U.S. President History
1831 - James Garfield was born. He became the 20th president of the United States.
1863 - U.S. President Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania.
1985 - U.S. President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev met for the first time as they began a summit in Geneva.
1998 - The impeachment inquiry of U.S. President Clinton began.
2001 - U.S. President George W. Bush signed the most comprehensive air security bill in U.S. history. The legislation planned for airport baggage screeners to be on federal payroll.
| "As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long for rural and domestic scene, for the warbling of birds and the prattling of my children." - U.S. President John Adams |