U.S. President History
1889 - U.S. President Harrison opened Oklahoma for white colonization.
1909 - Theodore Roosevelt began an African safari sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
1983 - U.S. President Reagan first proposed development of technology to intercept enemy missiles. The proposal became known as the Strategic Defense Initiative and "Star Wars."
2010 - U.S. President Obama signed into law the Health Care Reform bill. The bill still required approval of the U.S. Senate for changes made by the House of Representatives. The same day 13 state attorney's general sued to overturn the legislation on grounds that it is unconstitutional to force people to get health coverage.
| "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 |