Today is Friday, May 14, 2021 May 15 Tomorrow in U.S. President History (Click here for today in U.S. President History.) 1928 - U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signed the Jones-Reid bill. The act allotted $340 million for flood control in the West and Midwest United States. 1940 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill sent a note to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt requesting eventual participation in the war against Germany. 1970 - U.S. President Nixon nominated America's first two female generals. 1972 - In Laurel, MD, Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace was shot by Arthur Bremer while campaigning for the U.S. presidency. Wallace was paralyzed by the shot. 1991 - U.S. President Bush took Queen Elizabeth to an Oakland A's-Baltimore Oriole game. U.S. President Quotes "All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as from the downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit and circulation." - U.S. President John Adams Like this topic here! Tomorrow's History ---- Select a topic Misc. History American Revolution World War I World War II Vietnam War U.S. Civil War History U.S. President History President Ronald Reagan History Crime History Disasters History The Beatles Michael Jackson Prince Dream Theater Elvis Presley Star Wars Television Dick Clark-American Bandstand Daily Sports History Texas History Wyoming History (Click here for today in U.S. President History.)