U.S. President History
1806 - James Madison Randolph, grandson of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, was the first child born in the White House.
1893 - The nineteenth president of the United States, Rutherford B. Hayes, died.
1935 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt introduced a report on the problem of economic insecurity to both Houses of Congress for simultaneous consideration.
1961 - In his farewell address, U.S. President Eisenhower warned against the rise of "the military-industrial complex."
1998 - U.S. President Clinton gave his deposition in the Paula Jones sexual harassment lawsuit against him. He was the first U.S. President to testify as a defendant in a criminal or civil lawsuit.
| "Islam is a vibrant faith. Millions of our fellow citizens are Muslim. We respect the faith. We honor its traditions. Our enemy does not. Our enemy doesn't follow the great traditions of Islam. They've hijacked a great religion." - U.S. President George W. Bush on U.S. Humanitarian Aid to Afghanistan, October 11, 2002 |