On This Date In POTUS History
- 1884 Franklin D. Roosevelt's wife, Eleanor Roosevelt, born.
- 1910 Former President Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane.
- 1975 Bill Clinton married Hillary Rodham.
- 1976 George Washington's posthumous appointment to the grade of General of the Armies by congressional joint resolution approved by Gerald R. Ford.
- 1986 The Reykjavik Summit between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev led to the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.
POTUS Quote
“When the President does it, that means that it’s not illegal.”
