U.S. President History
1860 - Grace Bedell, 11 years old, wrote a letter to presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln. The letter stated that Lincoln would look better if he would grow a beard.
1966 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed a bill creating the Department of Transportation.
1993 - U.S. President Clinton sent warships to enforce trade sanctions that had been imposed on Haitian military rulers.
| "Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual discretion... in private self-defense." - U.S. President John Adams |