Feb. 4 (UPI) -- On this date in history: In 1789, George Washington of Virginia, the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, was elected the first president of the United States by all 69 presidential electors who cast votes. John Adams of Massachusetts was elected vice president. In 1792, George Washington was unanimously elected to a second term as U.S. president in a vote of the Electoral College. In 1861, the 25-year period of conflict known as the Apache War began