Jefferson Ties Burr: House Decides the Presidency
The Electoral College produced an unprecedented tie between Thomas Jefferson and his own running mate Aaron Burr, each receiving 73 votes. The deadlock threw the presidential election to the House of Representatives, where 36 grueling ballots over seven days finally gave Jefferson the presidency and exposed a fatal flaw that led to the Twelfth Amendment.
December 3, 1800
226 years ago
What Else Happened on December 3
en Antioquía (Turquía) a la noche sucede un terremoto de magnitud 7,5 en la escala sismológica de Richter (intensidad de XI en la escala de Mercalli), dejando u…
élection du pape Zacharie.
en Qum, Semnan, Damghán y Jorasán (Irán) sucede un terremoto que deja un saldo de 48 690 muertos.
Pope John X crowned Berengar I as Holy Roman Emperor, formalizing a desperate alliance to expel Saracen raiders from their fortified base on the Garigliano Rive…
أبو علي المنصور يتولى الخلافة ويتخذ لقب الآمر بأحكام الله، ليكون بذلك الخليفة الفاطمي العاشر.
In L’Aquila richtet ein Erdbeben Schäden an – die erste derartige Katastrophe in Dokumenten der Stadt.
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