Every four years since 1896, Americans have participated in Summer Olympics (except for 1916, 1940, 1944 due to two World Wars), elected presidents and observed a leap year.
The three Axis leaders: Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and Hideki Tojo were non-smokers; while there Allies counterparts: FDR, Churchill and Stalin were heavy smokers.
The first elected democratic president in the US was Andrew Jackson. Opponents of Jackson called him a jackass. That is why the mascot of the Democratic party is a donkey.
The late country singer Johnny Horton (1925-1960) was the first person to sing a historical ballad. That ballad was The Battle of New Orleans which was written by Jimmy Driftwood, a school principal from Arkansas.