Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Today is Feb. 17. Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr had tied in the Electoral College, so on this date in 1801, the House of Representatives voted and choose Jefferson as the third president of the United States. Burr became his vice president. Advertisement Apache leader Geronimo died on this day in 1909 while confined to Fort Still, Okla. Geronimo led a small band of warriors whose raids in Arizona, New Mexico and Mexico caused the U.S. Army to send 5,000 troops to recapture him after his first escape. Before he died, at about age 80, Geronimo dictated the story of his life, for publication. Which U.S. city was the first to get gas-burning street lights? It was Baltimore, Md., on this date in 1817. And the country was introduced to Garrison Keillor on this date in 1979 when his "A Prairie Home Companion" variety show was first broadcast nationwide as part of National Public Radio's Folk Festival USA. It became a regular Saturday night show in the early 1980s. We now return you to the present, already in progress.
