Frederick Muhlenberg and Otto von Bismarck on This Day in History

This Day in History: Frederick Muhlenberg was elected the first speaker of the United States House of Representatives on this day in 1789. I'm German so it's nice to know that the first Speaker of the House was a German. His father, Heinrich Melchior Mühlenberg was an immigrant from Germany who was considered the founder of the Lutheran Church in America. Also on this day in 1815, Otto von Bismarck was born on this day in 1815 and he eventually became the 1st Chancellor of the German Empire. The "Iron Chancellor" was instrumental in uniting Germany. He was a Conservative who hated Socialists, but in order to sway people away from the Socialism, he ended up creating the world first Welfare State in the modern world. His rule came to be known as the Second Reich.

Great Quote by OVB:

"Americans are the luckiest people on earth. They are surrounded by weak neighbors and fish." ~Otto von Bismarck