Obesity increases your risk for: 1  High blood pressure, 2  High levels of blood sugar (diabetes) 3  High cholesterol.  High triglycerides levels.
George Washington. On April 30, 1789, George Washington, standing on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York, took his oath of office as the first President of the United States.
Congress approved the new territory on February 10, 1853, but changed its name to Washington in honor of the first president of the United States, George Washington. U.S. President Millard Fillmore established Washington Territory on March 2, 1853; Washington became a state on November 11, 1889.