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U.S. President History

1875 - The seventeenth president of the United States, Andrew Johnson, died.

1948 - U.S. President Truman helped dedicate New York International Airport (later John F. Kennedy International Airport) at Idlewild Field.

1991 - U.S. President Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.




U.S. President Quotes

"I can now retire from politics after having had "Happy Birthday" sung to me in such a sweet, wholesome way." - U.S. President John F. Kennedy, in reference to Marilyn Monroe's rendition of "Happy Birthday" on May 19, 1962

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