On September 25, 2013, the Kindle Fire HD was upgraded as the third generation Fire, priced at US$139, and the Kindle Fire HDX was introduced. The Kindle Fire HDX had an improved graphics engine, double the memory, and triple the processor speed of the previous model.
Washington, wary of the dangers posed by an individual's becoming entrenched in the presidency, created a two-term tradition that remained intact until Franklin Delano Roosevelt's third consecutive election in 1940.
Publisher. A+E Networks. On this day in 1801, Thomas Jefferson is elected the third president of the United States. The election constitutes the first peaceful transfer of power from one political party to another in the United States. By 1800, when he decided to run for president, Thomas Jefferson possessed impressive political credentials and was well-suited to the presidency.