Today is Monday, March 9, 2026

Today in
U.S. President History

1793 - Jean Pierre Blanchard made the first balloon flight in North America. The event was witnessed by U.S. President George Washington.

1832 - Abraham Lincoln announced that he would run for a political office for the first time. He was unsuccessful in his run for a seat in the Illinois state legislature.

1989 - In the U.S., President Bush urged for a mandatory death penalty in drug-related killings.

2006 - U.S. President George W. Bush signed into law a renewal of the USA Patriot Act.

2009 - U.S. President Barack Obama removed limits on using federal funds for embryonic stem cell research that had been put in place by U.S. President George W. Bush.




U.S. President Quotes

"Will it not be wise to allow the friendship between nations to rest upon deep and permanent things? Irritations of the cuticle must not be confounded with heart failure." - Benjamin Harrison

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