A Writing System For Blind People. Louis Braille invented a writing and reading system for blind people at just fifteen years of age.

France. Francois Mitterrand spent 18 months in a German WWII camp.

John F. Kennedy. With his 1960 election, John F. Kennedy became the youngest, and first Catholic, President of the United States.

Richard Nixon. President Richard Nixon denied any wrongdoing in Watergate, but resigned to not be impeached.

Richard Nixon. The statement appears on one of the Nixon tapes.

Harry Truman. Harry Truman assumed the presidency after the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt.