U.S. President History
1939 - In Washington, DC, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt met with Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza. Federal employees were let out of work early to see the parade in which the two men rode together.
1961 - U.S. President John F. Kennedy signed the Fair Labor Standards Act. The act raised the minimum wage to $1.15 in September.
1972 - Paul Simon, Chicago and Carol King performed at a benefit for U.S. Presidential candidate George McGovern.
| "My position is that the foreign policy of the United States says we do not believe there should be new settlements in the West Bank or in East Jerusalem. And I will conduct that policy as if it's firm, which it is, and I will be shaped in whatever decisions we make to see whether people can comply with that policy. And that's our strongly held view." - President George H.W. Bush, press conference, March 3, 1990 |