Ulysses S. Grant

Today is Wednesday, April 27, the 117th day of 2011. There are 248 days left in the year. In 1521, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed by natives in the Philippines. In 1822, the 18th president of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant, was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio.

Today is Tuesday, March 1, the 60th day of 2011. There are 305 days left in the year. On March 1, 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed an executive order establishing the Peace Corps. In 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant signed an act creating Yellowstone National Park...