U.S. President History
1862 - The Eighth president of the United States, Martin Van Buren, died.
1929 - U.S. President Hoover proclaimed the Kellogg-Briand Pact, which renounced war as an instrument of foreign policy.
1933 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave his fourth "Fireside Chat."
1969 - U.S. President Nixon met with the crew of Apollo 11 aboard the U.S.S. Hornett.
1974 - The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Nixon had to turn over subpoenaed White House tape recordings to the Watergate special prosecutor.
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