U.S. President History
1775 - George Washington was appointed head of the Continental Army by the Second Continental Congress.
1849 - The eleventh president of the United States, James Knox Polk, died.
1916 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signed a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America.
1992 - U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle instructed a student to spell "potato" with an "e" on the end during a spelling bee. He had relied on a faulty flash card that had been written by the student's teacher.
| "Our forces saved the remnants of the Jewish people of Europe for a new life and a new hope in the reborn land of Israel. Along with all men of good will, I salute the young state and wish it well." - U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower |