White House

1790   Construction begins on the White House.

1792   Foundation of Washington, DC.  The cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion, known as the White House since 1818, is laid.

1800   U.S. President John Adams becomes the first President of the United States to live in the Executive Mansion (later renamed the White House).

1841   U.S. President John Tyler vetoes a bill which called for the re-establishment of the Second Bank of the United States. Enraged Whig Party members riot outside the White House in the most violent demonstration on White House grounds in U.S. history.

1886   U.S. President Grover Cleveland marries Frances Folsom in the White House, becoming the first and only president to wed in the executive mansion. She is 27 years his junior.

1890   Alice Sanger becomes the first female staffer in the White House.

1901   U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt invites African American leader Booker T. Washington to the White House. The American South reacts angrily to the visit, and racial violence increases in the region.

1922   President of the United States, Warren G. Harding introduces the first radio in the White House.

1924   Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President of the United States to deliver a radio broadcast from the White House.

1934   Einstein visits White House

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