Several significant family events took place during Lincoln's youth in Indiana. On October 5, 1818, Nancy Lincoln died of milk sickness, leaving eleven-year-old Sarah in charge of a household that included her father, nine-year-old Abraham, and Dennis Hanks, Nancy's nineteen-year-old orphaned cousin.
In 1977, Meier set the world record for longest filibuster. From the floor of the Texas Senate, Meier spoke mostly uninterrupted for 43 hours to fight a bill he viewed as an attack on the state's open records laws. The achievement was recognized in the Guinness Book of World Records for well over a decade.
More about US presidents 1  : Ronald Reagan, who was elected president in 1980, survived an assassination attempt, thus ending the curse, according to believers. 2  William Henry Harrison gave the longest inaugural speech, as of 2013. 3  He spoke for one hour and 45 minutes, without wearing a coat or gloves.