U.S. President History
1937 - U.S. President Roosevelt pushed a button in Washington, DC, signaling that vehicular traffic could cross the newly opened Golden Gate Bridge in California.
1956 - U.S. President Eisenhower signed a farm bill that allowed the government to store agricultural surplus.
1985 - The first issue of "Vanity Fair" magazine went on sale. The issue had a picture of U.S. President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy smooching on the cover.
1996 - U.S. President Clinton's former business partners in the Whitewater land deal were convicted of fraud.
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