On the negative side of the balance sheet must be set some disappointment that the United States leadership has not been as much in evidence as hoped for.

On November 6, 1860, Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the United States, beating Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, John C. Breckinridge of the Southern Democrats, and John Bell of the new Constitutional Union Party.

" On July 27, 1868, the day before the Fourteenth Amendment was adopted, U. S. Congress declared in the preamble of the Expatriation Act that " the right of expatriation is a natural and inherent right of all people, indispensable to the enjoyment of the rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness ," and ( Section I ) one of " the fundamental principles of this government " ( United States Revised Statutes, sec.

* 1789 – On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States.

On September 11, 2008, a United States Air Force C-17 Globemaster III successfully completed the first landing in Antarctica using night-vision goggles at Pegasus Field.

On March 2, the circular formally filing the organization and capitalization ( at $ 1, 400, 000, 000 — 4 % of U. S. national wealth at the time ) of the United States Steel Corporation actually completed the contract.

On the matter of American annexation, Carnegie had always thought it is an unwise gesture for the United States.

On April 15, 1907, President Theodore Roosevelt issued an Arbor Day Proclamation to the School Children of the United States about the importance of trees and that forestry deserves to be taught in our schools.

On September 11, 2001, 19 al-Qaeda Islamic extremists hijacked American Airlines Flight 11, United Airlines Flight 175, American Airlines Flight 77, and United Airlines Flight 93 and crashed them into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, the southwestern side of the Pentagon building, and Stonycreek Township near Shanksville, Pennsylvania in a terrorist attack.

On June 3, 2009, it was reported that Aon had signed a four year shirt sponsorship deal with English football giant Manchester United.

On December 13, 2001, George W. Bush gave Russia notice of the United States ' withdrawal from the treaty, in accordance with the clause that required six months ' notice before terminating the pact — the first time in recent history that the United States has withdrawn from a major international arms treaty.

On September 11, 2001, Nami boarded United 93 and assisted in the hijacking of the plane, which crashed into a field in rural Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after a passenger uprising, due to the passengers receiving information from their families of the 3 other hijacked planes that hit the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

On May 28, Nami arrived in the United States from Dubai with fellow-hijackers Mohand al-Shehri and Hamza al-Ghamdi.

On September 11, 2001, Nami arrived in Newark to board United Airlines Flight 93 along with Saeed al-Ghamdi, Ahmed al-Haznawi and Ziad Jarrah.

On September 11, 2001, Haznawi boarded United Airlines Flight 93 and assisted in the hijacking of the plane, which crashed into a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after a passenger uprising.

On shallow canals in the United Kingdom, long punt poles are used to manoeuvre or propel the barge.

On 9 February 1953, Bedlington Grammar School pupil Charlton was spotted playing for East Northumberland schools by Manchester United chief scout Joe Armstrong.

On a highly emotional night at Wembley, Charlton scored twice in a 4 – 1 win after extra time against Benfica and, as United captain, lifted the trophy.

On August 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon formally transmitted the Biological Weapons Convention to the United States Senate for ratification.

: On the east coast of what would come to be called the United States, some tribes would grow maize ( corn ), beans, and squash intermingled together, a system which had originated in Mexico.

On its opening weekend, Braveheart grossed US $ 9, 938, 276 in the United States and $ 75. 6 million in its box office run in the United States and Canada.

" On the publication of the Saville report the British prime minister, David Cameron, made a formal apology on behalf of the United Kingdom.

On May 28, 2002, the United States Food and Drug Administration instituted a policy that excludes from donation anyone who spent at least six months in certain European countries, ( or three months in the United Kingdom ), from 1980 to 1996.

On July 11, 1996, the United States Postal Service issued a commemorative stamp depicting " Mighty Casey.

On March 2, 1983 CD players and discs ( 16 titles from CBS Records ) were released in the United States and other markets.

On April 4, 1999, the Rockies made history as they played their Opening Day game against the defending National League champion San Diego Padres at Estadio de Beisbol Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico – marking the first time Major League Baseball opened the regular season outside the United States or Canada.

On October 14, 1962, a United States Air Force U-2 plane on a photoreconnaissance mission captured photographic proof of Soviet missile bases under construction in Cuba.

On September 7, Soviet Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Dobrynin assured United States Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson that the USSR was supplying only defensive weapons to Cuba.

Sending antiaircraft missiles into Cuba, he reasoned, “ made sense only if Moscow intended to use them to shield a base for ballistic missiles aimed at the United States .” On August 10, he wrote a memo to President Kennedy in which he guessed that the Soviets were preparing to introduce ballistic missiles into Cuba.

On 17 September 2010, it became the world's longest-running TV soap opera in production, after the United States soap opera As the World Turns ended.

On 11 June 1980, the United States signed a treaty with the Cook Islands specifying the maritime border between the Cook Islands and American Samoa and also relinquishing its claim to the islands of Penrhyn, Pukapuka, Manihiki, and Rakahanga.

On the downstream, or `` pavilion '', side these vaults give out onto terraces twice as wide as the bridge itself.

On his father's side he was of German descent, on his mother's he came of the old Swedish nobility.

`` On each side of the Hoogli, where we are now sailing, are the Hindoo cottages, as thick together as the houses in our seaports.

On the social side, the chore Mama had at the formal receptions at the White House thrilled her the most.

On Christmas Eve, students brought out two small Christmas trees which I placed on either side of the tent.

On the other side are the Celtic survivalists who have taken a tack divergent from both these schools of nineteenth century thought.

Even so, it adds up to impossible odds, except that the question arises, On whose side would the Mainland Chinese army fight??

On the other side of the church was a quiet, well-kept house with shutters and recently painted.

On the east side of the island of Manhattan the indifferent hawk knew the East River that connected New York Bay with Long Island Sound.

On the other side of the Golden Horn I rode through Eminonu Square, with Yeni Cami, or the New Mosque, which dates from the Seventeenth Century, just across from the entrance to the bridge.

On each side of the motor well there's storage for battery, bumpers, line and spare props with six-gallon gas tanks below.

On C, from the point P at Af to the point Q at Af, we construct the chord, and upon the chord as a side erect a square in such a way that as S approaches zero the square is inside C.

On the one side we have the university professors and their students, trained in Teutonic methods of research, who have sought out, collected and studied the true products of the oral traditions of the ethnic, regional and occupational groups that make up this nation.

On the other side of the ledger is the fact that he did see his niece and the woman with whom she was staying.

On his side of the road there were two farm hands, well back in a field, leaning against a plow.

On this side of the Bay, Miami Beach cops had no more legal rights than any ordinary citizen, and Shayne's pistol permit was just as good as theirs.

More: On the free world side.

On the positive side, recent Federal action has largely undermined the legal sanction so long enjoyed by the segregationist position ; ;

`` On the side toward the horizon -- the southern hemisphere -- it is spring ; ;

" On the biological or physical side, human measurements, genetic samples, nutritional data may be gathered and published as articles or monographs.

On the surface of the ground or in water they move by undulating their body from side to side.

On September 13, 1861, in view of the decision of the Kentucky legislature to side with the Union after the occupation of Columbus by Polk, Johnston ordered Brig.

On the opposite side of the continent,