U.S. President History
1942 - The WAVES were created by legislation signed by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The members of the Women's Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service were a part of the U.S. Navy.
1965 - U.S. President Lyndon Johnson signed into law a change to the Social Security Act that established Medicare and Medicaid. It went into effect the following year.
1969 - U.S. President Richard Nixon made a five-and-a-half hour unscheduled visit to South Vietnam. He met with President Nguyen Van Thieu, U.S. military commanders and the U.S. 1st Infantry Division.
1971 - U.S. President Nixon gave the keynote speech at a banquet honoring seven new inductees into the Professional Football Hall of Fame.
1974 - The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee voted to impeach President Nixon for blocking the Watergate investigation and for abuse of power.
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