U.S. President History
1869 - The fourteenth president of the United States, Franklin Pierce, died.
1945 - U.S. President Truman announced that only Britain and Canada would be given the secret to the atomic bomb.
1981 - U.S. President Reagan greeted former Presidents Carter, Ford and Nixon to the White House. The group was preparing to leave for Egypt to attend the funeral of Anwar Sadat.
2001 - U.S. President George W. Bush announced that the United States had launched an attack against Taliban forces and military targets in Afghanistan.
2001 - Liza Minnelli performed at the White House at a Columbus Day celebration.
2002 - CIA Directory George Tenet said that Saddam Hussein, if provoked, might help extremists launch terror attacks.
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