105: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of espionage and sentenced to death ft. Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research & author of Ethel Rosenberg: An American Tragedy, Anne Sebba.
104: Alaska is purchased by Secretary of State William Seward from Russia for $7.2M. It is lampooned as Seward's Folly
103: In a 5-4 decision the Supreme Court declares the right to same-sex marriages to be Constitutional in the United States
102: President Clinton denies "sexual relations" with 22-year-old intern Monica Lewinsky. The President would later admit that he "did indeed" have a relationship with the intern. Later that year President Clinton becomes the first US President since Andrew Johnson to be impeached. ft. Chief Political Correspondent for the Washington Examiner & FOX News Contributor, Byron York.
101: After being defeated by Thomas Jefferson, John Adams becomes the first incumbent president to lose an election and peacefully transfer power to his successor
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