Today is Sunday, October 11, 2026

Today in
U.S. President History

1759 - Parson Mason Weems was born. He is remembered for his fictitious stories that he presented as fact. He was responsible for the story about George Washington cutting down his father's cherry tree.

1884 - Eleanor Roosevelt was born.

1939 - U.S. President Roosevelt was presented with a letter from Albert Einstein that urged him to develop the U.S. atomic program rapidly.

2002 - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize for his commitment to diplomacy over war.




U.S. President Quotes

"We stand on the threshold of an epic age, an age of technological splendor and an explosion of human potential, an age for heroes." - President Reagan, February 26, 1986

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