This was the beginning of the so-called âbaby boom.â In 1947, another 3.8 million babies were born; 3.9 million were born in 1952; and more than 4 million were born every year from 1954 until 1964, when the boom finally tapered off. By then, there were 76.4 million âbaby boomersâ in the United States.
In the election of 1876, Republican Rutherford B. Hayes defeated Democrat Samuel J. Tilden in what some consider the most disputed presidential election in American history. Tilden won the popular vote that year, getting about 4.3 million votes while Hayes only got about 4.03 million votes.
1876 U.S. President Wins by One Electoral Vote Rutherford B. Hayes wins the presidential election by a single electoral vote. 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe Future U.S. President William Henry Harrison came out the hero of this battle, thus years later providing him with the famous campaign slogan Tippecanoe and Tyler too (Tyler was the Vice-Presidential candidate).