1886

49-year-old President Grover Cleveland became the first president to get married in the White House, wedding 21-year-old Frances Folsom.

1924

Congress passed, and President Calvin Coolidge signed, the Indian Citizenship Act, a measure guaranteeing full American citizenship for all Native Americans born within U.S. territorial limits.

1953

Queen Elizabeth II was crowned at age 27 at a ceremony in London’s Westminster Abbey, 16 months after the death of her father, King George VI.