led to the outbreak of World War I. Although the U.S. involvement came later, the war had significant repercussions for the nation.

In 1606, King James gave two companies the right to settle the Atlantic coast. The Virginia Company of London was assigned to Virginia, while the Plymouth Company got New England. In 1607, three Virginia Company ships set sail. They anchored off a marshy island, where colonists built a settlement called Jamestown. The colony struggled against disease and famine, but Jamestown eventually flourished.

James Madison had a parrot named Polly, who outlived both James and first lady Dolley Madison.

Women were granted the right to vote in 1920 with the passage of the 19th Amendment.