Title: Today in history
Description: Covers the life of Rutherford B. Hayes, who was born on October 4, 1822 and became the nineteenth president of the United States. Also highlights the General Court of Plymouth Colony's instituting a legal code on October 4, 1636, the first composed in North America, which guaranteed citizens a trial by jury.
Subjects: Presidents, Biography, History
Places: United States, Massachusetts
People: Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822-1893)
Time periods: New Plymouth, 1620-1691