Pockets of fluid can develop in the back of your eye, causing the gel to pull away from the retina. This happens to everyone over time, and is not harmful. However, sometimes the gel pulls on a thin or weak area of the retina, and causes a tear or hole.
George Washington, the first president, was inaugurated in 1789 after a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. William Henry Harrison spent the shortest time in office with 32 days in 1841.
On the afternoon of April 30, 1789, George Washington stepped out onto the balcony of Federal Hall in Lower Manhattan to take the oath as the first President of the United States. When Samuel Otis, the Secretary of the Senate, held out a Bible before Washington, he placed his right hand upon it.