U.S. President History
1964 - Lyndon B. Johnson was nominated to run for president at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, NJ.
1973 - A U.S. Presidential Proclamation was declared that made August 26th Women's Equality Day.
1996 - Barbara Jewell asked U.S. President Clinton to clear her son's name in connection with the Centennial Olympic Park bombing. Richard Jewell was later cleared by the Justice Department.
1998 - Sudan filed a criminal lawsuit against U.S. President Clinton and the United States for the bombing of the El-Shifa Pharmaceutical Industries Company. The Sudanese claimed that the plant was strictly civilian.
2002 - U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney said that White House lawyers had told President Bush that he would not need congressional approval to attack Iraq.
| "America and our allies are fighting a new kind of war against a different kind of enemy. This conflict places great demands on the men and women of our armed forces, including our Guard and Reserve.... No enemy or friend can doubt that America has the resources to prevail, and we will." - U.S. President George W. Bush on August 5, 2004 |