U.S. President History
1923 - The twenty-ninth president of the United States, Warren G. Harding, died.
1939 - Albert Einstein signed a letter to President Roosevelt urging the U.S. to have an atomic weapons research program.
1939 - U.S. President Roosevelt signed the Hatch Act. The act prohibited civil service employees from taking an active part in political campaigns.
1943 - In the Solomon Islands, the U.S. Navy patrol torpedo boat PT-109 sank after being hit by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri. The boat was under the command of Lt. John F. Kennedy. Eleven of the thirteen crew survived.
1954 - U.S. President Eisenhower signed a housing act that provided 35,000 new housing units.
1974 - John Dean was sentenced to 1-4 years in prison for his involvement in the Watergate cover-up.
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