U.S. President History
1796 - U.S. President George Washington's Farewell Address was read before the U.S. Congress.
1978 - The Camp David peace accords between Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menahem Begin ended. The meetings began on September 9 and were overseen by U.S. President Carter.
1981 - In Grand Rapids, MI, the Gerald Ford Presidential Library and Museum opened.
1984 - 9,706 immigrants became naturalized citizens when they were sworn in by U.S. Vice-President George Bush in Miami, FL. It was the largest group to become U.S. citizens.
| "The survival of Israel is not a political issue, it is a moral imperative. That is my deeply held belief and it is the belief that is shared by the vast majority of the American people...a strong secure Israel is not just in Israel's interest. It's in the interest of the United States and in the interest of the entire free world." - U.S. President Jimmy Carter |