U.S. President History 1776 - George Washington received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Harvard College. 1933 - First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt informed newspaper reporters that beer would be served at the White House. This followed the March 22 legislation that legalized "3.2" beer. 1948 - U.S. President Truman signed the Foreign Assistance Act of 1948. The act created the European Recovery Program (ERP) to implement the Marshall Plan for U.S. aid to European recovery. 1974 - U.S. President Nixon announced that he would pay $432,787 in back taxes. 2006 - U.S. President Bush threw out the first pitch at the Cincinnati Reds opening home game.
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