26 September 1789 September 25, 2022 Author: Staff George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary of State Famous Words of Inspiration..."The chances are that you have already come to believe that happiness is unattainable. But men have attained it. And they have attained it by realising that happiness does not spring from the procuring of physical or mental pleasure, but from the development of reason and the adjustment of conduct to principles." Arnold Bennett — Click here for more from Arnold Bennett Related posts: 26 November 1789 27 September 2007 12 July 1789 10 April 1872 17 May 1987 20 May 1969 14 June 1789 29 January 2002 5 June 1947 24 October 1931 Categories: History Tags: 1789, 26 September