U.S. President History
1865 - Outside Springfield, Illinois, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was laid to rest in Oak Ridge Cemetery.
1906 - U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt warned the U.S. Congress that Standard Oil was in violation of antitrust laws.
1916 - Germany agreed to limit its submarine warfare after a demand from U.S. President Wilson.
1960 - U.S. President Eisenhower signed a wheat pact with India. The agreement was the largest food sale in U.S. history.
1989 - Oliver North, a former White House aide, was convicted of shredding documents and two other crimes. He was acquitted of nine other charges stemming from the Iran-Contra affair. The three convictions were later overturned on appeal.
1991 - U.S. President George H.W. Bush was hospitalized for an erratic heartbeat.
2002 - Ozzy Osbourne, invited by Fox News, attended the Annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner. U.S. President George W. Bush welcomed Ozzy and said "Ozzy, Mom loves your stuff."
| "For more than 40 years, the United States and Israel have enjoyed a friendship built on mutual respect and commitment to democratic principles. Our continuing search for peace in the Middle East begins with a recognition that ties uniting our two countries can never be broken." - U.S. President George Bush |