U.S. President History
1732 - George Washington was born. He became the first president of the United States.
1861 - U.S. President-elect Abraham Lincoln left Harrisburg and covertly traveled to Washington. Allen Pinkerton had uncovered a plot to assassinate Lincoln when he passed through Baltimore. Lincoln arrived unceremoniously in Washington the next morning.
1889 - North and South Dakota, Montana and Washington were admitted to the Union with U.S. President Cleveland signed a bill.
1924 - U.S. President Calvin Coolidge delivered the first presidential radio broadcast from the White House.
1942 - U.S. President Roosevelt sent orders for General Douglas MacArthur to get out of the Philippines.
1991 - U.S. President George H.W. Bush issued a 24-hour ultimatum to Iraq that stated that Iraq must withdraw from Kuwait to avoid the start of a ground war.
| "Here in the United States our Muslim citizens are making many contributions in business, science and law, medicine and education, and in other fields. Muslim members of our Armed Forces and of my administration are serving their fellow Americans with distinction, upholding our nation's ideals of liberty and justice in a world at peace." - U.S. President George W. Bush, December 5, 2002 |