1) 52 years ago today the #1 song in the U.S. was "The Wayward Wind." Who recorded this hit which remained at the #1 spot for 8 weeks?
2) For two years the nation was run by a president and a vice president who were not elected by the people (prior to 2000). Who were they?
3) Who are the only two presidents buried in Arlington National Cemetery?
4) Who was the first African-American nominated for vice-president?
ANSWERS:
1) Gogi Grant
2) After VP Spiro Agnew resigned in '73, Nixon appointed Gerald Ford as Vice President. The following year Nixon resigned, leaving Ford as President. Ford appointed Nelson Rockefeller as his VP.
3) Kennedy and Taft
4) In 1872 Frederick Douglass was nominated as the Vice-Presidential candidate for the Equal Rights Party ticket with Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for President of the United States.
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