U.S. President History
1783 - U.S. Gen. George Washington gave his "Farewell Address to the Army" near Princeton, NJ.
1795 - James K. Polk was born. He became the eleventh president of the United States.
1865 - Warren G. Harding was born. He became the twenty-ninth president of the United States.
1948 - Harry S Truman defeated Thomas E. Dewey for the U.S. presidency. The Chicago Tribune published an early edition that had the headline "DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN." The Truman victory surprised many polls and newspapers.
1962 - U.S. President Kennedy announced that the U.S.S.R. was dismantling the missile sites in Cuba.
1983 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan signed a bill establishing a federal holiday on the third Monday of January in honor of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
1998 - U.S. President Clinton gave his first in-depth interview since the White House sex scandal to Black Entertainment Television talk show host and political commentator Tavis Smiley on the network's "BET Tonight with Tavis Smiley."
1999 - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and U.S. President Bill Clinton met in Oslo, Norway.
2010 - In Arlington, TX, former Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush attended Game 5 of the World Series. George W. Bush threw out the first pitch.
| "In democracy, the purpose of public office is not to fulfill personal ambition. Elected officials must serve a cause greater than themselves. The political winds blow left and right, polls rise and fall, supporters come and go. But in the end, leaders are defined by the convictions they hold. And my deepest conviction, the guiding principle of the administration, is that the United States of America must strive to expand the reach of freedom." -Former President George W. Bush makes remarks at the dedication of his presidential center, April 25, 2013 |