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Today in
U.S. President History

1842 - Abraham Lincoln married Mary Todd in Springfield, IL.

1980 - Ronald Reagan was elected the 40th U.S. President.

1991 - Ronald Reagan opened his presidential library in Simi Valley, CA. The dedication ceremony was attended by President George H.W. Bush and former U.S. presidents Jimmy Carter, Gerald R. Ford and Richard M. Nixon. It was the 1st gathering of 5 U.S. chief executives.




U.S. President Quotes

"The years ahead will be great ones for our country, for the cause of freedom and the spread of civilization. The West will not contain Communism, it will transcend Communism. We will not bother to denounce it, we'll dismiss it as a sad, bizarre chapter in human history whose last pages are even now being written." - U.S. President Ronald Reagan, Notre Dame University, May 17, 1981

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