U.S. President History
1969 - U.S. President Nixon became the first president to attend a regular season National Football League (NFL) game while in office. The Dallas Cowboys beat the Washington Redskins 41-28.
1973 - U.S. President Nixon signed the Alaska Pipeline measure into law.
1998 - It was announced that Monica Lewinsky had signed a deal for the North American rights to a book about her affair with U.S. President Clinton.
2000 - Bill Clinton became the first serving U.S. president to visit Communist Vietnam.
2010 - In University Park, Texas, the groundbreaking ceremony for the George W. Bush Presidential Center took place.
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