U.S. President History
1775 - George Washington was appointed head of the Continental Army by the Second Continental Congress.
1849 - The eleventh president of the United States, James Knox Polk, died.
1916 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signed a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America.
1992 - U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle instructed a student to spell "potato" with an "e" on the end during a spelling bee. He had relied on a faulty flash card that had been written by the student's teacher.
| "We see in Islam a religion that traces its origins back to God's call on Abraham. We share your belief in God's justice, and your insistence on man's moral responsibility. We thank the many Muslim nations who stand with us against terror. Nations that are often victims of terror, themselves." - U.S. President George W. Bush, |