Curacao is a liqueur that has an orangey flavor to it. It gets this flavor from the peels of the laraha citrus fruit that is grown on the island of curacao (which is where the liqueur gets its name). The laraha are descendants of the Valencia oranges that were brought to Curacao in the 1500s by Spanish explorers.
Assassination of James A. Garfield. James A. Garfield, the 20th President of the United States, was assassinated at 9:30 am on July 2, 1881, less than four months into Garfield's term as President. He was shot by Charles J. Guiteau at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., and died in Elberon, New Jersey on September 19, 1881.
The Spoils System was criticized for decades, but what led to reforming it was a tragedy in the summer of 1881, the shooting of President James Garfield by a disappointed and deranged office-seeker. Garfield died on September 19, 1881, 11 weeks after being shot by Charles Guiteau at a Washington, D.C. train station.he Spoils System was the name given to the practice of hiring and firing federal workers when presidential administrations changed in the 19th century.