U.S. President History
1743 - Thomas Jefferson was born. He became the third President of the United States in 1801.
1782 - Washington, NC, was incorporated as the first town to be named for George Washington.
1962 - In the U.S., major steel companies rescinded announced price increases. The John F. Kennedy administration had been applying pressure against the price increases.
1943 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the Jefferson Memorial.
1984 - U.S. President Reagan sent emergency military aid to El Salvador without congressional approval.
2003 - U.S. President George W. Bush warned Syria not to harbor any fleeing Iraqi leaders.
| "Well, there doesn't seem anything else for an ex-President to do but to go into the country and raise big pumpkins." - Chester Allen Arthur |