U.S. President History 1940 - U.S. President Roosevelt won an unprecedented third term in office. 1946 - John F. Kennedy was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives at the age of 29. 1968 - Former Vice-President Richard Nixon was elected to be the 37th U.S. President. 1994 - Former U.S. President Reagan announced that he had Alzheimer's disease. 1998 - In the U.S., Chairman Henry Hyde of the Judiciary Committee asked President Clinton to answer 81 questions for the House impeachment inquiry. 1998 - Scientists published a genetic study that showed strong evidence that Thomas Jefferson fathered at least one child (Eston Hemings) of his slave, Sally Hemings.
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