U.S. President History
1790 - The U.S. patent system was established when U.S. President George Washington signed the Patent Act of 1790 into law.
1961 - U.S. President John F. Kennedy threw out the first pitch as 26,724 watch the Washington Senators lose to Chicago White Sox, 4-3 at Griffith Stadium in the franchise's first game.
1968 - U.S. President Johnson replaced General Westmoreland with General Creighton Abrams in Vietnam.
1996 - U.S. President Clinton vetoed a bill that would have outlawed a technique used to end pregnancies in their late stages.
2003 - On Iraqi television, U.S. President George W. Bush said, "Your nation will soon be free."
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