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Timeline of Events

1801

2.17.1801

An electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr is resolved when Jefferson is elected President of the United States and Burr Vice President by the United States House of Representatives.

1804

7.11.1804

A duel occurs in which the Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr mortally wounds former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton.

1807

2.19.1807

In Alabama, Former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for treason and confined to Fort Stoddert.

5.22.1807

A grand jury indicts former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr on a charge of treason.

1828

12.19.1828

Nullification Crisis: Vice President of the United States John C. Calhoun pens the ''South Carolina Exposition and Protest'', protesting the Tariff of 1828.

1832

12.28.1832

John C. Calhoun becomes the first Vice President of the United States to resign.

1837

2.8.1837

Richard Johnson becomes the first Vice President of the United States chosen by the United States Senate.

1901

9.2.1901

Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.

1929

3.4.1929

Charles Curtis becomes the first native-American Vice President of the United States.

1958

5.13.1958

During a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, Vice President Richard Nixon's car is attacked by anti-American demonstrators.

1959

7.24.1959

At the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev have a "Kitchen Debate".

1973

10.10.1973

Vice President of the United States Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with federal income tax evasion.

11.27.1973

The Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States Senate votes 92 to 3 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States (on December 6, the House confirmed him 387 to 35).

12.6.1973

The Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States House of Representatives votes 387 to 35 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States (on November 27, the Senate confirmed him 92 to 3).

1998

11.12.1998

Vice President Al Gore signs the Kyoto Protocol.

2006

5.24.2006

''An Inconvenient Truth'', a documentary film about former United States Vice President Al Gore's campaign to educate citizens about global warming, is released.