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U.S. President History 1853 - The first bronze statue of Andrew Jackson was unveiled in Washington, DC. 1874 - The thirteenth president of the United States, Millard Fillmore, died. 1880 - U.S. President Rutherford B. Hays declared that the United States would have jurisdiction over any canal built across the isthmus of Panama. 1930 - The twenty-seventh president of the United States, William Howard Taft, died. 1999 - The administration of Bill Clinton directed the firing of Wen Ho Lee from his job as a nuclear scientist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory because of alleged security violations. 2001 - George W. Bush's across-the-board tax cut of nearly $1 trillion over the next decade was approved by vote by the House of Representatives. Bush had only been in office for 48 days. 2002 - The documentary "Journeys with George" debuted at the South by Southwest film festival. The 77-minute movie was about George W. Bush. Like this topic here! ![]()
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