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Today in
U.S. President History

1938 - U.S. President Roosevelt threw out the first ball preceding the season opener between the Washington Senators and the Philadelphia Athletics.

1994 - Former U.S. President Nixon suffered a stroke. He died four days later.




U.S. President Quotes

"The societies which have achieved the most spectacular broad-based economic progress in the shortest period of time are not the most tightly controlled, not necessarily the biggest in size, or the wealthiest in natural resources. No, what unites them all is their willingness to believe in the magic of the marketplace." - Ronald Reagan, September 29, 1981

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