American Presidents: Facts and Trivia

George Washington

George Washington is the first US President. He is also known as the Father of Nation.

The first US Vice President and 2nd President was John Adams.

John Adams was the first US President to reside in White House.

The official airplane of the US President is known as Airforce 1.

George Washington is the only US President who won getting 100% electoral votes.

Franklin D Roosevelt was the US President to serve for the longest time. He was the only person to be in the chair for more than two times as well.

The youngest person to be the US President was Theodore Roosevelt. He was 42 when he took charge in 1901.

Ronald Reagen was the oldest to be the US President. He was 69 when he was elected in 1981.

Abraham Lincoln is the US President who abolished slavery.

Four US Presidents have been assassinted in office. Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William Mckinely and John F Kennedy are them.

Abraham Lincoln was the first US President from Republican Party.

George Bush and George W Bush are the only father and son to have been US Presidents.

A presidential term is 4 years.

The official room of US President in the White House is called Oval Office.

The world famous toy Teddy Bear got its name from Theodore Roosevelt.

Harry S Truman was the US President who ordered the Atom bomb attack at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Four US Presidents have won the coveted Nobel Peace Prize. They are Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Jimmy Carter and Barak Obama.

The summer residence of the President is known as Camp David.

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International Mother Language Day: History and Facts

The International Mother Language Day is observed annually on 21 February worldwide to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. The observation was first announced by UNESCO on 17 November 1999.
International Mother Language Day observation was inspired from the Language Movement Day commemorated in Bangladesh since 1952.

History

On 21 March 1948, Pakistan Governor General Mohammed Ali Jinnah declared Urdu as the only official language for both West and East Pakistan. The people of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh ) started to protest against this as Bangla was their mother tongue. As a part of protest, students in Dhaka called for a provincial strike on 21 February 1952. The government declared a curfew at the place. But the students did not withdraw the strike but continued peacefully. The Pakistani police fired on the students despite these peaceful protests and 4 students were killed. The Mother Language Day commommorates this incident.

Other Facts

United Nations declared 2008 as the International Year of Languages to recognise the Mother Language Day movement.

The Linguapax Institute of Spain awards Linguapax Prize on every Mother Language Day to linguists, researchers, professors and members of the civil society 'in acknowledgement of their outstanding work in the field linguistic diversity or multilingual education'. The award was instituted in 2002.

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