U.S. President History
1777 - American forces, under General George Washington, were forced to retreat at the Battle of Brandywine by British forces under William Howe. The Stars and Stripes were carried for the first time in the battle.
1789 - Alexander Hamilton was appointed by U.S. President George Washington to be the first secretary of the treasury.
1936 - Boulder Dam in Nevada was dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt by turning on the dam's first hydroelectric generator. The dam is now called Hoover Dam.
1941 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave orders to attack any German or Italian vessels found in U.S. defensive waters. The U.S. had not officially entered World War II at this time.
1990 - U.S. President Bush vowed that "Saddam Hussein will fail" while addressing the U.S. Congress on the Persian Gulf crisis. In the speech Bush spoke of an objective of a new world order - "freer from the threat of terror, stronger in the pursuit of justice, and more secure in the quest for peace".
1998 - Independent counsel Kenneth Starr sent a report to the U.S. Congress accusing President Clinton of 11 possible impeachable offenses.
| "No man has ever yet been hanged for breaking the spirit of a law." - Grover Cleveland |