U.S. President History
1838 - Victoria Chaflin Woodhull was born. She became the first female candidate for the U.S. Presidency.
1952 - Richard Nixon gave his "Checkers Speech". At the time he was a candidate for U.S. vice-president.
1981 - The Reagan administration announced its plans for what became known as Radio Marti.
2004 - Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi gave a speech to a joint session of the U.S. Congress. Afterward, U.S. President George W. Bush and Allawi gave a joint news conference.
| "I pray heaven to bestow the best of blessings on this house, and on all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but wise men ever rule under this roof!" - U.S. First Lady Abigail Adams about the new Executive Mansion. |