U.S. President History
1890 - Dwight David 'Ike' Eisenhower was born in Denison, TX. He became the Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in World War II and eventually the 34th U.S. President.
1912 - Theodore Roosevelt was shot while campaigning in Milwaukee, WI. Roosevelt's wound in the chest was not serious and he continued with his planned speech. William Schrenk was captured at the scene of the shooting.
1960 - U.S. presidential candidate John F. Kennedy first suggested the idea of a Peace Corps.
1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis began. It was on this day that U.S. intelligence personnel analyzing data discovered Soviet medium-range missile sites in Cuba. On October 22 U.S. President John F. Kennedy announced that he had ordered the naval "quarantine" of Cuba.
2002 - U.S. President Bush warned that Iraq's Saddam Hussein wanted to use al-Quaida as his "forward army" against the West. Bush also noted that the U.S. could fight both Iraq and al-Qaida simultaneously.
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