U.S. President History
1897 - "The Stars and Stripes Forever" by John Phillip Sousa was performed for the first time. It was at a ceremony where a statue of George Washington was unveiled.
1942 - "Lincoln Portrait" by Aaron Copland was performed for the first time by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
1948 - U.S. President Harry S. Truman immediately recognized the new State of Israel.
1980 - U.S. President Carter inaugurated the Department of Health and Human Services.
1985 - Michael Jackson received a humanitarian award from U.S. President Ronald Reagan at the White House.
| "The survival of Israel is not a political issue, it is a moral imperative. That is my deeply held belief and it is the belief that is shared by the vast majority of the American people...a strong secure Israel is not just in Israel's interest. It's in the interest of the United States and in the interest of the entire free world." - U.S. President Jimmy Carter |