U.S. President History
1913 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson triggered the explosion of the Gamboa Dike that ended the construction of the Panama Canal.
1957 - U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologized to Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, the finance minister of Ghana, after the official had been refused service in a Dover, DE, restaurant.
1973 - U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned after being charged with federal income tax evasion.
1978 - The U.S. bill authorizing the Susan B. Anthony dollar was signed by U.S. President Jimmy Carter.
2001 - U.S. President George W. Bush presented a list of 22 most wanted terrorists.
2001 - In the midst of the war in Afghanistan, an ABC poll determined that 92% of the United States population approved of the job performance of President George W. Bush.
2002 - The U.S. Congress passed a resolution that gave U.S. President George W. Bush the authority to use military force, if necessary, against Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.
| "We've uncovered some embarrassing ancestors in the not-too-distant past. Some horse thieves, and some people killed on Saturday nights. One of my relatives, unfortunately, was even in the newspaper business." - Jimmy Carter |