U.S. President History
1973 - Alexander P. Butterfield informed the Senate committee investigating the Watergate affair of the existence of recorded tapes in the White House.
2004 - At the National Museum of American History an exhibit on voting opened. A Votomatic machine was part of the display. The machine became famous when it introduced America to "butterfly ballots" and various kinds of "chads" in the 2000 presidential election.
| "Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide." - U.S. President John Adams |