U.S. President History 1751 - James Madison was born. He became the fourth president of the United States. 1964 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson submitted a $1 billion war on poverty program to Congress. 1974 - U.S. President Richard Nixon played three songs on a piano at the brand-new Grand Ole Opry. 1988 - Indictments were issued for Lt. Colonel Oliver North and Vice Admiral John Poindexter of the National Security Council for their involvement in the Iran-Contra affair. 2000 - Independent counsel Robert Ray announced that he had found no credible evidence that first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton or senior White House officials were involved in trying to acquire the FBI background files of Republicans.
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