U.S. President History
1869 - The fourteenth president of the United States, Franklin Pierce, died.
1945 - U.S. President Truman announced that only Britain and Canada would be given the secret to the atomic bomb.
1981 - U.S. President Reagan greeted former Presidents Carter, Ford and Nixon to the White House. The group was preparing to leave for Egypt to attend the funeral of Anwar Sadat.
2001 - U.S. President George W. Bush announced that the United States had launched an attack against Taliban forces and military targets in Afghanistan.
2001 - Liza Minnelli performed at the White House at a Columbus Day celebration.
2002 - CIA Directory George Tenet said that Saddam Hussein, if provoked, might help extremists launch terror attacks.
| "America and our allies are fighting a new kind of war against a different kind of enemy. This conflict places great demands on the men and women of our armed forces, including our Guard and Reserve.... No enemy or friend can doubt that America has the resources to prevail, and we will." - U.S. President George W. Bush on August 5, 2004 |