U.S. President History
1862 - The tenth president of the United States, John Tyler, died.
1916 - Louis D. Brandeis was appointed by President Wilson to the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming its first Jewish member.
2002 - U.S. President George W. Bush said that U.S. forces would not take part in the peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan. Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan's interim leader, said that he would welcome U.S. participation.
| "For more than 40 years, the United States and Israel have enjoyed a friendship built on mutual respect and commitment to democratic principles. Our continuing search for peace in the Middle East begins with a recognition that ties uniting our two countries can never be broken." - U.S. President George Bush |