Acting President of the United States On April 4, 1841, only one month after his inauguration, President William Henry Harrison died. He was the first U.S. president to die in office. Afterward, a constitutional crisis ensued over the Constitution's ambiguous presidential succession provision (). Shortly after Harrison's death, his Cabinet met and decided that Vice President John Tyler would assume the responsibilities of presidency under the title "Vice-President acting President". Instead of accepting the Cabinet's proposed title, however, Tyler asserted that the Constitution gave him full and unqualified powers of the office and had himself sworn in immediately as President, setting a critical precedent for an
32nd Wing (Italy) unit saw action on 12 June 1940 in an attack on Biserta. On 9 July the 32nd Wing participated to the First Battle of the Baleari against the Mediterranean Fleet, damaging HMS Hood, HMS Ark Royal and two cruisers. The Wing's War Flag was awarded with Silver Medal of Military Valor for this action. In August 1940 the 32nd Wing received some Savoia Marchetti SM.82 long-range heavy bombers, based in Cagliari-Decimomannu. Main war actions include attacks on Gibraltar where, on 8 May 1941, died Captain Armando Boetto, commander of the 49th Flight, to which the 32nd Wing is dedicated. Captain